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Why join the City of Gold Coast? What’s in it for you?
When you join the City of Gold Coast, we provide pathways and opportunities for you to grow and achieve your potential; we look out for your health and wellbeing with our Fitness Passport and Employee Assistance Programs, and we offer flexible work and hybrid office/work from home options to allow you to have more time doing the things you enjoy. We have a generous superannuation scheme and an employee-driven Social Club to get you amongst the action!
About the Branch
As part of Water and Waste (WW), the Service Sustainability Branch is responsible for planning to ensure a sufficient and continuous supply of safe and reliable drinking and recycled water, to meet the communities’ reasonable needs and expectations. The branch is also responsible for planning to ensure the safe collection, treatment, disposal and reuse of wastewater (and residues) for the protection of human health and safety.
The Branch is responsible to undertake various planning tasks to deliver short, medium and long term planning outcomes to service growth and innovation requirements for the Gold Coast. These activities including the infrastructure planning, development and implementation of strategies, catchment and waterways planning and activities. It ensures that new assets are developed in a timely manner to provide the capacity to meet current and future community needs. In so doing, the Service Sustainability Branch ensures the ability of the community to grow and prosper within the environmental, infrastructure and economic resources available, without limiting the use of those resources by future generations.
The Branch ensures that our catchments and water environments are healthy, monitored and managed effectively and our environment is protected from impact due to WW activities.
About the Role
The primary role of Coordinator Environment is to lead a team who partner with the operational branches within the Water and Waste Directorate, to improve environmental performance and compliance. This includes the provision of advice to the operators of landfills, waste and recycling centers, sewage treatment plants and the sewerage network. This also includes managing the delivery of environmental improvement projects or assisting operators in delivery environmental improvement projects.
Key deliverables of the position:
- Provision of advice to the Water and Waste Directorate to improve environmental performance as it relates to the Environmental Authorities and negotiate any required amendments
- Manage a team of Environmental Professionals who partner with the operational areas of Water and Waste to increase environmental awareness and develop fit-for-purpose solutions.
- Manage interactions and reporting to the Department of Environment and Science within required timeframes.
- Provide advice in response to environmental incidents and ensure appropriate actions are undertaken.
- Coordination of annual environmental reporting requirements.
About You
In addition to the required technical knowledge and experience, the successful applicant will need to have the following attributes:
- Ability to lead and work as part of a team.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills in order to effectively partner with operational areas to achieve good environmental outcomes.
- Ability to demonstrate leadership and take responsibility.
- A can-do attitude
- Ability to find operational solutions for environmental improvement activities
The City of Gold Coast is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are committed to supporting an environment where all employees, regardless of their differences or similarities, feel valued, respected and supported. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons are encouraged to apply.
Please note applications for all of our vacancies close at 10.30pm on the listed closing date.
Essential: Do you possess a Degree in Environmental Science or equivalent? If you do not have a Degree in Environmental Science (or equivalent), and instead have developed through an equivalent role the business experience and knowledge to perform our positions requirements, please provide details.Essential: Do you have experience working as an Environmental Professional for a Water and/or Waste Utility? If so, please describe your experience in providing environmental advice to operators at any of the following: landfills; waste & recycling centres; sewage treatment plants; and the sewerage network.Essential: Do you have experience in negotiating changes to an existing Environmental Authority (EA) or obtaining a new EA (or permit) for a Water and/or Waste Utility? If so, please provide an example and describe the process undertaken.Essential: Do you have experience in responding to environmental incidents and providing advice to ensure appropriate remedial actions are undertaken? If so, provide an example including how communications and reporting were managed with the Department of Environment and Science.Essential: Do you have extensive experience managing communications and the day to day relationship with the Environmental Regulator? If so please provide examples including response preparation in the instance of regulatory action.Essential: Do you have a current Drivers Licence?
