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Position status Permanent Position type Flexible full-time Occupational group Primary Industry & Environment Classification PO3 Workplace Location Central West Qld Job ad reference QLD/543342/24 Closing date 27-Feb-2024 Yearly salary Fortnightly salary Total remuneration Salary Other Job duration Contact person Alison Cummings Contact details Ph: 0436 693 333
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This Opportunity
Are you ready to write a new chapter in your story? Our organisation values its people, respecting and embracing diversity and a balance between work and life commitments. Our staff are passionate about delivering outstanding environmental services to the communities throughout our diverse State. We have an opportunity for a Senior Environmental Officer (Assessment) in Emerald, within the Environmental Services and Regulation (ESR) division of the Department of Environment, Science and Innovation. The division provides targeted, consistent and transparent regulation that facilitates sustainable development in Queensland. ESR proactively manages and monitors environmental risks through a modern and innovative regulatory framework that includes assessment, compliance, investigation and enforcement programs. ESR also provides extensive frontline services both centrally and regionally.
We want YOU to join our team and contribute to our Vision.
In this role, you'll find:
- A purpose and a challenge that matter
- Passionate, positive, down to earth people
- Diverse, interesting work and experiences
- Opportunities to learn, discover and grow
- A collaborative, innovative environment
You'll have the following work skills and experience (which define what you can contribute professionally):
- Understanding of (or the ability to rapidly acquire), contemporary environmental and regulatory legislation, trends, drivers, and approaches, particularly for the coal industry.
- Experience working as part of a team to achieve operational deliverables in a regulatory service delivery environment.
- Proven ability to communicate with influence, to: a. community groups b. undertake negotiations to resolve complex matters and c. manage stakeholders.
- Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving capability in rapidly changing contexts.
You'll be part of a team of hard-working professionals in a genuinely welcoming, safe, and positive workplace. Here, we encourage one another to share our experiences so we can all learn, grow, and innovate. Working in Emerald, and in the challenging arena of coal mining regulation, you'll be well equipped for future progression opportunities across QLD.
Emerald and its surrounds offer a fantastic outdoor lifestyle, with swimming, fishing, water skiing, boating, bushwalking and camping. Emerald is the ideal place for young families, with easily accessible schools and fantastic sporting clubs! See what this thriving region has to offer here (www.centralhighlands.com.au)
Enjoy the benefits of being an employee of DES such as:
- Subsided government employee housing (dependent on circumstance, conditions apply).
- Flexible work arrangements and Accrued Time Leave, giving you the opportunity to balance your career to suit your lifestyle.
- Locality allowance (conditions apply).
- A 36.15-hour week.
- 4 weeks paid annual leave.
- An environment that supports family commitments.
Further information
We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.
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Documents
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543342 23 Role Description v1 (Word, 162KB)
