Manager Lower Yarra

7 days ago

Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Water Full time

**Job Number**:
979334

**Work type**:
Permanent Full Time

**Location**:
Melbourne - Northern Region

**Categories**:
Engineering, Environment, Management, Other

**Who we are**:
In Melbourne, water is essential to our way of life.

As caretakers for Melbourne’s water cycle, we care for water, life and land throughout Melbourne: both its people and its biodiversity.

Each time you drink from the tap, flush a toilet, run through a yard sprinkler, or kayak down the Yarra, we’re there. Primed and ready, quietly delivering some of the world’s cleanest water for over five million residents and wildlife that call Melbourne home just as we have for over 130 years.

If you value making it count, diving in with curiosity, and doing what’s right, you're in the right place.

**About the Role**:
This is a rare opportunity to drive change and lead the team protecting and transforming Melbourne's iconic Birrarung (Yarra) River and Catchment. You will be a strategic operational leader, with the ability to drive a highly-engaged and dynamic team initiating and delivering waterways and drainage services in the Lower Yarra catchment. You will have a passion for healthy waterways and catchments, have driven an exemplary safety culture and a proven ability to unleash the power of partnerships to shape a thriving, cool, green environment as Melbourne grows.

Reporting to the Head of Waterways & Catchment Services North West this role will see you working from both our 990 La Trobe Street head office in Docklands, as well as our regional offices across Melbourne, and will come with an operational vehicle.

For more information please review the Role Mandate: Role Mandate - Area Manager
- Waterways and Catchment Services.pdf

**About you**:

- Proven leader with the ability to influence and negotiate with internal teams.
- Have the ability to lead the translation of operational and tactical business analytics into improvement initiatives and process design.
- Document and keep current key frameworks and procedures that underpin effective and efficient delivery of waterway, drainage and catchment services
- Ability to identify new opportunities and build a case for innovation and continuous improvement
- Highest standards of professional ethics
- Tertiary qualification in business, data and analytics, natural resource management or leadership is essential.
- Valid Victorian Driver’s license
- Ability to pass a Criminal Record check and AusCheck

**Why join us**:
At Melbourne Water, we care about water and all life that springs from it.

Our people are fuelled by passion, and with safety at the forefront, we have an unwavering sense of purpose, and are on a mission to protect every Melburnian’s way of life, one drop at a time.

We walk the talk when it comes to flexible working - but that’s not all. Our culture of purpose, safety, results, and learning permeates everything we do. We're dedicated to doing what's right, and this commitment extends to the meaningful work we do in a supportive and inclusive culture that encourages you to make the most of your talents.

**How to Apply**:
Closing date: Monday 27th January 2025 at 11:55pm AEST

**Advertised**:
16 Jan 2025 AUS Eastern Daylight Time

**Closing**:
27 Jan 2025 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time

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