CERES FAIR WOOD IS NO ORDINARY NOT-FOR-PROFIT

Five years ago Fair Wood was a start-up with one employee selling a few packs of timber out of a shared space.

From the outset Fair Wood built strong supplier and customer relationships, stocking a unique range of timbers for building, furniture making, and landscaping.

One of our values is proudly being able to tell our customers where every stick of timber we sell comes from.

Today Fair Wood is a fully-fledged ethical timber operation serving builders, furniture makers, and landscapers run by a diverse and growing team.

Located in a dedicated 1500 sqm warehouse in Preston, CERES Fair Wood acts as an “honest broker” between Australian agro-foresters, local saw millers and salvage saw millers, and an emerging market of green architects, builders, and consumers demanding socially & environmentally responsible timber.

Fair Wood is currently undertaking a pilot urban forestry project and also works closely with the CERES Carpentry and CERES ReBox teams.

As native logging comes to an end this is a pivotal time in the timber industry. More and more sustainability isn’t just another option, it’s the only option.

Fair Wood is an enterprise in the right place, at the right time, doing the right thing.

See ceresfairwood.org.au for more information.

WHERE YOU COME IN

This is a rare opportunity to manage CERES’ timber social enterprise at a unique time in its journey.

This full-time role managing a small team comes as CERES Fair Wood transitions from a start-up to a serious timber enterprise.

Your role will be to build on what’s been achieved so far and take Fair Wood’s impact to the next level.

CERES is a workplace where you will feel part of a larger mission. Where you will go home at night feeling like you’ve done something meaningful.

DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU?

• You will have a passion for wood and sustainability, know how to grow a successful business, and have experience in either the timber or building industries.
• Your job is holding the big picture; supported by your director, business development manager, and CERES finance team you will lead the enterprise and the team.
• You’re the link between our suppliers, timber processors, and customers.
• You’ll have a can-do attitude and the resourcefulness and patience to resolve the human and logistical challenges of timber supply chains and customer deadlines.
• And though your main role is managerial you’ll also pack timber orders and make an occasional delivery.
• This is a manager who understands the diverse timber market and collaborates with the marketing team to cater to our customers’ needs and engage our growing audience.
• This position requires a strong communicator, who not only knows timber but can also build long-lasting relationships that bring customers back again and again.

WORKING AT CERES IS MORE THAN JUST A JOB

It’s the feeling of knowing that your work is contributing to making the world a better place and working with others who feel the same.

In addition to a connection to social causes you will have access to:

• Collaborative, values-centred, and highly supportive team environment.
• Access to all CERES’ unique environments including the park with strong links to the environment and community.
• Generous staff discounts across many CERES enterprises.

SOUND INTERESTING?

We’d love to hear from you! Please submit your cover letter addressing the Person Specifications in the Position Description and resume as one document.

Please see the full Position Description below.

At CERES we seek a workforce that is as diverse as our society – in ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, disability, culture, and beliefs – and reflects the communities we work in. We believe diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and core values and we demonstrate this commitment through all our employment practices. Our inclusive workplace culture contributes to making CERES a great place to work. We actively encourage people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people from CALD backgrounds, LGBTIQA+ people, people with a disability, and others to apply.

CERES Child Safe standards;

• In line with the Child Wellbeing and Safety Amendment (Child Safety Standards) Act 2015, CERES is committed to upholding the Victorian Child Safe Standards, to the best of its abilities and resources.
• CERES Upholds itself as an organisation committed to the right to survival, protection, development, participation, and empowerment of all children and young people.
• Is committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal children, young people and children and young people from culturally diverse and/or linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds and to providing a safe environment for children and young people with a disability.