Job Description

• Permanent, Full time
• $97,099.24 per annum plus Superannuation
• Join the Waste and Sustainability team

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.

Resource Recovery Education Officer and Support, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the safe, effective, and efficient delivery of these services to the Hu me community.

What you’ll be doing:

• Assist with developing and implementing an annual community education and engagement plan that focusses on driving positive, long-term behavioural change across a variety of waste and resource recovery topics and achieves the outcomes of the Waste and Resource Recovery Strategy.
• Coordinate bookings, promotion and delivery of education and engagement sessions (face-to-face and online) to the Hume community, including but not limited to, residents, special community groups, sporting clubs, schools, and education institutions.
• Support the promotion of Council's waste and resource recovery targets, programs and services, as well as relevant State and Federal waste policies, objectives and initiatives.
• Identify opportunities within cross-Council operations and programs in other departments to promote and engage staff and community members in existing education and engagement programs and services.
• Develop and implement a monitoring and evaluation plan to measure the ongoing success of education and engagement programs.
• Maintain contact lists and spreadsheets to track enquiries, education sessions delivered and school and community group contact details.
• Develop collaborative relationships with relevant internal and external stakeholders and community networks to facilitate participation in waste and resource recovery services and community engagement programs.
• Proactively increase knowledge and understanding of the recycling industry, Recycling Victoria policy and keep up to date with the latest industry developments.

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

• Experience and working knowledge across a number of functional areas in the waste industry.
• Experience in developing and delivering community education and/or behaviour change programs.
• Demonstrated supervisory and leadership skills, with a proven ability to manage and lead a small team, preferably within a Local Government environment.
• Demonstrated experience complying with and working to Occupational Health and Safety regulations, policies and procedures.
• Demonstrated high-level of interpersonal, communications, consultation, and negotiation skills, including the ability to successfully persuade, convene and negotiate to resolve conflicts.
• Experience, knowledge and understanding of a range of services disciplines, activities and delivery within a Local Government environment.

Required Certifications & Qualifications:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in public policy, psychology, behaviour change, environmental science, management, or a closely related field, with relevant experience working in the field.
• 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, 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.