Tree Compliance Officer

• Be part of a newly created role with the opportunity to influence and shape best practice compliance outcomes.
• Enjoy a rostered day off every three weeks, supporting work-life balance.
• Competitive Remuneration + Leaseback Vehicle on offer!

About Us

City of Ryde, just 12 kilometres from Sydney CBD, is a place of unique lifestyle and opportunity. It is home to an engaged and culturally diverse community of around 130,000 people, and a strong and growing Smart City economy including more than 13,000 local businesses, Macquarie Park, world-class hospitals, and a leading university. All balanced with beautiful bushland, riverfront parks, open spaces, and sport facilities. Our City is undergoing significant population growth as we address the housing crisis in a collaborative manner with the NSW State Government. Council anticipates our population to double over the next 30 years. To address this rapid population growth, Council has developed a strategy to “strike the right balance”, ensuring that employment opportunities and provision of critical infrastructure occurs with significant housing uplift.

About the Role

Do you have a passion for protecting the environment and preserving our urban forest?

We're looking for a proactive and motivated Tree Compliance Officer to join our Tree Management team. As development continues across the City of Ryde, you'll play an important role in protecting trees and ensuring compliance with tree protection requirements associated with development approvals.

This newly created position offers a unique opportunity to work across a variety of sites, investigating unauthorised tree works, monitoring development compliance, and working with developers, contractors, residents and other stakeholders to achieve positive environmental outcomes. Your work will directly contribute to maintaining and enhancing Ryde's valuable urban canopy for future generations.

About You

You are a professional and community-focused compliance officer who enjoys working in the field and solving complex issues. Passionate about environmental protection, you have strong investigation skills and a practical approach to compliance and enforcement.

You'll work closely with teams across Council, including Planning, Building Compliance and Parks, to investigate reports, gather evidence, educate stakeholders and support positive compliance outcomes. Your ability to build relationships, communicate effectively and apply legislation will be key to your success.

Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to make a visible impact on the local environment and community. You'll play a key role in protecting Ryde's urban forest while working in a supportive team dedicated to delivering positive environmental outcomes.

What You'll Be Doing

• Help protect and grow Ryde's urban forest through proactive compliance and education.
• Investigate unauthorised tree works and support positive environmental outcomes.
• Work across a variety of development sites, engaging with developers, contractors and residents.
• Lead compliance activities, including inspections, investigations and enforcement actions.
• Promote best-practice tree protection and help preserve Ryde's tree canopy for future generations.

In addition, you will also have:

• Qualifications in Arboriculture, Environmental Management, Compliance, Planning, Local Government or a related discipline.

• Demonstrated experience in compliance, investigations, environmental regulation or local government.
• Sound knowledge of relevant legislation and regulatory processes.
• Strong investigation and evidence-gathering skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong time management skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• A Class C Driver Licence.

Bring your experience in tree management, environmental compliance or development regulation and help protect one of Ryde's most valuable community assets, our urban forest.

Your commencing annual salary will range from $99,639.10 to $118,671.98 + Leaseback + Superannuation dependent on your experience and qualifications.

Culture & Benefits

• Commitment to providing opportunities for work/life balance
• Annual performance reviews and Award increases
• Opportunity to sign up as a fitness passport member
• Various health & well-being initiatives (i.e. flu vaccinations, skin checks, etc.)
• Accrue a rostered day off once every 3 weeks
• 18 weeks paid parental leave
• Long Service Leave after 5 years
• 3 extra leave days at Christmas

How to Apply

Apply now using our fast, easy to use on-line application process. In addition to answering the on-line application questions shown below, you will need to attach your Resume to complete the application process.  Please note, you are not required to submit a separate cover letter or a statement addressing selection criteria. 

Closing Date: 30th August 2026 11.30pm

If you would like to know more, please see the position description or contact Kieren O’Neill on 0477 161 *** for a confidential discussion.

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