Area Coordinator

Department of Primary Industries (Queensland); Brisbane; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Primary Industries (Queensland) is seeking an Area Coordinator for the National Fire Ant Eradication Program to lead daily operational activities across your area, ensuring teams work safely, efficiently and deliver program targets.

You will coordinate resources, monitor performance, provide practical solutions to challenges and generate high-quality reports and briefings to support informed management decisions.

Qualifications

• Experience leading operational or field-based teams.
• Strong organisational skills to manage competing priorities.
• Ability to motivate staff and build a positive team culture.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience analysing information and providing clear recommendations to management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate operational teams by setting priorities, allocating resources and ensuring work is delivered safely, efficiently and on schedule.
• Monitor operational performance, identify emerging issues and implement practical solutions to keep activities on track and achieve program targets.
• Supervise, coach and support staff, ensuring standard operating procedures are understood, followed and continuously improved.
• Build strong working relationships across teams and stakeholders, representing your operational area and contributing to broader program outcomes.
• Prepare high-quality reports, recommendations and briefings that support informed decision-making and continuous business improvement.

Skills

Operational leadership

Team supervision

Stakeholder engagement

Decision making

Problem solving

Communication

Job description

Join the fight to protect our communities and environment! The National Fire Ant Eradication Program is on a mission to eliminate one of Australia's most invasive pests - the fire ant. These destructive pests pose a serious threat to our way of life, and we need passionate and dedicated individuals to help us stop them in their tracks. Be part of a team making a real difference for Queensland's future.

Together, we can protect our homes, wildlife, and industries. Join us today and help eradicate fire ants for good.

As an Area Coordinator with the National Fire Ant Eradication Program, you will lead the day-to-day delivery of operational activities across your area, ensuring teams are safe, productive and focused on achieving program targets. Working in a fast-paced and changing environment, you will coordinate resources, oversee work programs, monitor performance and provide practical solutions to operational challenges. You will play a key role in supporting frontline teams, improving business processes and providing high-quality advice and reporting that informs operational decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate operational teams by setting priorities, allocating resources and ensuring work is delivered safely, efficiently and on schedule.
• Monitor operational performance, identify emerging issues and implement practical solutions to keep activities on track and achieve program targets.
• Supervise, coach and support staff, ensuring standard operating procedures are understood, followed and continuously improved.
• Build strong working relationships across teams and stakeholders, representing your operational area and contributing to broader program outcomes.
• Prepare high-quality reports, recommendations and briefings that support informed decision-making and continuous business improvement.

What Will Make You Successful

• Experience leading operational or field‑based teams.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Confidence making decisions and solving problems in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to motivate staff and build a positive team culture.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience analysing information and providing clear recommendations to management.

Job Ad Reference: QLD/705630/26

Closing Date: Thursday, 12 November 2026

Occupational group Management