• Employment Status: Permanent, full time
• Days & Hours of Work: Monday to Friday totalling 38 hours per week
• Competitive Salary: Band 6 - $98,867.71 + 11.5% 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’ drives achievement of the goals set out in the Bayside Environmental Sustainability Framework and Climate Emergency Action Plan. The role requires planning and delivery of projects, programs and services to accelerate action on climate change and minimise our impact on the environment.

Using your highly valued skills and experience in project management 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 Climate and Environmental Sustainability Coordinator.

You will be responsible for:

• Achieving organisational best practice in relation to environmental sustainability.
• Improving environmental sustainability through influence on organisational policies and programs.
• Preparing and delivering climate and environmental sustainability related projects for the community to improve infrastructure and emission reductions.
• Recording, managing and analysing data to report on environmental performance.

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.
• 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.
• A Green Money program, that rewards our staff for taking simple everyday steps to a more sustantiable and climate aware living.

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 on Bayside City Council Careers page.
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 Now 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.

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 Shelley Franklyn, Coordinator Climate and Environmental Sustainability on 03 9599 4807 or via email [email protected] using the subject line: Sustainability Strategy Officer enquiry via EthicalJobs.

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.