Geoscientist

**Deliver with impact, connect to what matters & live your way with flexible working options**
- Full time fixed term contract until December 2024
- Location - Maitland preferred; however, all lower Hunter and central coast DRNSW office locations will be considered (laboratory facilities are located at the University of Newcastle, Callaghan).
- Salary up to $112k pa plus super
- Accelerate your career without leaving town

Mining, Exploration, and Geoscience (MEG) - part of the Department of Regional NSW, are looking for a Geoscientist with mineral separation, geochemical and microanalytical expertise to undertake geoscientific assessments and projects to provide informed advice to internal and external clients in order to facilitate effective mineral resource exploration and development in NSW.

Working as part of a small team you’ll be responsible for undertaking mineral separation and mineral preparation tasks as well as whole-rock and isotopic geochemical, mineralogical and age-dating studies to improve our understanding of the mineral systems of NSW and their related rocks.

**What you need to be successful**:

- Demonstrated expertise in a range of lab-based mineral separation techniques (gravity and magnetic methods etc).
- Experience in whole-rock geochemical and microanalytical techniques, and related data reduction and interpretation.
- Sound knowledge of the geology of New South Wales.

You’ll also need:

- Degree qualifications in geoscience, or equivalent.
- Demonstrated experience in in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), geological database and document management systems.
- Current NSW Driver’s Licence (fieldwork in NSW may be required in addition to travel to mineral preparation facility and the W. B. Clark Geoscience Centre, Londonderry)

**Why us?**

The Department of Regional NSW is an accredited Family Friendly workplace and a Disability Confident Recruiter. With a 35-hour working week, we offer a hybrid and flexible work environment as standard. You’ll be part of a supportive, collaborative, and welcoming team culture, have access to ongoing development opportunities and can be confident in knowing you can bring your full self to work.

**Sounds interesting?**

**Please note**:
Compliance with pre-employment probity screening is mandatory for all roles within MEG and is a condition of engagement.

A recruitment pool may be created for ongoing and temporary roles of the same role or role type that may become available for filling over the next eighteen months.

**About the Department of Regional NSW**

Diversity and inclusion are core values of the Department of Regional NSW. The Department of Regional NSW is a workplace where everyone is able to contribute and participate to their full potential, and we are proud to have a team that reflects the richness and complexity of the regional NSW communities we serve.

The Department of Regional NSW brings together under one super-charged umbrella the skill, insights, expertise, and authority to shape a dynamic future for the state’s regional areas.
- The groups within our cluster work hard to identify obstacles, map solutions and drive outcomes for the people of regional NSW.
- We are the only central government agency devoted solely to people in regional areas. With nearly 80 percent of our staff living in the community we serve, we are strategic thinkers, problem solvers, and the friend on the ground in good times and bad.
- Our evidence-based, collaborative approach is building thriving communities across regional NSW for generations to come.
- We’re here for regional NSW, for the long term.