Manager - Environmental Sustainability

4 months ago


Richmond, Australia Mercy Health Australia Full time

Employment Type: Full Time

Hours: 76 hours per fortnight

Location: Head Office - Richmond

Upload with Application: Resume, cover letter, and all relevant qualifications

Contact: Michelle Williams

Where there’s life, there’s Mercy.

Where there’s care, there’s You.

Through the battles and the breakthroughs, we're there. Where will you be?

For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people at every stage of life. Across our aged care homes, hospitals and research facilities, and across numerous cities and towns, we’re on a journey to keep growing our impact for the next hundred years.

As a for-purpose organisation with over 10,000 dedicated, compassionate people, we continue to offer more services and deeper care than ever before. With Mercy, you’ll have the chance to make an impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.

At Mercy Health, it’s all about taking what we have and making it better.

To do that, we need you.

Join us as at Mercy Health, and help our teams deliver even greater outcomes.

About the opportunity

Caring for People and Planet is a comprehensive pathway to guide Mercy Health. It summarises how Mercy Health can provide the best possible care, improve outcomes in health, aged care and community care, and protect the world's limited resources now and in future years.

The strategy champions transformational change to tackle climate change, reduce Mercy Health's ecological footprint, and to help make the world a fairer, more sustainable place.

The strategy is underpinned by three action areas:
- Sustainable Models of Care- Addressing Climate Change- Ethical and Social Responsibility

The position will be located in the Strategy, Planning and Sustainability team.

The Manager - Environmental Sustainability will:
- Implement and report against the Caring for People and Planet strategy & associated Action Plan.- Be responsible for six monthly Board reporting on the CPP Action Plan.- Lead and manage key projects related to the execution of Caring for People and Planet Action Plan informed by Mercy Health's carbon footprint study.- Provide advice on climate initiatives in the design stage of the building projects.- Represent Caring for People and Planet internally and externally.- Ensure communication of the Caring for People and Planet strategy across all areas of Mercy Health in order to cascade staff engagement with the strategy throughout the organisation.- Provide leadership and expertise across Caring for People and Planet domains, and in organisational, change management and transformation.- Champion sustainability within Mercy Health.- Partner with internal stakeholders across departments to integrate sustainability practices and environmental leadership in Health Services and Healthy Ageing.- Develop action plans to drive the carbon reduction in trajectory plans.- Develop and deliver communication and engagement activities to raise awareness of Mercy Heath’s sustainability initiatives and progress both internally and externally.

What you’ll bring

It takes a special kind of person to work in healthcare or community services. If you are genuinely interested in helping others, then you’ll find you can build something here and find your place in a team of 10,000 hearts.

To thrive in this role, you will have:
Essential:
- Tertiary qualification/bachelor's degree in environmental management or similar or relevant discipline.- Minimum 3 years in sustainability leadership in healthcare and/or aged care.- Project Management experience, preferably related to large scale organisation change with environmental sustainability initiatives.- Demonstrated experience in working productively with a range of stakeholders and maintenance of collaborative and cooperative relationships.- Demonstrated expertise in relation to climate change, and knowledge of sustainable models of care, and justice and equity programs in the context of sustainable healthcare and aged care.- Highly development carbon literacy and numeracy and associated technical skills.- Experience in successful business case development, including the use of research and data analysis to provide compelling justification for proposals.- Excellent time management, organisational and communication skills, with the ability to adapt and problem solve.- The ability to nurture friendly, respectful relationships and contribute to a collaborative team environment.

Desirable:
- Project Management experience in various methodologies.- Experience in the development of carbon reduction strategies and climate adaptation plans.- Strong presentation/information sharing skills.- Health professional background, and I or experience in healthcare or aged care, or Engineering qualifications will be highly regarded.

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:
- A current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check.- Current COVID-19 certificate, proof



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