Shape the future of the nursery industry

Hort Innovation in partnership with Greenlife Industry Australia (GIA) is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) for three new committees to assess and recommend where the sector should spend nursery levy funds. 

The three committees cover:

1. RD&E committee (Hort Innovation)
2. Marketing committee (Hort Innovation)
3. RD&E innovation committee (Greenlife Industry Australia)

You can apply for more than one committee but you cannot serve on more than one. This is your opportunity to help shape the future of the nursery industry.

Committee appointments are for a minimum three (3) year term. Committee members are unpaid volunteers, but we will reimburse all out of pocket expenses in connection with the role (including all expenses you incur in attending meetings). 

A selection panel will assess and shortlist applications for interview, and recommend the final panel composition to Hort Innovation and the GIA Executive.

Expressions of interest applications close Wednesday March 27, 2024.

For more information, please contact George Russell, Industry Service and Delivery Manager on 0417 954 814 or at [email protected].

Apply for the nursery committees

1. RD&E committee

Officially the ‘Nursery Research Development and Extension (RD&E) Strategic Investment Advisory Committee’, this committee will provide strategic investment advice to Hort Innovation about industry research, development and extension programs funded by industry R&D levies and matching dollars from the Australian Government. This group is guided by the strategic priorities set out in the Nursery Strategic Investment Plan 2022-2026.

We are seeking individuals with some or all of these skills and experience:
• importation and interstate distribution of germplasm 
• pest and disease management 
• agrichemical and regulation
• biosecurity and crisis management systems
• extension and communications
• technology and production system adoption to address labour and skills shortages
• sustainability, climate resilience and waste management
• supply chain challenges (domestic or international) 
• international innovation and emerging technologies. 

Time commitment each year:
• One full-day face-to-face meeting in Sydney (proposed date May 21, 2024)
• One full-day face-to-face meeting in Brisbane
• One online half-day meeting. 

2. Marketing committee

Officially the Strategic Marketing Committee, this group provides strategic investment advice to Hort Innovation about industry demand creation programs funded from both the nursery marketing and R&D statutory levies. This group is guided by the strategic priorities set out in the Nursery Strategic Investment Plan 2022-2026.

We are seeking individuals with some or all of these skills and experience:
• literacy and expertise in environmental, social and governance (or similar)
• demand management and marketing – intrastate, interstate or international
• export market engagement
• domestic market engagement
• experience with strategic market development
• experience with whole of industry matters 
• leveraging, understanding and interpreting consumer/trade market data
• supply chain challenges.

Time commitment each year:
• Two day face-to-face meeting in Sydney (proposed dates May 28-29, 2024)
• One full-day face-to-face meeting in Brisbane.

3. RD&E innovation committee

The RD&E Innovation Committee is a separate GIA committee that will oversee the industry research and development concepts and ideas process. This group will gather and prioritise R&D ideas from around the country for the RD&E Committee to consider.

Please apply if you have skills and experience in some or all these areas:
• importation and interstate distribution of germplasm 
• pest and disease management 
• agrichemical and regulation
• biosecurity and crisis management systems
• extension and communications
• technology and production system adoption to address labour and skills shortages
• sustainability, climate resilience and waste management
• supply chain challenges 
• international innovation and emerging technologies. 

Time commitment each year:
• One full-day face-to-face meeting in Sydney
• Two online half-day meetings.