Industry Recovery and Resilience Officer
Rural Financial Counselling Service North Queensland – Croydon QLD
We are employing an Industry Recovery and Resilience Officer to primarily service the LGAs of Carpentaria, Cloncurry, Cook, Croydon, Etheridge, and dependant on need also the LGAs of Charters Towers, Flinders, McKinlay, Longreach, Winton and Richmond.
We want you to maximise your prospect of becoming our employee, and you'll do this by:
Providing a CV detailing qualifications and relevant work experience (maximum three pages).
Providing written responses to all 'Key Requirements' (maximum three pages in total). Refer below for the key requirements.
Applications not addressing those two criteria will be unable to be considered.
FIFO is not a preferred employment model.
This is a maximum term contract to 30 June ****.
Closing date for applications is 28 October however the employer reserves the right to close applications earlier.
Please read on on to see if this is the job for you.
About us
Farm Business Planning North Qld (FBPNQ) is a business unit of the Central Western Qld Remote Area Planning and Development Board, or RAPAD, as it is more commonly known. RAPAD is a leader in regional and economic development, advocacy, and a proud and effective delivery agency of many government programs. This role is funded by the Qld Reconstruction Authority, Qld Department of Primary Industries via the Federal Government's Disaster Relief Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
About the role
The Industry Recovery and Resilience Officer (IRRO) assists in medium-term recovery and long-term resilience by supporting primary producers impacted by eligible disaster events, promoting community recovery initiatives, and working with stakeholders to build enterprise productivity and community resilience.
The Role and Objectives
The IRRO's objectives are to assist in medium-term recovery and long-term resilience by:
assisting primary producers that have been impacted by an eligible disaster event in accessing referral pathways to available grants and loans and industry, business, financial and mental health support,
promotion of the Community Event Fund and working with local government, not for profits, Community Recovery Officers, mental health service providers and NRM groups to support additional community events or enhance existing community events to assist in community recovery, maintain social cohesion and interaction and build on existing resilience amongst individuals, families and communities,
working with NRM groups and graziers to recognise impacts of the flooding event that may have a longer-term impact on enterprise productivity and supporting implementation of on-ground assistance to mitigate those impacts,
identifying event impacted areas and areas of emerging needs and delivering workshops that meet the needs of impacted producers,
supporting the development of industry-specific on-farm business resilience plans and providing links to technical advice on natural disaster recovery and resilience,




supporting other programs and initiatives that will assist enterprises with preparedness and mitigation for future flood events.
Outcomes:
Primary producers are supported in medium to long term recovery with access to referral pathways for support such as available financial support, financial counselling and mental health
Agricultural businesses have increased awareness of the risks that disasters have on their business and are supported in business resilience planning to address the potential risks and threats from future natural disasters and opportunities to undertake activities to mitigate broader impacts of climate variability.
Workshops, targeted training and community events focused on the agricultural sector and the communities they support will build community resilience by creating stronger connections and relationships.
Long-term resilience is strengthened across multiple high value production industries across Queensland.
The IRRO will work in conjunction with other IRROs operating within the activated area delivering the outcomes collectively. This includes regular meetings with the IRRO Coordinator (minimum monthly).
Activities
The activities to be delivered by the IRRO program include:
supporting primary producers to access available assistance such as DRFA recovery grants and loans.
supporting primary producers to identify and access other support measures that may be available such as mental health programs.
providing a referral service to financial counselling, business wellbeing coaches, social support services, health and other related programs.
assisting primary producers in the development of individual resilience plans including providing a connection to planning programs that already exist to increase resilience (for example the Farm Business Resilience Program (FBRP) of the Future Drought Fund).
monitoring, evaluating and reporting to Government; based on their engagement with industry, what gaps may exist in available services.
facilitating the provision of technical advice to further aid recovery such as animal welfare, vegetation and pasture management, nutrition, resilient farming systems.
delivering workshops and providing other services on emergent issues identified during delivery and engagement.
communicating with farmers and affected businesses within priority impacted areas, including via the use of print and social media, to promote the recovery services available.
working in the interests of all farmers and rural communities in the priority impacted areas.
linking with industry, commodity, and community networks.




Assisting allied industry groups with facilitating engagement activities and supporting localised mitigation and preparedness activities.
working together, across other DRFA programs in Queensland to ensure all producers impacted by the eligible event can access assistance and support.
updating and delivering (with other IRROs, DPI staff, Rural Financial Counselling Service (RFCS) and Industry groups) workshop material aligned with disaster preparedness and mitigation. Workshop delivery is to be coordinated with other DPI and Farm Business Resilience Planning projects. This may include identifying practical tools, actions, mitigation activities and simple case studies to assist businesses to identify activities primary producers may want to undertake which would improve their businesses natural disaster resilience.
Providing regular qualitative and quantitative reporting (monthly) covering but not restricted to engagement activities, producers supported, emerging issues and communications activities and reach.
Provision of legacy products during the contracted period which may include a case studies (video or written), products supporting natural disaster preparedness, or other items agreed on consultation with coordinator.
Key Requirements of this role
To be successful in the role of an IRRO, candidates are required to possess the following skills and attributes:
Demonstrated knowledge of primary production systems and enterprises, including financial, within the Far North and North West Qld area including the key LGAs of operation for this role being Carpentaria Shire, Cloncurry Shire, Cook Shire, Croydon Shire, and Etheridge Shire. Also important is demonstrated knowledge of other areas affected by either the Queensland Monsoon Trough, Cyclone Koji, Cyclone Narelle and Severe Weather, 24 December ********* April **** affected LGAs of: Charters Towers, Flinders, Longreach, McKinlay, Richmond, and Winton,
Demonstrated knowledge of natural disaster impacts, the recovery from, and mitigations for future, in the context of primary production in the areas noted in dot point 1,
A deep and empathetic understanding of the community, local government, commodity, and industry networks in the areas noted in point 1,
Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organisational skills,
A demonstrated knowledge of, or capacity to quickly acquire knowledge of, government and industry support measures and how to support eligible clients in these processes,
Knowledge of client management systems and understanding that provision of data to the funders and the employer is paramount.
Tertiary qualifications in related fields are desirable.
5 weeks' annual leave
Provision of company vehicle, laptop, mobile phone for work purposes
Flexible work options
Salary sacrificing options
Portable Long Service Leave contributions through QLeave
Opportunity to make a significant impact on the resilience and sustainability of agricultural businesses
For more information, please contact:
David Arnold on ******** *** or ****** or Natalie Hughes on ******** *** or ******
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