Food Organics and Garden Organics

**Job No**:BC3070**

**Location**:Blacktown, NSW**
**Blacktown City is a growing and thriving city, located halfway between Sydney City and the Blue Mountains. With 435,000 residents, we are the largest and most diverse city in NSW, spread across 54 suburbs. Blacktown City is vibrant, dynamic and multicultural, home to a large First Nations community, and more than 180 different birthplaces and languages.

With $22.6 billion regional economy, Blacktown City is also home to 30,000 businesses. Working at Blacktown City Council provides widespread, exciting professional opportunities. Our Council is leading the transformation of Blacktown City and Western Sydney. We are implementing a vision for a modern city, full of opportunity for our residents and businesses.

Our Council is led by highly skilled and experienced professionals, working with talented and passionate teams across a diverse range of business units. We are delivering high quality, customer-focused services, experiences, and facilities, and leading a program of strategic planning, activity and investment.

**About the opportunity**

Are you passionate about driving change, educating communities and championing sustainable resource recovery?

This is an exciting term contract, full-time opportunity for up to 35 months for a suitably qualified professional to lead and deliver engagement programs to support the delivery of a new resource recovery service at the largest Council in NSW.

If you're a dedicated environmental or education professional with a passion for waste reduction, organics recycling and community initiatives, we’d love to hear from you.

Be part of a great team who will deliver change to our community

**Qualifications and experience**

**Essential**:

- Minimum degree level qualifications in an environmental, educational discipline or equivalent
- Relevant local government experience
- Strong capacity or solid experience in the development of strategies, policies and programs related to environmental sustainability and/or waste management
- Proven project management skills, with a strong record of achievement in planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating a broad range of programs and projects
- Ability to prepare and manage engagement material across social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and YouTube
- Demonstrated commitment to customer service
- Ability to work within a team environment
- Availability to work flexible working hours
- Demonstrated commitment to, and an understanding of, WHS issues and EEO principles in the workplace
- Current class C driver's licence.

**Remuneration and benefits**

The salary and conditions of employment are in accordance with Blacktown City Council’s Enterprise Agreement.
- Entry level for this position starts at $1,730.04 per week
- 35-hour working week
- Car allowance
- Opportunity to participate in Council's flextime arrangement
- Employee benefits such as leave entitlements (where applicable), 11.5% employer contribution payable to your nominated superannuation fund, Fitness Passport, gym membership discounts, and social clubs.

**Our commitment to safety**

Blacktown City Council is committed to safety. We have introduced alcohol and other drug testing at the pre-employment phase, and via a series of random and cause testing.

We are a child safe organisation that supports and promotes the safety, wellbeing and empowerment of children.
- Have your resume and any other relevant documentation ready to attach.

Best of luck.

**Closing date: Friday 31 January 2025, 11.59 pm**

**Contact officer: Nicole Greenwood on 9839 6279**

**Internal ref: Term contract - up to 35 months