Address- Location: Raymond Terrace - Live and breathe flexible working - offering a hybrid work from home/office model designed to support flexibility
- Permanent full-time position. Work within a flexitime band that enables you design your own work patterns for a 35 hour week!
- Work with genuinely #awesome people in a unique industry
- Strong emphasis on positive culture and personal development
About Port Stephens Council (PSC)
Port Stephens is known for its incredible natural beauty and vibrant community, covering an area of close to 900 square kilometers and populated by over 75,000 people.
Port Stephens is diverse – with coastal villages, riverside suburbs, rural lands and historic town centres, it’s the ideal tourism and retirement destination as well as a great place to live, work and play.
We acknowledge the Worimi as the original Custodians and inhabitants of Port Stephens. May we walk the road to tomorrow with mutual respect and admiration as we care for the beautiful land and waterways together.
The Perfect Opportunity
Our Natural Systems unit are seeking an Environmental Officer to join their passionate group of environmental professionals in its Environmental Strategy Team. Your role is an important one! As Environmental Officer, you will provide professional advice and project support in practical, plain language to Council and the Community as it relates to natural resource related projects, policies, plans and strategies.
Your key skills will be in project managing and communicating effectively, with a natural knack in developing and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders to ensure Council’s objectives are met. You’ll support Council and the Community to navigate the complexities of natural resource policy, planning, and regulation, whilst assisting in the delivery of some exciting key environmental projects.
Your Team
The Environmental Strategy Team consists of a passionate team of professionals dedicated to improving environmental outcomes across Port Stephens through creative problem-solving and practical approaches. They love collaborating and working with industry-leaders to assist both Council and the Community navigate critical environmental issues and deliver successful environmental projects in Coastal, Threatened Biodiversity and Koala Management. You won’t be bored!
We work hard to deliver for our community – we thrive in an active environment where change and innovation is the norm. We love to explore, experiment and have lots of fun along the way by challenging the status quo. Bring your high-level collaboration skills, commitment and enthusiasm to our dynamic team.
About you
You’ll need to:
- hold a relevant Degree in Natural Resource Management, Environmental Science, Sustainability and Environment or demonstrated equivalent;
- demonstrate experience in project or contractor management to deliver tasks within time, cost and quality;
- show experience in the preparation, securing and administration of grants (or similar funding arrangements such as quotations or tenders);
- demonstrate experience in the provision of practical, plain language advice as it relates to environmental related policies, plans and strategies or technical environmental information;
- be pragmatic and have the ability to negotiate practical environmental solutions; and
- be comfortable working in a dynamic and high performing team.
Enough about us, we want to hear about you! So tell us about…
- Why you want this role and how it aligns to your career goals.
- An example of how you have successfully project managed to deliver a project within agreed quality, costs and timeframes.
- An example of a project or situation where you have collaborated with a range of stakeholders or project team partners to deliver an environmental project or outcome.
Please note: Only the criteria above needs to be addressed in the application, however you’ll be assessed against the full list of Essential Criteria located within the Position Description (see below).
We want you to love PSC as much as we do, so here’s a taste of some of the perks you can expect:
- Base Salary Range: $76,006 - $89,421 pa based on a 35 hour week + 11% superannuation + $2,229 retention
- Confidential support (including mental health) through our employee assistance program
- Long service leave when you’ve been with us for just over 5 years
- Paid Parental Leave so you can spend more time with your new little human
- Ongoing personal and professional development programs available during work hours
- Free parking on site and a convenient local shopping centre
- Coffee and food to keep you sustained at our on-site café
- And lots more…
