Protected Area Logistics · Shaun Branden, Principal
You have a funded ranger program.
PAL handles the coordination.
Reporting, planning, NIAA and DCCEEW liaison, APP&B, stakeholder management. PAL takes on the obligations your grant requires, without adding to your workload. Remote, practical, and already experienced with the system.
NIAA capacity building grants can fund PAL services. Under the Indigenous Rangers Program, capacity building means professional services provided externally to your organisation. If your grant includes a capacity building allocation, this is exactly what it is for. Get in touch →
What PAL does
Running the program
Part-time coordination, without the full-time hire
The paperwork
Reports, acquittals, grant applications
Planning
Healthy Country Plans, strategy, MERI
Based in Adelaide. Available to visit your Country.
PAL is not a fly-in, fly-out service. Shaun visits sites, meets with teams and Elders, and builds the working relationship in person. Trust and gut feel matter in this sector, and there is no substitute for showing up.
The day-to-day coordination work covers reporting, NIAA and DCCEEW liaison, planning documents, and grant management. This is handled from a professional office, which is where most coordination work happens regardless of where a coordinator is based. What your organisation gets is a coordinator who is reachable and responsive, without the complications of remote living.
NIAA's own contracts recognise this. Site visits with the Commonwealth can be conducted by videoconference. The coordination work has always been mostly office-based. PAL just makes that arrangement explicit and professional.
What engagement looks like in practice
- ✓ An initial site visit to meet the team and understand the program on the ground
- ✓ Regular check-ins by phone or video with your key contact
- ✓ On-site for important meetings, NIAA visits, or planning workshops
- ✓ Day-to-day coordination, reporting, and planning handled remotely
- ✓ Available by phone or email when something comes up
For clients outside South Australia, travel costs are discussed and agreed upfront.