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Employment Opportunities

Current Vacancies

Bookkeeping and Finance

Barung Landcare is a community-based environmental organisation supporting conservation and restoration across the Sunshine Coast Hinterland. We operate native plant nurseries, revegetation services, and deliver environmental education programs.

We are seeking an organised, efficient proactive person to run our key financial systems and day to day operations.

If you like variety, a small friendly workplace and the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to an established not for profit’s financial sustainability, this role is for you!

You will:

  • Manage the Xero accounting system, including payroll, debtor and creditor ledgers, journals and monthly reporting against budgets.
  • Complete monthly BAS lodgements, grant acquittals and other reporting requirements
  • Maintain the fixed asset register and depreciation schedules
  • Prepare annual accounts for audit, such as accruals and prepayments, and liaise with external auditors
  • Organise annual insurance renewals, licences and compliance requirements

For further details and to apply, view the full description and requirements on SEEK.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Business Support Officer

Love the bush and the outdoors? Are you a highly organised administration and accounts person? Looking to join a supportive team, where no two days are ever the same?

Barung Landcare is looking for an organised, proactive and solutions-focused Business Support Officer to join our bush regeneration contracting team.

If you enjoy helping others, solving problems and keeping things running smoothly behind the scenes, this could be the perfect opportunity for you. In this 4 day a week position, you’ll play a key role in coordinating the administration and financial processes of our commercial contracting operations, while supporting the Manger across a broad range of tasks. The functions of this role directly contribute to supporting our in field crews and environmental projects in the region.

This role sits within the commercial contracting division of Barung Landcare, who deliver on-ground restoration and environmental management services for a broad range of clients from Noosa to Moreton Bay. Our busy division is coordinated by a small office team that supports our field staff to deliver planting, weed control and environmental restoration projects across the region.

For further details and to apply, view the full description and requirements on SEEK.

We can’t wait to hear from you!

Volunteer Opportunities

Current Vacancies

Barung Landcare Management Committee

The Barung Landcare Management Committee is currently seeking new members to join the management committee. 

The Barung Landcare Management Committee sets the vision and the purpose for the organisation, and oversees, guides and supports the direction of the Barung Landcare team.

We are seeking people with the following qualities, skills and values (but not limited to):

  • Passion for the environment
  • Passion for working with community
  • Understanding of business operations
  • Understanding of environmental conservation / natural resource management
  • Understanding of fundraising
  • Previous experience on a committee or a board
  • Collaborative spirit
  • Open-minded

If you are interested in joining the Barung Landcare Management committee, please email president@barunglandcare.org.au

Sunshine Coast Wootha Prize 2027

This year Barung Landcare held the stand-alone Wootha Prize event, hosted for the first time at the stunning Montvale Glass House venue. This marked an exciting new chapter celebrating the essential role wood plays in our lives.

At its heart, the Wootha Prize remains a celebration of community, bringing together Barung staff, committee members, volunteers, participants, the wider woodworking community, and the families who support them. Their generosity, creativity, encouragement, and commitment continue to sustain not only this event, but also the regenerative environmental practices and relationships that strengthen our communities far beyond the exhibition itself. 

Set in the Queensland Sunshine Coast Hinterland, the Wootha Prize is a national woodworking competition celebrating outstanding artistic excellence in timber. Extending beyond an artisan award, it fosters deeper connections with Australia’s unique environment and Indigenous culture. To read more about the Wootha Prize, view our page here. 

This event could not happen without our volunteers, your time and generosity is what brings it all together. Tasks may include managing a component of the event, marketing, making contact with sponsors or partners, or managing volunteers. The Wootha Prize will take place on the first weekend in May.

If you would like to join our existing small team to manage and design the 2027 Sunshine Coast Wootha Prize please email Cam Burton, cam@barunglandcare.org.au or fill in the BECOME A VOLUNTEER form linked at the bottom of this page. 

General Volunteering

Volunteering is a wonderful way to give back to the environment and community, build social connections and improve your own physical and mental health and wellbeing.

Volunteering at Barung is an experience in both helping and learning. 

Barung Landcare operates with a small team of paid staff, and a large number of invaluable volunteers. 

By joining as a volunteer you can support Barung Landcare’s mission in helping the environment, learn about native Australian plants and ecosystems, gain valuable skills in raising native plants from seeds, and meet like-minded people with an interest in maintaining our environment. 

We welcome a range of skills, experience and interests to the team, so let us know a little about yourself and your interests by filling out the below Volunteer Registration Form. 

Barung Landcare offers a number of pathways for the community to participate in Landcare through our various volunteer programs. These include (but are not limited to):

  • Volunteering at the native nursery 
  • Assisting with tree planting and weed maintenance at our site at the Maleny Community Precinct 
  • Helping to run community stalls such as the Witta Markets or Maleny Kiosk
  • Fundraising activities 

All activities undertaken through volunteering with Barung Landcare are covered by Public Liability Insurance. 

New volunteers please complete the Barung Volunteer Form. 

For enquiries about volunteering for Barung activities, send an email to info@barunglandcare.org.au or phone 07 5494 3151.

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