Boating Education Officer

Organisation/Entity: Transport For NSW- Job Category: Safety- Job Location: Rozelle, NSW, AU, 2039- Job Ref No: 70305- Employment Type: Permanent Full-Time- Salary Range: $99183.0-$99183.0- Opportunity to make a real impact, educating those who use NSW waterways
- Permanent, full-time opportunity.
- Diverse and inclusive team committed to making a real difference

**About us**

Over the next 40 years, Sydney’s population is projected to swell to over 12 million residents and regional NSW will accommodate an extra 700,000 people. Transport for NSW is delivering an unprecedented $72.2b investment into a truly game changing Future Transport strategy which will bring together several modes and cutting-edge technologies to deliver satisfaction and safety for our customers while supporting a rapidly growing economy.

**The Division**

The Greater Sydney Division is redefining integrated transport choices to improve the lives of customers and communities, making Greater Sydney a better place to live, work and play. We have the single biggest place making opportunity at Transport in the coming years, reshaping Greater Sydney into a metropolis of three cities - Eastern Harbour City, Central River City and Western Parklands City - whilst also overseeing the Greater Sydney region as a whole.

**The opportunity**

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Our customers have a love-affair with the sea. It’s not hard to see why, considering that New South Wales is home to some of the most beautiful, recognisable and well-loved waterways in the world. NSW Maritime is responsible for managing over 2,137km of coastline and 32,242km2 of navigable waterways, educating recreational and commercial patrons on responsible waterways usage. We’re passionate about working with the community to make sure that our waterways are safe, accessible and sustainable for generations to come.
- Right now, we have a rare opportunity for a Boating Education Officer to join our NSW Maritime Greater Sydney division with the role based in Rozelle.
- As a Boating Education Officer, you will contribute to the education of the boating community on matters of safe boating, boating legislation and on-water activities. You will communicate with the boating public at boat ramps, in schools and community centres as well as other areas attended by boat operators, passengers or others interested in boating, including boat shows and events.
- What you will be involved in:
- Represent Transport for NSW at key boating locations including waterway access points and at community events such as field days and boat shows to contribute to communication and education initiatives.
- Engage in educating students in both primary and secondary schools around boating education.
- Identify opportunities to educate the boating community and support the development and implementation of Boating Safety Education plans in consultation with other relevant branches in the Division.
- Identify boating safety issues that require further review, monitoring or consideration and report to relevant managers within Transport for NSW.
- Represent TFNSW at a state level and communicate information and advice to a diverse range of the boating public and general community to improve the standard of boating safety and adherence to legislation.
- Facilitate and conduct presentations and information sessions aimed at educating the boating community.
- Assist with compliance campaigns, management of aquatic activities, audits and incident management to support on-water and other staff.

This role is based in Rozelle, and you will be required to work across the Greater Sydney division.

Also required for this role is the ability to routinely work on weekends, public holidays, during peak boating season (Boxing Day until 31 January) and occasionally undertake out of hours work (normal span of work hours is 06:00am to 06:00pm).

This is a land-based role, with a focus on field-based activities. At times you may be required to assist on water during emergencies or special events.

**About you**

You are passionate about using education, collaboration, and encouragement to influence behaviour. You are an educator at heart who loves sharing knowledge and interacting with the others. It would be ideal if you have knowledge and experience of NSW boating legislation as it relates to recreational boating in NSW. You have on water experience and hold a current NSW Boating Licence (or have the ability to obtain within 3 months).
- You pride yourself on your ability to build and maintain working relationship and would be comfortable establishing yourself as a trusted point of contact with retailers, schools, boating clubs, and all recreational waterway users.
- You can demonstrate the ability and enthusiasm to plan and conduct community education, presentations and information sessions. You feel excited about representing Transport for NSW at numerous events and locations such as boat ramps, schools, community centres and boat shows.
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