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Conservation Programs Officer
- Permanent Full-Time
- Classified as Band 5
- $71,661.93 - $83,373.67 per annum plus 9.5% superannuation
About Us
Moonee Valley City Council is a vibrant and diverse municipality. We are a local government within the north-west metropolitan area of Melbourne, providing a range of services to some 118,000 residents and over 10,000 businesses.
The Conservation Team develops and implements the Urban Ecology Plan and its related operational plans to enhance the biodiversity of Moonee Valley’s natural environment. The team delivers programs to manage and enhance biodiversity, land and species, and provide our community with opportunities to connect to nature.
The Opportunity
This position will see you responsible for the development and implementation of programs and activities for environmental education, natural asset protection and sustainability of the municipality’s natural assets.
Reporting directly to the Conservation Officer and assisting with the supervision of contractors, consultants and volunteers, you will be accountable for the following:
- Leading of community events and education programs that support and enhance the Urban Ecology Plan aims;
- Managing positive relationships between Council officers, local environmental friends groups and other organisations;
- Developing an annual works program and MOU with environmental friends groups;
- Leading of effective communication strategies and resources to engage the community and promote council’s conversation programs including; media releases, newsletters, digital communications etc.; and
- Building relationships with community members and groups, responding to resident queries and providing information on conservation issues and advise on community grants.
About You
To be successful for this position, you will ideally possess the following:
- Tertiary qualification in Conservation and Land Management, or similar with some relevant working experience;
- Qualification in Community Engagement or Education is desirable;
- Demonstrated understanding of the natural environment that occurs in Moonee Valley;
- Experience in the supervision of community groups and volunteers with an environmental focus;
- Experience in the development and delivery of education and behaviour change programs; preferably within the environmental sector or open space management ; and
- Current Victorian Driver’s Licence.
What We Offer
At Moonee Valley, our greatest strength is our people. We recruit people who can bring in new ideas and we retain people by allowing them to grow at their own pace, providing training opportunities and offering a safe environment where they will be rewarded for their contributions.
We recognise the needs of employees with family responsibilities and we want to help them balance their home and work life. Council provides a number of benefits to our staff including generous paid parental and pre-natal leave, carer’s leave, salary sacrifice options, flexible work opportunities, and an alternate model of employment where staff may purchase up to six additional weeks of annual leave.
Our Culture of Inclusion
We don’t just accept difference - we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our services and our community. With a focus on inclusion, accessibility and flexibility, we'll support you at every stage of your career. We recognise the importance of balance and embrace work agility, understanding that this means different things to each and every one of our employees.
Moonee Valley City Council is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Child Safe employer and we value diversity and encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, people of any age or gender, people identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse, intersex and/or queer (LGBTIQA+) and people with disability. If you have a reasonable adjustment, support or access requirement, we encourage you to let us know through your application or email hradmin@mvcc.vic.gov.au or call 9243 1122.
For further information please view the Position Description or contact David Murnane, Coordinator Open Space Manager on (03) 8325 1743.
Closing date: 11:45pm, Sunday 5 May 2019
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