Employment Status: Fixed term 12-month opportunity
Days & Hours of Work: Monday to Friday totalling 38 hours per week
Competitive Salary: Band 6 - $101,833 - $111,108 (depending on experience) + 12% superannuation
Location: Corporate Centre in Sandringham, with the flexibility to work from home

About Us:

We are a passionate organisation, connected in our shared goal to be ‘sector leading’ in all that we do for the community and each other. Home to over 100,000 residents, Bayside City Council's enduring purpose is building extraordinary places, thriving communities, and better futures.

Bayside Council is an equal-opportunity employer committed to providing an accessible and safe working environment that embraces and values child safety, diversity, and inclusion. Our organisational strategy is made up of three priorities and we consider these in everything we do: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Customer Experience and Results Matter.

We want everyone to be as proud of what we are achieving – and excited about our future – as we are, and we are committed to working together to achieve this.

About the Role:

The Bayside City Council ‘Sustainability Strategy Officer’ provides strategic and operational support for sustainability initiatives, environmental performance monitoring and delivery of projects across Council operations, with a focus on resource efficiency, emissions reduction and sustainable asset management.

The role will also contribute to high-quality open space and places by delivering data-driven initiatives that improve resource efficiency, reduce emissions and enhance the quality, resilience and performance of public open space.

The role integrates environmental data, project delivery and stakeholder engagement to optimise water, energy and gas use, support climate-resilient design, and enable evidence-based decision-making that improves community amenity and long-term asset outcomes.

Using your highly valued skills and experience and your ability to work collaboratively, you will help deliver sustainable outcomes for both Council and the community. You will have qualifications in sustainability, environmental science, carbon accounting, policy or planning, or similar. Additional skills in monitoring and evaluation and experience in local government will be highly valued. This position reports to the Coordinator Open Space and Environment.

You will be responsible for:

• Improving environmental sustainability through influence on organisational policies and programs.
• Utility data reconciliation, auditing and quality assurance
• Collecting and validating large datasets (water, electricity, gas)
• Recording, managing and analysing data to report on environmental performance.
• Preparing and delivering climate and environmental sustainability related projects for the community to improve infrastructure and emission reductions.

Key Selection Criteria:

To be successful in this role, you will bring the following skills and competencies:

• A suitable tertiary qualification in one or more of the following fields: sustainability; environmental science, policy or planning; carbon accounting; or similar; or up to 5 year’s relevant experience. Experience in Local Government is preferred, but not essential.
• Experience working with software platforms for the energy and utility sectors (such as Trellis and Azility).
• Demonstrated high level skills in project initiation, management and delivery, research and analysis, monitoring and evaluation, sustainable resource management, data management and environmental sustainability reporting.
• Ability to work autonomously to plan, develop and manage the delivery of key sustainability strategies, projects and programs, while contributing to the development of new initiatives.
•  Demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively with a team to deliver project outcomes, to influence and support others to deliver projects, and to effectively manage contractors and/or consultants.
• Sound understanding of climate change and environmental sustainability principles, current practices and issues.

Mandatory pre-employment requirements:

• Be willing to undergo and complete a satisfactory criminal history check.
• Provide or obtain an employment-based Working with Children check. 

What we can offer you in return: 

• A work life/balance through flexible and hybrid working arrangements.
• Generous leave provisions, including accrued time off, parental leave, three days of wellbeing leave per year, cultural and ceremonial leave, gender affirmation leave, plus the ability to purchase up to four weeks additional leave per year.
• Dedicated Staff Wellbeing programs, events and gym membership discounts.
• Learning and development opportunities so our people can grow and thrive.
• A Parkland surrounded office that is only short 500m stroll to the beach.
• Free onsite staff parking plus hybrid vehicles that employees can book for work related travel.

If you are ready to be part of our incredible organisation, and you think this role is the right fit for you, then we look forward to finding out more about you and what you would bring to this role.

How to apply:

1. To discover more about the role and responsibilities review the Position Description.
2. Provide a cover letter showing how you meet the Key Selection Criteria and what has motivated you to apply for this role.
3. Click Apply to submit your application.
4. If you require reasonable adjustment at any point throughout the recruitment process, then please do let us know by contacting the listed Hiring Manager.

Applications close: Wednesday 22 July, 11:55pm

Please note - Shortlisting will commence prior to the closing date so we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

If you would like to learn more about this opportunity or have any questions, please contact Paul Gibbs, Coordinator Open Space & Environment on 03 9599 4735 or via email pgibbs@bayside.vic.gov.au

Bayside City Council prides itself on its values of Respect Each Other, Own It, Work Together and Find Better Ways.

Bayside City Council proudly acknowledges the Bunurong People of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land, and we pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging as well as all Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community members with us today.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to an equitable, diverse and socially inclusive work environment. We actively encourage applicants with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, people living with disability, LGBTIQA+ people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this opportunity.