- Part time role, 19 hours per week
- Band 6 role
- Full time, 12-month max term contract
Hume City Council is one of Australia’s fastest growing and culturally diverse councils. We put the customer and our community at the centre of all that we do, ensuring our services are efficient and accessible.
Play a key role in the implementation of Council’s Live Green Plan in relation to sustainability engagement, learning and action.
What you’ll be doing:
- Coordinate and facilitate the ongoing implementation of staff and community sustainability engagement and behaviour change programs.
- Provide professional advice and information to Council and the community on sustainability related issues.
- Coordinate the effective communication of sustainability information and behaviour change across Council and with the community.
- Develop and maintain relationships with the community to encourage active participation in sustainability related programs and activities.
- Support community initiated sustainability action and sustainability related groups.
- Lead, coordinate and facilitate environmental engagement programs for the Hume community and within Council and integrate environmental engagement and behaviour change within other Council programs.
- Lead the implementation, monitoring, review, evaluation and reporting of Council’s Live Green Plan including the Live Green community workshop program.
- Lead and coordinate the Green Team which leads staff behaviour change and.
- Initiate and support community environmental initiatives and projects.
- Maintain knowledge of best practice community behaviour change and evaluation techniques.
- Lead sustainability behaviour change in Hume both internally and externally.
The skills and experience you’ll bring to the role:
- Tertiary qualifications in environmental education, sustainability, community engagement, behaviour change, communications, community development, education, environmental science, environmental management or a related field or through lesser formal qualifications and substantial relevant experience.
- Demonstrated experience in developing, implementing and evaluating sustainability engagement and behaviour change programs; experience working with a culturally and linguistically diverse community would be an advantage.
- Demonstrated experience in Microsoft Office suite and experience in Internet and desktop publishing would be an advantage.
- Demonstrated experience in facilitation, presentation, influencing and motivating skills.
- Capacity to supervise staff.
- A current Driver’s Licence.
Why Hume City Council?
A leader in local government, we’re committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative work environment that is guided by our values:
We’re better, every day: We give things a go and value progress over perfection. We have permission to go for it and are expected to reflect and learn.
We’re in it together: At Hume, everyone matters. We Welcome and include all. Respect and safety are expected.
We show up: We empower and trust others and own our work. We rise to the challenges and are expected to do what we say we will.
All for Hume: We strive to achieve our best for the Hume Community. We are proud and passionate about working towards better outcomes and expect they are at the centre of everything we do.
We offer a competitive salary package, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment.
A child safe organisation and an equal opportunity employer. Council encourages people of all ages, people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.
All candidates will be required to undertake background and probity checks including Reference Checks, Working with Children Check, and a Criminal Record Check.
