Project Performance Manager

Environmental Jobs; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Five weeks’ annual leave

Wellbeing leave

Volunteer leave

Gender-neutral parental leave

Flare benefits and staff perks

Job summary

GreenCollar is seeking a Project Performance Manager to join our NSW Operations team. You will be the primary contact for Landholders across a portfolio of natural capital projects, ensuring environmental, agricultural, and economic outcomes.

You will work hands-on with landholder partners and multidisciplinary teams to design, monitor, and adapt projects, bridging technical rigor with on-ground farming realities to deliver lasting impact in local contexts.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to manage long-term landholder relationships and multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience designing and monitoring projects to meet environmental and commercial outcomes.
• Understanding of natural capital project management tools and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with Landholders through on-farm visits and regular check-ins.
• Translate monitoring reports into actionable insights for landholders and internal teams.
• Manage environmental, commercial, and agricultural performance across the project portfolio.
• Ensure designs and execution meet method requirements, with timely offset reports and credit submissions.
• Produce regular forecasts and conduct scenario analyses to manage risk.
• Coordinate with regulators and auditors and support on-site audit activities.
• Collaborate with MRV, GIS, R&D, Legal, and Finance teams to improve project management protocols.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Project management

Rural environment knowledge

CRM systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in environmental science or related field

Tools

GIS

MS Office

CRM software

Job description

GreenCollar is recruiting a Project Performance Manager (PPM) to join our NSW Operations team. As the primary, trusted point of contact for Landholders across a portfolio of natural capital projects, you will ensure projects deliver lasting environmental, agricultural, and economic outcomes for Landholders, their families, and their communities.

This is a hands‑on role working closely with landholder partners and multidisciplinary team members including technical specialists and project analysts to design, monitor, and adapt projects to achieve their full impact in local contexts. You will bridge technical rigour with on-ground agricultural realities to build confidence and deliver shared success.

Position Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain trusted, long‑term relationships with Landholders through regular on-farm visits and proactive check‑ins, gaining a deep understanding of their business goals and seasonal farming operations.
• Communicate project obligations, performance, and carbon credit outcomes in plain language, turning monitoring reports and field visits into valuable insights for landholders.
• Account for the environmental, commercial, and agricultural performance of your project portfolio, maintaining detailed performance plans, timelines, and monitoring frameworks.
• Ensure project designs and ongoing execution adhere strictly to method requirements, delivering offset reports and credit submissions on schedule.
• Maintain regular reporting and commercial/environmental forecasts, conducting scenario analyses to project trajectories and manage risk.
• Facilitate seamless engagement with the Clean Energy Regulator and auditors, addressing queries promptly and supporting on‑site audit teams.
• Collaborate across internal teams (MRV, GIS, R&D, Legal, Finance) and the PPM Community of Practice to continuously improve project management protocols and landholder transparency.

About You:

• Background in agricultural or environmental extension, with a practical understanding of farming/grazing enterprises and strong credibility in rural communities.
• Demonstrated relationship‑building and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to navigate complex discussions with honesty, empathy, and tact.
• Proven track record working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams spanning commercial, technical, and scientific backgrounds.
• Working understanding of natural resource project management tools, CRM systems, contracts, and legal/risk frameworks.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to plan, prioritize, and meet project reporting and compliance deadlines.
• Superior work ethic with a practical problem‑solving mindset and a passion for driving positive environmental outcomes.
• A valid Australian driver's licence and willingness to travel to regional areas for farm visits, workshops, and community events.

About GreenCollar:

GreenCollar is Australia's leading ecosystem services project developer and market investor, with over 200 projects spanning 5 million hectares of active conservation as well as a growing international portfolio of work targeting nature‑based solutions in carbon abatement, biodiversity conservation, water security and plastics circularity.

We aim to prove that the best way to achieve lasting environmental outcomes is to enable markets to direct long‑term finance towards sustainable land management practices and ecosystem services.

We work in partnership with farmers, graziers, traditional owners and other land managers to develop high quality, high integrity nature‑based projects that deliver economic, environmental and social benefits.

Why GreenCollar:

• A dynamic, growing and innovative leader in the ecosystem services market
• A supportive and dedicated team environment
• A competitive remuneration package
• 5 weeks’ annual leave
• Wellbeing leave
• Volunteer leave
• Gender‑neutral parental leave
• Flare Benefits, with exclusive discounts and employee perks
• Regular social club activities and events, in person and online
• A collaborative, social office in The Rocks, Sydney

We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and experiences.

If you need reasonable adjustments at any point in the application or interview process, don't hesitate to get in touch. Unfortunately, we're unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. You'll need the right to work in Australia to be considered.