About us

Acting to combat climate change is one of the world’s most pressing challenges. Climate Friendly was founded in 2003 as a profit-for-purpose business. Our growing team is passionate about active land management, and we are focused on finding economically viable solutions to maximise our impact on climate change. 

We are one of Australia’s largest and most experienced carbon farming project developers. This includes more than 160 projects with farmers, plantation managers, agribusiness, and Indigenous groups on carbon farming projects.

Climate Friendly has delivered over 20Mt in carbon abatement as at the end of 2020. Our immediate mission is to establish partnerships, by 2025, that will store or reduce 150Mt of CO2-e, while repairing nature and supporting reconciliation. Join our team and you will be helping to build A productive, sustainable land sector that contributes to a zero net emissions & nature positive Australia by 2050
We have a genuinely friendly and supportive culture where everyone has a voice and opportunity to help shape our future and to fulfil our purpose.

The role

As Project Registrations Coordinator you will manage application processes for carbon project registrations, variations and consents along with communications with the relevant regulator and project stakeholders.

This will include preparing standard contracts including for project services and trading, assisting to prepare legal due diligence on new carbon farming projects and assisting with governance work such as updating policies and onboard counterparties.

Key responsibilities include:

• Assisting with legal due diligence on new carbon farming projects.
• Managing project registration process including client information forms, project registration packs, carbon credit account forms, eligible interest holder consent packs and variation requests.
• Assisting to prepare standard contracts for project services and trading of carbon credits.
• Handling of the correspondence and legal inboxes.
• Assistance with data entry and management of databases and files.

This is a maternity cover role, contracted until at least 30th June 2025

About you

• Relevant paralegal and/or administrative experience.
• Ability to project manage and prioritise large array of tasks and requests from clients.
• Attention to detail to complete and check paralegal tasks accurately.
• Ability to work collaboratively with a remotely based team and to work independently with minimal supervision.

Climate Friendly encourages people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from different cultural backgrounds and people with disabilities.

Why join our team?

Our goal is to be seen as an organisation that supports wholeness, lifestyle and wellbeing whilst rewarding individual and collective performance. In addition to competitive salary and transparent career progression opportunities, our benefits include:

• Work with purpose, contributing to a productive, sustainable land sector that contributes to a zero net emissions and nature positive Australia by 2050
• A fully hybrid workplace - work to your own rhythm and balance connection and productivity
• A supportive and inclusive environment that promotes diversity
• 2 all staff events a year to connect with your friends and colleagues
• Christmas holiday - 3 days of additional leave each year
• Floating public holidays
• Gender neutral paid parental leave
• 2 days each year for training / development / study leave
• Home office setup and refresh allowance
• Company performance bonus and shared equity