Clearwater Training Coordinator

At Melbourne Water we love water and love life. What we do makes a vital contribution to Melbourne’s famous lifestyle. We achieve this by supplying high quality drinking water, providing outstanding sewerage services, integrating drainage systems, building resilience to flooding and by enhancing our waterway and land for greater community use. At Melbourne Water, we are in the ‘Decade that Matters’ and we’ve got some ambitious goals to achieve. It’s a pride we share in helping to make greater Melbourne a fantastic place to live.

Reporting to the Program Lead Clearwater, the Clearwater Training Coordinator will support the Clearwater’s Integrated Water Management (IWM) capacity building program by coordinating the delivery of IWM training and events, and leading the program’s communication and engagement activity. This role is integral in driving the implementation of IWM practices through increasing skills, knowledge and networks across the water industry.

This will be achieved through:

• Working with minimal supervision to project manage the delivery of training, events and other capacity building activities, both online and face-to-face (including planning, implementation and event logistics).
• Liaising with Clearwater’s customers, presenters, venue managers and/or suppliers in coordinating the delivery of water industry training, events and activities.
• Leading the development and implementation of communication and engagement plans, identifying target audiences, and developing key messages and promotion strategies to ensure attendance at events and successful implementation of capacity building activities.
• Providing excellent customer service and generating new customers for events.
• Maintaining accurate program documentation and program resources within the team’s current information management systems.
• Working closely with the Clearwater Program Lead to identify, develop and implement program improvements and innovations that benefit our customers, stakeholders and partners.

Please note that this is a fixed-term contract role for 12 months and a great opportunity for someone who wants to work on a part-time basis (4 days a week).

• Tertiary qualification preferably related to Social Sciences, Education, Business (e.g. Communications) and/or Natural Resources Management
• Demonstrated experience in training coordination and/or event management
• Experience with communications and engagement activities and the ability to increase the profile of a program or organisation
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to manage competing priorities
• Skilled in using software applications including Zoom, Survey Monkey, MS Teams, MS Word and MS PowerPoint
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to ensure accurate document management

Your demonstrated stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to build and maintain relationships across diverse stakeholders groups will be keys to this role.

For more information, please see the attached Position Description.

We take enormous pride in cultivating a culture that holistically benefits our team and the wider Melbourne community. The pillars of our culture are based on Flexibility, Impact, Growth & Development, and People.

• We are committed to flexible working in a variety of manners including hybrid work, varied start/finish times, purchased leave, part time work, and 9-day fortnights. We understand that Melbourne Water and our customers are benefitted by enabling balance in work and life.
• Make an impact as part of a passionate team doing meaningful work to enhance life and livability in Melbourne.
• We relish learning and challenging the status quo for continuous growth. Perpetual and varied opportunities for learning and development are offered in a variety of manners - from formal development programs, digital learning content and lunch & learns; to visiting our sites and getting to see our initiatives and projects first hand.
• People are the foundation for all that we do. Our people are warm, welcoming, and inclusive.
• We welcome applications from everyone, including people with disability, mature age and young job seekers, members of the LGBTI+ community, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. Melbourne Water welcomes and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

How to apply

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Closing date: 18 March 2024 at 11:55pm AEST