Enviromental Protection Officer

Job No: CN2106
Location: Newcastle, NSW

  • Build upon your experience and advance your career in environmental health.
  • Work within a multi-disciplinary team to undertake proactive environmental inspections.
  • 12 month fixed-term contract - 35 hours per week.
  • Flexible work arrangements available, including a 9-day fortnight.

Located 160km north of Sydney, Newcastle is New South Wales’ second largest city, and offers the perfect lifestyle and career environment.

Our City is thriving and rapidly transforming. In recent years Newcastle has experienced a significant increase in development activity, with the 2017-18 Financial Year seeing building approvals top $1.2 billion.

Our City Change project involves moving our employees from our Office in the Civic precinct to 12 Stewart Avenue, Newcastle West in October 2019. This creates a great opportunity to align staff with our organisational vision, values and strategic directions, and leverage the great work the organisation is undertaking which supports cultural improvement.

City of Newcastle (CN) is seeking an experienced and customer service focused Environmental Protection Officer to undertake proactive environmental inspections to identify and mitigate actual or potential environmental impacts or risks.

Drawing on your strong professional experience and utilising your well-developed communication, problem-solving, and customer service skills, you will work within the Environmental Health team and will be responsible for responding to customer requests and inspecting building sites for sediment and erosion issues and a range of businesses and industries to identify opportunities to minimise and pollution prevention.

At CN our people are valued and have access to a range of benefits that help balance life at work and at home. These include flexible working arrangements, professional development opportunities and health and wellbeing programs.

To be successful in this job you need:

  • Tertiary level qualifications or substantial progress towards qualifications in Environmental Science or a related qualification, and/or demonstrated capability through past employment experience.
  • Experience and demonstrated competence in environmental compliance and a detailed understanding of the principles and practices of environmental management and relevant environment legislation and guidelines.
  • Sound analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to competently address technical issues.
  • Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team environment with a customer service focus.
  • Sound written and oral communication skills, including reasonable competence in the preparation of reports.
  • Ability in the application of conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
  • Ability to manage work priorities efficiently and to work independently with a minimum of supervision.
  • Current C Class drivers’ licence.

Desirable

  • Proven experience in dealing with and resolving complex environmental issues / complaints.
  • Experience and competence in the collection and preparation of evidence in relevant legal proceedings.
  • Ability to participate in organisational change strategies, service delivery and policy reform.

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City of Newcastle proudly promotes the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and fosters a culture of diversity to represent the community of our Local Government Area.

All candidates will be assessed against the selection criteria outlined in the position description. Suitable candidates may be placed on an eligibility list for future identical positions for a period of 12 months.

You must have the right to live and work in Australia to apply for this job.

To view the full position description please click here.

Application Closing Date: 27 October 2019.

Remuneration: $81,620 to $88.966 + 9.5% Superannuation per annum for a 35-hour week.

Contact: Paul McMurray, Environmental Health Coordinator, 02 4974 2533.

 

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