BCG is looking for a workplace leader who is passionate about agriculture and making a difference on-farm, and encouraging the staff team to strive for excellence, both personally and as an organisation.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
Position title: Chief Operations Officer (COO)
Job type: Permanent
Location: BCG, 73 Cumming Ave, Birchip, Victoria 3483
Supervisor: Chief Executive Officer
Salary: Commensurate with experience
The chief operations officer is responsible for:
- Supporting the CEO in providing leadership to the team enabling BCG to deliver high calibre agricultural research and events for farmers in the Wimmera, Mallee and beyond
- Initiating project research and locations within the Wimmera and Mallee
- Thinking laterally to effectively develop innovative options to tackle complex problems
- Building effective relations with research and project partners to enhance BCG reputation for collaboration
- Actively pursuing funding for research and development concepts, events and project ideas
- Being accountable to ensure the BCG team delivers project milestones and outputs on time and within budget
- Communicating project findings and research outcomes with farmers, advisors and key stakeholders
- Building skills and capability in identified gaps to strengthen BCG ability to use research and extension to improve prosperity of Australia’s broadacre farmers
- Support the CEO in marketing of BCG as an organisation, its membership, research and extension
- Staff management and support.
A full position description can be found by following this link: BCG COO position description.
Applications close on 28 November 2016.
FOR FURTHER DETAILS
If you would like a confidential chat to discuss this position or to seek further information please call BCG’s CEO Chris Sounness on 0409 559 364 or email [email protected]
