Manager Sustainability, Climate and Waste

Job Description

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Join the Assets, Operations and Sustainability team
• Full time Opportunity

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.

Reporting to the Director Assets, Operations & Sustainability, you will be a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, guiding a dedicated team providing leadership and driving Council’s vision of being a leader in achieving social, environmental, and economic outcomes for our community.

What you’ll be doing:

This role plays a pivotal role the delivery of services by a multidisciplinary team focusing on best-practice regarding sustainability leadership, climate integration initiatives and waste management.

Supporting the Director, this role is accountable for leading sustainability and environmental integration strategy and vision. Including frequent community involvement and consultation.

Supporting the Director, this role is accountable for leading and managing Waste & Sustainability department resources to ensure the delivery of:

• Safe and effective waste services
• Business Plan activities and actions
• Council Annual Action Plan actions
• Strategic Performance Objectives
• Councillor request, public question, and Notice of Motion responses

Oversee the delivery of Capital Projects, ensuring they are delivered to a high standard, on time, within budget, in accordance with the approved scope.

Actively lead Corporate Planning processes for the department, including the development and implementation of business plans, and the preparation of the annual operational and capital budgets.

This includes providing leadership to a team of four Coordinators who oversee the following key areas.

• Climate Action Integration
• Sustainability Engagement
• Waste Contracts
• Kerbside Services
• Waste Strategy and Support

The skills and experience you’ll bring to the role:

• Develop and implement strategic plans and policies across the Waste, Environment and Sustainability department, aligning them to Hume City Council’s community vision, legislative requirements, organisational values and broader strategic objectives.
• Focus on continuous improvement and leading change in a complex environment demonstrating agility and clarity in the face of ambiguity and competing priorities.
• Make insightful decisions using data, workforce trends, operational insights and experiences to translate vision and strategy into measurable outcomes.
• Inspire others by being passionate, values driven and influential in your messaging, bringing the Council vision alive across the team.
• Strengthen and mobilise the talents and capabilities of the workforce within the department to ensure staff actively deliver on the needs of the community, feel empowered and confident in their actions.
• Foster positive relationships across the organisation and with key stakeholders, including peers, SLT/ELT and Councillors.
• Drive accountability and outcomes across the department and ensure appropriate resource allocation.
• Ensure a healthy, safe and inclusive workplace culture where those in the workplace recognise their personal responsibility for ensuring the physical and psychological safety of others.
• Demonstrate a high standard of practice in the approach to governance, compliance and risk management.
• Demonstrate exceptional written and verbal communication skills and experience in the preparation of timely, clear and concise reports, briefing papers and correspondence for diverse internal and external audiences.

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, LGBTIQA+ 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.

For any queries, please contact us at [email protected].

Applications will be reviewed progressively throughout the advertising period. This role may close once a sufficient number of suitable applicants has been received. To ensure your application is considered, please apply as early as possible.

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