Trust for Nature is a not-for-profit Conservation organisation that works to protect native plants and wildlife in cooperation with private landholder. Created in 1972 under the Victorian Conservation Trust Act 1972 (Vic), Trust for Nature has a proud history of working across the government, not-for profit and private sectors to achieve permanent protection of important conservation land across Victoria.

We have a culture that supports and inspires conservation achievement and personal development, both within the workplace and beyond.

Reporting to the Director of Development, the Property Transactions Manager is a senior leadership role within the Development Team. In this role, you will work to strengthen and grow the volume, efficiency and performance of our property transactions to enable increased conservation impact. This impact will be achieved through maximizing property opportunities, partnerships, donations, sales and the performance and scale of the Revolving Fund.

You will invest time, energy and expertise to build Trust for Nature’s brand awareness with relevant audiences and use your expertise to oversee property transaction/deal success, continually supporting team members to deepen Trust for Nature’s capability in this growing area of opportunity.

This is a permanent ongoing, full-time position based in Melbourne CBD with regular travel throughout Victoria. Trust for Nature is supportive of flexible work and remote work arrangements.

The role offers a base salary of $109,160 p.a., plus super. This is not a commission-based role.

To read the detailed responsibilities of the role, please review the attached Position Description.

We are searching for someone with deep real estate and property industry knowledge who ideally has an understanding of private land conservation.

To be successful in this role you will bring;

• Qualifications and significant experience in real estate and the property sector.
• Evidence of expertise, competence and commerciality in land transactions and property deals.
• Respected knowledge base about regional Victorian property, with existing networks across the state.
• Demonstrated technical knowledge and experience in private land conservation is highly desirable.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, sales and relationship building skills.
• Experience in senior leadership role across multi-disciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated technical knowledge and experience in nature markets (including offsets) is desirable

Please submit a cover letter addressing your skills and interest in the role along with your resume via our jobs board.

Applications will close 22 September 2024 (EOD) and we intend to hold interviews towards the end of September- early October.

Trust for Nature is dedicated to gender equality, diversity and inclusivity. We are continually working to build an inclusive and culturally safe workplace. We strongly encourage job applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ people and CALD people.

Please note, a National Police Check is required to be conducted as part of the selection process. Our practices are inclusive and based on equal opportunity principles. A positive result from a police check would only preclude employment in certain circumstances.

If you need further information please contact us at recruitment@tfn.org.au, using the subject line: Property Transactions Manager.