Strategic Water Resources Specialist

6 days ago

Ballarat, Australia Central Highlands Water Full time

Position Description
Central Highlands Water
- Integrity _
- Teamwork _
- Leadership _
- Care_**_
- **

**Strategic Water Resources Specialist**

**Classification **Level, Central Highlands Water Enterprise Agreement

**Team, unit **Strategic Asset Management and Planning

**Division **Infrastructure Planning and Operations

**Work location **Learmonth Road, Wendouree (remote working arrangements available)

**Employment type **Full-time Hours, Permanent

Flexible options available, for example part-time work, purchased leave, varied

start and finish times, working from alternative locations and -day fortnights

**Position reports to **Manager, Strategic Asset Management and Planning

**Our Values**

Our vision: _Our Water - Our Customers - Healthy Living _

Our mission: _Together, we provide quality water and wastewater services, safely, efficiently and sustainably to _
- communities in the Central Highlands Region _

Our values: _Integrity Teamwork Leadership Care**Organisational Environment**

At CHW ‘Safety is Everyone’s Priority. We are committed to the safety of our people, customers and the community
we serve and we have a zero tolerance towards harassment or violence within the workplace.

We have an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and difference. We believe all jobs can be worked flexibly
from varied cultural backgrounds.

We encourage employees’ continuous professional development. Employees are supported in keeping abreast of
current industry best practice and are encouraged to take an active personal interest in staying informed of
professional practices, standards and latest trends.

We believe that everyone has the capability to show leadership, regardless of their formal level of authority. We
expect all team members to focus their efforts on developing and displaying the leadership behaviours defined in
our Leadership Capability Framework. We have a commitment to enhancing our leadership maturity across the
whole business through various training and development programs that support growth organisational leadership.

**Purpose**

The primary objective of the role is to lead all aspects of CHW’s water resource strategy (both surface water and
groundwater) by ensuring that sound planning and evidence supports a sustainable water future and effective
management of our assets.

**Key Duties/Responsibilities**

**Strategy and planning**
- Leading the development of the Urban Water Strategy (every years).
- Proactively identifying strategic water resource risks and opportunities with a view to sharing challenges,

formulating ideas, instigating investigations and considering options.
- Undertaking strategic investigations, developing options studies and overseeing concept designs for major

water resource projects.
- Supporting the development of integrated water management plans and the Central Highlands Strategic

Directions Statement.
- Preparing strategic water resource reports, papers and presentations for the Board, executive management

team, senior management team and external stakeholders.
**Technical and operational**
- Leading the implementation of actions outlined within our Urban Water Strategy and supporting the delivery

of integrated water management projects.
- Leading the development of water resource planning activities such as annual water resource outlooks,

drought response plans and forecasting key budget items.
- Overseeing the development, update and analysis of water resource models and water demand models,

including identifying increased efficiency and productivity of our water and asset base.
- Generating strategic water trading, purchasing and transfer recommendations which includes maximising

efficiency, forecasting revenue streams and identifying beneficial trading/purchasing opportunities.
- Providing strategic guidance to support the uplift and development of asset management plans for water

resource teams.
**Stakeholder management and tactical**
- Liaising with government departments to understand and contribute to water resource planning initiatives

such as sustainable water strategies, climate change guidelines, SOURCE water resource modelling
working group and other strategic water resource initiatives.
- Collaborating with stakeholders across the region to deliver key water resource initiatives and leading the

region in the role of integrated water management champion.
- Collaborating with other water corporations, catchment management authorities and industry partners to

understand strategic water resource opportunities, bulk water agreements, bulk entitlements, water trading
options, environmental water needs and industry trends.
- Guiding the development and delivery of community engagement plans to consult with our customers on

strategic water resource options using community friendly content, information and concepts and ensuring
outwards facing Future Water Planning information is up-to-date on our website.
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