Workcentre Operations Coordinator (Maryborough)

Have you ever wanted to spend your days in the bush leading a dynamic, hardworking, supportive and community focused team? If so, this might be your opportunity, so read on.

As the Workcentre Operations Coordinator, you'll oversee the delivery of a wide range of operational tasks such as fire prevention works and forest management activities in Victoria's state forests and other public land.

Working with the Field Operations Supervisors the Workcentre Operations Coordinator leads a broad and diverse team within the workcentre and ensures the delivery of projects and programs with the use and maintenance of plant, machinery and other equipment to support the delivery of our organisational priorities.

You'll lead and support the development of workcentre staff and liaise with other groups within the business to ensure workcentre, district, regional and state prioroties are met.

Working with the Manager, District Operations you'll work as part of a supportive team and receive training in line with the requirements of the role such as fire and 4WD amongst others.

This role has an emergency response component and may require deployment across Victoria for fire suppression and planned burning, so a sound level of fitness is required.

If you've read this far, you're still interested so why not apply?

Specialist/Technical Expertise/Qualifications

• Experience in managing works programs in one or more of the following: - planned burning, unsealed road management or other operational forest management activities including experience in management of staff.
• Experience and understanding of forest firefighting techniques, the Australian Interagency Incident Management System and other emergency response activities.

This is an ongoing position. The work location for this position is Maryborough.

To be considered for this position, applicants are encouraged to submit a resume and cover letter (no longer than 2 pages) summarising their skills and relevant experience.

Please refer to the Key Selection Criteria provided in the Position Description, including the mandatory requirements.

How to Apply:

If you are a current DEECA employee, please apply via DEECA Careers.

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Applications close 11.59pm on Wednesday, 25 November 2026.

All applications must be submitted through the online portal. We are unable to consider email or manual applications at this time.

Other relevant information:

Preferred candidates will be required to undertake pre-employment screening, including a Declaration and Consent form and a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check.

To be eligible for appointment to this role, applicants will possess corresponding work rights for the advertised employment period. Appointment to an ongoing position is only available to an Australian/New Zealand citizen or an Australian Permanent Resident.

An inclusive, culturally safe and flexible workplace

DEECA fosters an inclusive workplace culture and is committed to a fair, accessible, and equitable recruitment process.

We strongly encourage Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander people to apply. We recognise the strengths, knowledge and perspectives First Nations people bring and DEECA is committed to a culturally safe and respectful workplace. If you need support to participate, please contact aboriginal.employment@deeca.vic.gov.au.

We support flexible working arrangements, including hybrid work, varied hours, part-time work and job sharing. For more information about our recruitment processes, visit applying for a role with us.