• Full time - Fixed Term 12 months
• Band 4
• Salary $75,965.41 + Super + Flexible Working
• 19 day month with RDO or 9 day fortnight option, your choice!

About Us

The City of Whittlesea is one of the fastest growing municipalities in Australia. As a local government organisation, we play a pivotal role in the everyday lives of our community. Our vision is to make Whittlesea 2040: A Place For All by ensuring our residents can enjoy access to local services, facilities and infrastructure.

Our staff are passionate, skilled and diverse, providing a great environment to work in and succeed.

The Role

Make a difference in our community!

The Kerbside Compliance Officer supports our community to get it right on bin night.

The Kerbside Compliance Officer uses a range of tools primarily face to face education and where required our new Local Law to address the correct use of domestic residential kersbide bins.

The roles support waste diversion and resource recovery through kerbside bin inspections, hard waste and bundled branch services inspections, monitoring of litter hot spot sites and assist with, collection and enforcement of dumped trolleys.

About you

You have a passion for interacting and talking to a huge range of community members from diverse backgrounds.

You have an enthusiasm for resource recovery and recycling and a desire to make an impact for future generations.

You will also be a collaborative and reliable team member who can gain commitment and cooperation from community members , resolving conflict and ensuring that the community deals with their waste and recycling in the best possible way.

This role would be suitable for people commencing their career in the environmental and waste sectors or people who have undertaken public facing roles in the past.

If this sounds like you, then you should definitely apply!

Want to know more?

For more information about this position please access a copy of the position description via the link below or If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Simone Chetwynd-Brown, Unit Manager Resource Recovery on 0409528917.

To apply for this position, you must address the Selection Criteria outlined in the Position Description in your cover letter. Please note, that applications that do not address the Selection Criteria may not be considered.

Interviews will take place as suitable candidates are identified.

Please note all applicants must apply online, and no late applications will be accepted.

We are happy to take applications from international candidates if you have a valid Visa to work in Australia.

At the City of Whittlesea, we value diversity and appreciate everyone’s strengths. We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects our municipality. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, people with a disability and people identifying as LGBTIQ. The City of Whittlesea is also a Child Safe employer.

Council is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that encourages employees to participate, without discrimination, in both work-related and other activities conducted within a work context, with the support of workplace adjustments. Where possible, the Council will identify and resolve potential barriers to the recruitment and employment of people with disabilities within the organisation.

If you require a workplace adjustment to support you during the interview process,please email [email protected] using the subject line: Kerbside Compliance Officer enquiry via EthicalJobs, with your request outlining your preferred method of contact.Workplace adjustment (also known as “reasonable adjustment”) is defined as: “Whatever is considered necessary and achievable to enable an employee to perform their job role efficiently and to the best of their abilities”.A Workplace adjustment can be requested at any stage in the recruitment process and/or as a part of the employment of an individual.

A position description is attached.