Sustainable Waste Management Education Officer - Rockdale, Australia - Bayside City Council

Bayside City Council

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Rockdale, Australia

1 week ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

Deadline:
Wednesday 1 March 2023

Full Time Permanent position (35 hours per week) enjoy a 9day fortnight
Join a diverse and familyfriendly work environment

- $75,758 to $84,850 per annum plus superannuation

5 minutes to sunny Maroubra Beach and adjacent to Southpoint Shopping Centre

Our Team

At Bayside Council, we are committed to a positive, flexible and supportive workplace culture, where our people and customers feel respected and valued.

We are proud to serve our community through operating with transparency, integrity and in the best interests of the Bayside community to deliver exceptional service.

The City Life directorate delivers personalised and public services to enhance community life, including family, aged, leisure and cultural services.

About the Role
The role is responsible for educating and promoting to the community and staff sustainable waste management and resource recovery.

This role is also responsible for developing and implementing an Educational Program as identified in the Sustainable Waste Management Strategy and Action Plans.

This role may involve working/hot-desking at multiple Council locations across Bayside.

You can also expect to:

Develop and implement community education programs under the guidance of the Coordinator and/or Manager Environment & Resilience on waste and resource recovery.
Develop and implement waste and resource recovery education programs for internal staff under the guidance of the Coordinator and/or Manager Environment and Resilience.
Assist with the design, production and distribution of educational and promotional material that supports goals set in Council's Sustainable Waste Management Strategy and that protects the environment.
Collaborate with Council's Waste & Cleansing Services and other relevant business units to minimise contamination, incidences of illegal dumping, and littering.
Coordinate and manage contractors to conduct community education and engagement.
Assist with waste research, analytics, audits and reporting as well as waste related activities at Events within Council Events Calendar (including some events outside of normal working hours).
Contribute to the development of the Sustainable Waste Management Strategy and Plan.
Prepare correspondence to inform residents and property owners of actions taken, whilst keeping in mind Council's reputation and image to maintain a high standard of respect from the community.
Work in collaboration with and assist the team, manager, coordinator, and other key stakeholders to achieve business unit goals, work requests, demands and Council priorities.
Promote the positive and collaborative culture and values of the organisation through open, fair and transparent decision making and ethical, professional behaviour.

About You

We are looking for someone who has:

Tertiary qualifications, Diploma and/or equivalent experience in environmental management, environmental science, sustainability or related discipline with proven experience in delivery across similar areas.
Demonstrated experience in community education and engagement.
Demonstrated experience in dealing with people behaviour and change management. Current C Class Vehicle Driver's Licence coupled with the ability to drive an education van.
Current Working with Children Check.
Willingness to work adhoc weekend work.

Our Benefits and Culture

As an organisation, we pride ourselves in offering a flexible working environment centred on delivering great outcomes for our customers, whether internal or external.

Bayside Council has a strong culture of collaboration and delivering exciting new initiatives for our community.

3 extra days off during Christmas each year
15 days sick leave each year
2 days health and wellbeing leave
Gym membership discounts
Additional parental leave entitlements for both parents

Closing date:
Wednesday 1 March 2023

Salary range:
$75,758 to $84,850 per annum plus 10.5% superannuation

Council is committed to the health and safety of its employees and addressing risks of COVID19 in the workplace. Council's COVID19 Vaccination Policy requires all workers to be fully vaccinated with an approved COVID19 vaccine before commencing employment._
Applicants may be required to satisfactorily undertake a Criminal History Check, Medical and/or Working with Children Check in accordance with the position._
We are an equal opportunity employer committed to an equitable, diverse and socially inclusive work environment._