- Lead the management of land and sea resources and drive sustainable growth.
- Deliver results with strategic leadership and sound budget management.
- Build a strong, inclusive workforce shaping the Territory’s future.
The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF), turns the Territory’s rich cultural diversity, vast landscapes, and unique challenges into exciting opportunities. Their dedicated team is committed to managing and developing the land and sea resources responsibly, driving international competitiveness, and enhancing both lifestyle and economic growth across city, regional, and remote communities.
DAF was formed in August 2024 with a mandate to enable agriculture producers to grow their business and industry. The Chief Executive Officer will lead the Department to ensure the Territory’s reputation as a safe and quality agriculture producer through scientific research, biosecurity practices and compliance with animal welfare legislation. The Department also supports a great Territory lifestyle by promoting recreational fishing and works with Aboriginal ranger groups, commercial fishers, and the community to ensure sustainable fishery resources through effective management and regulation.
A strategic, motivated, engaging, and decisive executive with high levels of business acumen, personal and professional integrity, you ideally demonstrate leadership in a complex environment and the ability to exercise sound judgement in a range of situations, including those that are rapidly changing or ambiguous. You combine this with an understanding of the Australian system of government, and the ability to deliver results through managing departmental or organisational budgets and resources.
Your demonstrated track record of driving change and delivering intended outcomes combined with your ability to shape and lead a diverse, inclusive, and safety focused workforce to best serve the community in which you work and live are key qualities which have seen you succeed in your career to date.
This is an opportunity for an experienced executive to have both immediate and long-term influence on the Northern Territory by providing strategic leadership and direction across primary industries and more broadly to the NT public sector, industry, and community.
For further information please contact Ryan Webster 0427 329 443 or Sam Wallace 0437 313 130 and visit www.davidsonwp.com
Applications close on 25 May 2025
