Address- Full Time Permanent Position available (9-day fortnight)
- Tertiary qualifications in sustainability, environmental science, or other relevant water management, environmental management, or natural resource management disciplines.
- LGO8 (based on skills, qualifications and experience).
Why Choose Us
Townsville City Council is the largest local government authority in Northern Australia. We are committed to creating value by growing Townsville through driving economic diversity and generating an enriching lifestyle.
Our organisation provides and maintains over $7b worth of community assets including water and wastewater network and treatment plants, bridges, drainage, roads, waste management, community facilities, sporting venues and more.
We contribute to an active lifestyle for our residents and visitors through events, providing recreational facilities, protecting the natural environment and heritage, while creating a mentally and physically healthy city.
We are driving economic diversity and cultivating an enriching lifestyle, growing a city for this and future generations by building a vibrant, sustainable and innovative city.
Council’s vision is for Townsville to be a connected, lifestyle driven and innovation focused city while continuing to deliver service excellence and to be led by our community to create an exciting today and future.
Our Vision: A globally connected community driven by lifestyle and nature.
Our Purpose: Grow Townsville
Our Values: Safety, Excellence, Respect, Value, Enjoyment
About the Role
Accountable to the Chief Sustainability Officer, this position will be focused on the needs and aspirations of the Townsville community; growing and managing customer relationships, developing a culture of customer-centricity and personal accountability; and reshaping how we deliver services to maximise value.
This position’s purpose is to lead a diverse team of subject matter experts to foster:
- Delivery of landscape-scale restoration to key Townsville environments (coastal, catchments, and savannas, including integration of circular economy initiatives (i.e. Weeds to Healthy Soils/Looping Reef City/People), integrating into First Nations collaborations.
- Community wide sustainable action across a catchment and landscape integrated city, for water quality and nature-based solutions to help ensure environmental, social, and economic values are maintained for future generations.
- Delivery of restorative activities which integrate with stacked opportunities such as blue carbon, soil carbon, and biodiversity/wildlife offsets.
- Better understanding of the contribution that water and landscape functions make to Townsville’s economic growth and development; building resilience models of supply and demand; and our quality of life and the environment.
- Water Sensitive Cities and Total Water Cycle opportunities (waterways, wetlands, marine, groundwater, stormwater, parklands, riverbanks, and wastewater) in order to contribute to a more liveable, resilient, and productive Townsville
About You
Our ideal candidate will have a degree qualification in sustainability, environmental science, or other relevant water management, environmental management, or natural resource management disciplines with extensive experience, expertise and technical aptitude in the principles and practices of ‘water sensitive city’, total water cycle management, integrated water management and in the use of smart technological approaches.
Proven ability to lead innovative business improvement and community behaviour change programs in response to key operational and strategic challenges
How to Apply
Applications should be submitted through the 'Apply' button and include a Cover Letter (maximum 2 pages), outlining how your skills, experience and personal attributes would allow you to achieve success in this role, plus your Resume, outlining previous academic and work experience. Attachments of the relevant and required qualifications and licenses relating to the role should be attached.
For further information review the Position Description.
Closing Date: 11.45pm, Wednesday 29th May 2024
What We Offer
- 17.5% annual leave loading
- Up to 5 weeks annual leave
- Up to 3 weeks Personal/Carers Leave
- 14 weeks paid Parental Leave
- Domestic and Family Violence Leave
- Natural Disaster Leave
- Up to *13.5% Superannuation employer contribution for contributing members
- Salary Sacrifice opportunities
- Learning and Development opportunities
- Fitness Passport program offering discounted membership to selected gym, pool, and yoga facilities
- Employee Loyalty Program offering discounts at selected local businesses
- Employee Assistance Program
* The Council contribution to employees' superannuation for contributing employees shall be 13.5% of the employees' ordinary time earnings subject to the employee contributing a minimum of 6% of their ordinary time earnings.
We are committed to creating a safe and inclusive workplace where diverse styles, backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, encouraged, and respected. People from diverse backgrounds (including but not limited to, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, people with diverse gender identities and sexualities, people from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability, and veterans) are encouraged to apply!
If you need any adjustments to be made to the recruitment process or if you would like to discuss any accessibility requirements, please contact **************@townsville.qld.gov.au or phone 07 4727 9*** for a confidential discussion.
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