Waste Education Officer

Full Time Permanent Position

Band 5 - Salary Range $78,646 to $90,563 per annum + 11.5% Super + ADO

Salary offered will depend on level of skills and experience.

About Melton City Council

The City of Melton is a community where everyone belongs. Ours is a vibrant and diverse municipality — one of the fastest developing in Australia. Our organisation strives to provide our community with state-of-the-art amenity and facilities, engaging health and wellbeing options, and support to become active members of our Lifelong Learning City.

We invest in innovation, offering professional and personal development, and generous leave and flexibility to staff, while also fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture. You’ll be able to work close to home in a dynamic setting featuring cafes and retail options set amongst heritage buildings and open green spaces.

The Opportunity

The Waste Education Officer supports the organisation’s goals of promoting sustainability and responsible waste management by engaging the community, driving behaviour change, and delivering educational programs. 

This role reports to the Coordinator Waste and Cleaning Operations within the City Delivery directorate and focuses on reducing contamination, addressing littering, and fostering sustainable waste practices through outreach campaigns and partnerships with local schools, organisations, and stakeholders. The officer also monitors the effectiveness of these initiatives, contributing to policy development aligned with legislative requirements and community goals. 

Key Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive educational and behaviour change programs that incorporate a variety of formats, including printed materials such as brochures and flyers, as well as engaging online content designed for the Council’s website and social media platforms in waste reduction, recycling, and litter prevention through targeted educational programs and outreach activities, including campaigns that raise public awareness of waste management and litter impacts.
• Consult with and deliver waste minimisation and behaviour change programs to various groups, including schools, sporting clubs, event organizers, internal departments, and culturally diverse communities to encourage sustainable practices.
• Ensure educational and behaviour change programs are monitored, reviewed, and revised for effectiveness, utilising waste recycling data, key performance indicators, observations, and feedback.
• Oversee the implementation and review of Waste Audit processes, monitoring and reporting on measures and outcomes, while developing and implement initiatives to improve recycling rates, reduce contamination, and address dumped rubbish and hard waste issues.
• Educate residents and businesses on sustainable waste management practices, including kerbside systems for general waste, recycling, FOGO, and glass, while promoting proper disposal methods for hard waste and encourage the use of the Melton Recycling Facility.

To view the Position Description, click here.

About you
 

To be successful in this role you will have the following:

• Degree or Diploma in a technical area with experience, or lesser formal qualifications with relevant work skills in waste management experience or proven experience in a similar role.
• Experience and knowledge in the waste education and waste management industry.
• Understanding of waste reduction, recycling, litter prevention, waste education, behaviour change and outreach programs, focusing on improving recycling rates, reducing contamination, and addressing dumped rubbish and hard waste issues.
• Current valid Victorian Driver’s Licence.

Culture and Values

Our vision for our community is to be: "A vibrant, safe and liveable city accessible to all" and that means there’s a place here for you too. Our organisational values represent us as an established growth Council and the values are reflected in everything we do; our decision-making, our actions and our service provision to the community. Council has a diverse and vibrant organisation and we’d love to have you join us to help shape a city for the future.

We are Vibrant MELTON. Our values are:

• Motivate
• Empower
• Lead
• Trust
• Open
• Nurture

Benefits

There are a number of great reasons why our people love working at Melton City Council: 

Staff Benefits | Melton City Council

• 13 ADO's (Accrued Day Off) per year
• 5 weeks annual leave
• Flexible Working Hours
• Extensive Career Development & Leadership Programs
• 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave (Super is paid during parental leave) 
• 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carer Leave
• Family Room available including Breastfeeding Facilities (Melton City Council | Australian Breastfeeding Association)
• Wellbeing initiatives
• Subsidised Uniforms

How To Apply

If you require further information about the position, please contact Caroline Rantall, Coordinator Waste and Cleaning Operations on 0456 975 375.

Applications must include a Resume and address the Key Selection Criteria outlining your suitability to the role. To address the Key Selection Criteria, you will need to write short statements explaining how you meet the criteria, or how you demonstrate the capability. We encourage you to keep your responses concise. 

To be eligible for employment at Melton City Council you must be legally entitled to work in Australia.

All successful applicants will need to undertake pre-employment requirements including but not limited to a satisfactory criminal history record check. Successful applicants must be able to comply with any COVID-19 Public Health Orders applicable to Local Government employees.

We strongly encourage job applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. If selected for an interview and you require any additional support or adjustments regarding interview arrangements, please advise the contact listed above in advance.

Melton City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation and has Zero tolerance for child abuse. Melton City Council is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation where protecting children and preventing and responding to child abuse is at the centre of our everyday thinking and service delivery.

 Applications close 11:59pm Tuesday 19 November 2024