Heritage & Environmental Manager – Aboriginal Corporation

11 Recruitment; Perth; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

11 Recruitment is recruiting for a Perth-based client to lead the heritage and environment function for a Traditional Owner corporation. You will coordinate heritage survey engagements, build trusted relationships with Traditional Owners, mining companies, government and other stakeholders, and help shape an in-house capability.

You will support a Cultural Heritage Officer and drive systems, processes and governance across heritage matters, with travel to the Pilbara as required.

Qualifications

• A tertiary qualification in archaeology or anthropology is preferred, otherwise relevant qualifications or experience are encouraged.
• Experience working with Traditional Owners and knowledge of native title and heritage legislation.
• Ability to work productively in a mining context and with mining stakeholders.
• People management experience or capability.
• Willingness to travel regularly to the Pilbara.

Responsibilities

• Establish relationships with Traditional Owners and build trust across mining and heritage processes.
• Develop productive working relationships with mining companies, government, consultants and other stakeholders.
• Coordinate heritage survey engagements, including planning, logistics and stakeholder communication.
• Contribute to building an in-house heritage and environment function, including systems and processes.
• Support and provide structure to a Cultural Heritage Officer's work.
• Provide structure and support for planning, documentation and processes across heritage matters, aligning systems with the organisation and external providers.

Skills

People management

Stakeholder engagement

Relationship building

Project coordination

Travel readiness

Education

Archaeology or Anthropology degree

Job description

RETAINED SEARCH / EXCLUSIVE LISTING

About our client

Our client is a Registered Native Title Body Corporate based in Perth, with its work primarily focused across the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The organisation represents Traditional Owners in matters relating to native title, heritage and environmental management associated with mining activity in the region. It works closely with mining companies, government and other stakeholders to protect and record cultural heritage, while building opportunities and resources that benefit Traditional Owners over the longer term.

We currently employ a small, growing team, including Traditional Owners outside Perth, and are continuing to expand our own in-house heritage and environment capability so that more of this work can be managed internally over time. This is a purposeful workplace for someone who wants to make a genuine difference for Traditional Owners while working within a complex operational and regulatory environment.

About the opportunity

This is an opportunity to lead the heritage and environment function for a Traditional Owner corporation, supporting a current Cultural Heritage Officer and helping to build an in-house heritage capability that reduces reliance on external providers over time. You will work closely with Traditional Owners, mining companies, government and other stakeholders, and will play a key role in coordinating heritage survey engagements and building trusted relationships across a complex operating environment. The role also has scope to grow and specialise further as the organisation grows.

In this role, you will:

• Establish relationships with Traditional Owners and build trust across mining and heritage processes.
• Develop productive working relationships with mining companies, government, consultants and other stakeholders.
• Coordinate heritage survey engagements, including planning, logistics and stakeholder communication.
• Contribute to building an in-house heritage and environment function, including systems and processes.
• Support and provide structure to a Cultural Heritage Officer's work.
• Day to day, you will provide structure and support for planning, documentation and processes across heritage matters, align systems between the organisation, mining companies and external heritage providers, and work collaboratively with the organisation's cultural projects function on related opportunities.

About you

You will bring a genuine interest in, and understanding of, working within a mining context, alongside a commitment to supporting Traditional Owners in heritage and environmental matters.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• A tertiary qualification in archaeology or anthropology is preferred, although candidates with other relevant, certificate level or in progress qualifications, or graduates with relevant experience, are encouraged to apply.
• Experience working with, or a strong understanding of, Traditional Owners and the native title and heritage legislative environment.
• The ability to work productively within a mining context and with mining
• People management experience or capability.
• A willingness to travel regularly to the Pilbara.

What's on offer

This role offers the opportunity to help shape a growing in-house heritage and environment function, with genuine scope to build systems, capability and long-term outcomes for Traditional Owners. The organisation is willing to support the right candidate's development, including training a graduate with relevant qualifications and some practical experience. Travel to the Pilbara is normally two to four days at a time, roughly every three weeks, with flights, accommodation and other travel costs covered, plus a travel allowance based on ATO rates, and you will be home for weekends on almost all occasions. The position is deliberately structured with room to grow and specialise further as the organisation expands.

Please note

This is a permanent role, and applicants must have working rights that align with long-term employment requirements in Australia.

Sponsorship will not be provided.