Nov 21, 2025 | News
Are you passionate about the conservation of Victoria’s threatened native plants? Use your excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills to:
- work collaboratively with a diverse team of stakeholders to plan and deliver four plant conservation events in Victoria.
- work in a timely manner, with minimal supervision, and within strict deadlines.
- draft communications materials for a broad range of audiences including websites, newsletters and social media.
Title: Project Manager, Victoria
Location: Remote, VIC (Melbourne preferred)
Salary etc: $65 p.h. casual rate (includes leave loading) + 12% super. Average 10 hours/week for 12-month contract, worked flexibly throughout the year depending on need.
Download the Position Description here.
Objectives of the position
- Undertake two workshops and one conference on Victorian threatened flora conservation to bring together stakeholders, first nations people and community members.
- The two workshops aim to disseminate the results of the three-year project “Preventing the extinction of Victoria’s threatened flora” in the eastern and western regions of the state and establish networks for conserving threatened flora.
- The conference aims to broaden the scope to other Victorian threatened flora along with their research and management.
- All three events will be undertaken in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (RBGV), La Trobe University and other project partners.
- Undertake one Bring Back the Banksias workshop to disseminate the results of genetic analysis work undertaken since 2020.
- To assist the ANPC Management Committee in fulfilling its Mission to ‘promote and develop plant conservation in Australia’.
Background
The three-year “Preventing the extinction of Victoria’s threatened flora” project aims to prevent the extinction of 24 endangered or critically endangered Victorian plants. Funded by the Victorian Government’s Nature Fund Grants, it is focusing on two botanical hotspots, the Gippsland and Grampians regions, as well as threatened flora from the Barwon South West and Port Phillip regions. Click here and here for more information on this project.
Many partners are collaborating on this project and will form a major part of the events as both presenters and attendees. Other project partners include the Victorian Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA), Parks Victoria, Trust for Nature, Wimmera Catchment Management Authority, Nillumbik Shire, ENVITE, Bairnsdale & District Field Naturalists Club, Friends of the Grampians Gariwerd, WAMA Botanic Gardens, Halls Gap Botanic Gardens and the Australasian Native Orchid Society Victorian Branch.
The “Bring Back the Banksias” project undertaken from 2014 to 2020, aimed to improve the conservation status of Silver Banksia (Banksia marginata) across regional Victoria and south-western NSW. This included coordinating the collection of plant material for genetic testing across its range to inform sound restoration strategies. This work is now complete and there is a need to disseminate the results to establish recommendations and strategies for seed procurement for restoration and best mixes for SPAs. Click here for more information on this project.
How to apply
Download the Position Description here.
Your application must address all the Selection Criteria and separately include an up-to-date CV with the contact details for two referees.
Please send your application to the ANPC Business Manager, Jo Lynch, by 5pm Friday 5 December via email to business@anpc.asn.au
The position will remain open until filled, with the first closing date 5 December and interviews to be held the following week via Zoom.
For more information, please contact the ANPC Business Manager via email business@anpc.asn.au and provide a phone number if you would prefer a return call.
Feb 28, 2025 | Events Category
In February 2025 we had a great couple of days welcoming our management committee and interstate staff to Canberra to attend an in-person strategic planning workshop at the Australian National Botanic Gardens. As a collective, we made a lot of progress on our strategic focus and organisational aims for the next 5 and 10 years.
We had some lively and creative discussions primarily centred around:
- Engagement – how we can be influential and catalyse support for plant conservation in Australia.
- Knowledge – how to further our facilitation of knowledge exchange and further develop best practice guidelines.
- Longevity – how we can increase awareness and income to drive project delivery and organisational sustainability.
At the workshop, we finalised the following:
Who we are
We are the national network of people, research and action for plant conservation.
Our Vision is to secure Australia’s rich native plant diversity.
Our Mission is to promote and develop plant conservation in Australia.
Our Strategic Pillars
Engagement
Knowledge generation and exchange
Longevity and sustainability
Our Values
We develop, synthesise and collaborate
We facilitate collaborations to create plant conservation action. We work inclusively with members, scientists and conservation organisations. We are innovators and adaptable to change.
We act with integrity
We are a trusted source of plant conservation knowledge exchange. We are non-partisan. We’re accountable and transparent about our actions.
We are custodians for the future
We deliver positive action for plant conservation that will endure for future generations.
A big thanks to our fantastic workshop facilitator Mia, who can be found at: https://www.miaswainson.com.au/
Feel free to get in touch with us anytime if you have ideas for projects and future directions for the organisation.
Oct 30, 2024 | Events Category
The Annual General Meeting of the Australian Network for Plant Conservation Inc. (ANPC) will be held on Wednesday 20 November 2024, from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm (Australian Eastern Daylight-Saving Time) in the Dickson Room, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Clunies Ross St, Acton, 2601 and via Zoom.
The link to the paperwork including the draft Agenda and nomination form can be viewed and downloaded here AGM 2024 external. Please note, a second email will be circulated closer to the date when all the meeting papers and Final Agenda are available at the same link.
All financial members are encouraged to attend in a voting capacity to ensure we reach a quorum, and to hear about what the ANPC has achieved over the last year. This includes individual members and representatives of organisational members. To check your membership status, please contact the office.
Please RSVP to the Secretary by Wednesday 13 November 2024. This will greatly assist us in preparing a successful AGM. You will then receive the Zoom link in a calendar invite.
Election of Office-bearers and ordinary Committee members
Executive and Committee members hold their positions for two years from election, with limited repeat terms in a single position as specified in Rule 15 (3) – see the Constitution on the ANPC website.
Nominations are now open for the following positions on the ANPC Inc. Committee of Management:
- President
- Ordinary members (3 positions)
Nominees for the above positions must complete the Committee Nomination Form. Nominations must specify the position being sought. For clarification of the duties of the positions, or of the membership status of nominees or nominators, please contact the Secretary, Robert Hawes, well before the deadline.
Nominations must be received by the Secretary, Robert Hawes, at least seven days before the AGM, i.e. by close of business on Wednesday 13 November 2024. Nominations may be emailed to the Secretary or mailed to The Secretary, ANPC Inc., GPO Box 1777 Canberra ACT 2601. Nominees need to be nominated and seconded by two (2) members of the Network.
Oct 24, 2024 | Events Category
The next session will be held on Thursday 5 December 2024.
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time (AEDT).
Presenters: Emma Simpkins (Senior Regional Advisor Flora) and Rebekah Fuller (Senior Plant Pathogens Advisor) from Auckland Council.
Title: ‘Local government enabling community-led recovery of Myrtle Rust impacted species’.
Emma and Rebekah will discuss the actions implemented by local government to support threatened Myrtaceae in Auckland, primarily by engaging community to build capacity to support species and ecosystem recovery.
Their conservation actions include funding mana whenua (indigenous people) and community groups to lead monitoring of Lophomyrtus obcordata (rōhutu) and Syzygium maire (maire tawake) populations and carry out fungicide treatments in order to collect seed for propagation, establishing ex situ collections of threatened species including rōhutu and rātā moehau (Metrosideros bartlettii), creating awareness of Myrtle Rust through workshops and training, and advocating for nursery suppliers to have a nursery biosecurity accreditation (Plant Pass) to ensure healthy plants are used in restoration.
Auckland local government manage threatened species in the wild through regionally prioritised sites to ensure long term survival of species. Restoration of ecosystems is another important conservation activity and Myrtaceae are one of the key components of our planting palettes. The advice we provide for planting lists and biosecurity ensures our community are following best practice.
This quarterly series of free, informal virtual get togethers is a collaboration between the ANPC, University of NSW and the BGANZ Collections and Records Management group (BCARM).
REGISTER HERE!
Image: Pohutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa). Credit: Emma Simpkins
Sep 5, 2024 | News
Are you passionate about the conservation of our threatened native plants? Use your excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills to:
- work collaboratively with a diverse team of professionals to coordinate planning and delivery of a complex program.
- deliver a complex project/set of tasks in a timely manner, with minimal supervision, and work within strict deadlines.
- prepare communications materials for a broad range of audiences, including technical documents, reports to funding bodies, and communication documents for a general audience.
Location: to be negotiated (options include work from home office or possibly hosted by an appropriate organisation or agency, or a mix)
Salary etc: $75 per hour (includes leave loading) + 11.5% super. 27 hours/week for 18-month contract.
About the role: In this new position, you will coordinate recovery actions for four EPBC-listed Critically Endangered Myrtle Rust affected plant species: Rhodomyrtus psidioides (Native Guava); Gossia gonoclada (Angle-stemmed Myrtle); Rhodamnia rubescens (Scrub Turpentine) and Rhodamnia maideniana (Smooth Scrub Turpentine) through the formalisation of a current consortium, plus new partners, into a Recovery Coordination Team and:
- Facilitate agreement on, and coordinate delivery of, priority activities in the recovery program, through supporting effective operation of the Recovery Coordination Team.
- Identify resourcing needs and potential operational sources for these, and potential future partnerships, for ongoing progress (beyond life of this project) for recovery of the target species.
- Report on progress towards target species recovery and consolidation of working partnerships, concordant with relevant Australian Government reporting requirements for registered Recovery Teams.
- Provide secretariat support to the Recovery Coordination Team.
- Prepare and circulate communications updates for the Recovery Coordination Team, including recording and circulating meeting minutes, and recovery action program update for distribution to the broader stakeholder network. Assist the Chair in the preparation of other whole-of-program communications materials and documents as required.
- Maintain accurate records of team membership, actions and the progress status of actions.
- Facilitate internal and external consultation processes for the Recovery Coordination Team.
To be successful in this role, you will need a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in natural sciences, advanced experience in threatened species management and recovery, demonstrated familiarity with fundamental documents on the Myrtle Rust problem and demonstrated understanding of issues and policies in plant conservation at species and ecological community level. A knowledge of plant conservation techniques and a willingness to travel and work flexibly to meet the needs of the program are also essential.
Background: Since its introduction to Australia in 2010, the exotic fungal disease Myrtle Rust has put 20-40 Myrtaceae species at risk of near-term extinction or serious decline. The Australian Network for Plant Conservation (ANPC) has played a key role in national Myrtle Rust matters since 2011, maintains a comprehensive information hub and was instrumental in developing the 2020 National Action Plan for Myrtle Rust (NAPMR) which is the action template for Myrtle Rust-affected species used by Commonwealth, States and researchers. The conservation path entails emergency germplasm capture, ex situ conservation, the selection of rust-tolerance traits, and eventual reinforcement or reintroduction of populations in the wild. Over the last 2 years, along with many partners including government departments and botanic gardens, the ANPC established a successful pilot dispersed-custody model for Native Guava with representative sampling and propagation of surviving wild germplasm, genetic management and communications/training activities, and commenced some actions for Scrub Turpentine.
Who we are: The Australian Network for Plant Conservation (ANPC) is a national not-for-profit organisation with a mission to ‘Promote and develop plant conservation in Australia ‘. We are a membership based organisation that’s been around since 1991. We work with a wide range of stakeholders including botanic gardens, local state and federal governments, research institutions, other NGOs, practitioners and community groups.
What we do: The ANPC brings people together (such as scientists, researchers, land managers, consultants, volunteers and students) from across Australia to collaborate, network and share information in an effort to conserve our native plant species and vegetation communities, prevent further extinctions and restore our natural areas and biodiversity. To achieve this we:
- hold training workshops, webinars and conferences.
- publish guidelines such as how to propagate and translocate threatened plants back into the wild.
- promote plant conservation and publish a quarterly journal Australasian Plant Conservation (APC).
- coordinate high priority projects with multiple stakeholders such as this project.
How to apply:
Your Expression of Interest should address the selection criteria in no more than 4 pages, and separately include your CV with the contact details for two referees.
Please send your Expression of Interest to the ANPC Business Manager by COB Friday, 20 September either via email: or by post to:
Australian Network for Plant Conservation
GPO Box 1777
Canberra ACT 2601.
For more information, please email one of the following ANPC management committee representatives:
- Caroline Gross
- Bob Makinson
