Assistant Director

EL 1 - $120,290 - $129,379 per annum plus superannuation
- Environmental Permitting and Compliance Division
- Adelaide, SA,Brisbane, QLD,Canberra, ACT,Darwin, NT,Hobart, TAS,Melbourne, VIC,Perth, WA,Sydney, NSW

**Who we are**
The Environmental Contamination Advice and Standards Section is looking for people who are committed and passionate about protecting our environment. The Section is tasked with delivering a high profile and fast-moving agenda addressing site contamination at Commonwealth and other sites. The section provides scientific and technical advice to Commonwealth entities, other areas of the department, and external stakeholders on a range of contamination issues including asbestos, biological agents, dioxins, heavy metals, PCBs, per
- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), pesticides, radionuclides, and unexploded ordnance. The section also leads the delivery of a range of key environmental initiatives including:

- Leading Commonwealth implementation of the Assessment of Site Contamination National Environment Protection Measure (NEPM)
- Coordination and development of national environmental guidance and standards, including the PFAS National Environmental Management Plan (NMEP)
- Implementing the Commonwealth Contamination Sites Advice (CCSA) program.

**The Job**
The roles are to provide leadership support and management for environmental contamination advice and standards teams, including but not limited to:

- oversight and management of the contamination data team’s activities and deliverables, including data governance, design and implementation of digital solutions, and capability enhancement for the contaminated sites assessment officers
- support the provision of technical contamination advice on major development projects being considered under the _Environment Protection and Conservation Act 1999_ and the _National Environment Protection (Assessment of Site Contamination) Measure 1999_.
- support the development and implementation of the Commonwealth Contaminated Sites Advice program, including oversight of product development, project reporting, and communication and engagement activities.

**Skills, capabilities, knowledge and experience**
- Ability to deliver key outputs and respond rapidly to changes while managing competing priorities
- Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills, effective people management skills and proven ability in leading and supporting teams, including helping build their capability and confidence
- Possess excellent communication skills and demonstrated ability to produce high level correspondence, briefing notes, and reports for senior level managers and decision makers
- Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain cooperative and productive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Demonstrated expertise in developing environmental data products to inform advice and regulatory compliance
- Demonstrated ability to store and collate environmental data from an array of sources, intersect and manipulate data, and generate data reports, mapped products, and visualisations
- Demonstrated ability to develop or revise data governance policies and practices, including preparing guidelines, presenting to data governance structures, and engaging with stakeholders.

**Desirable qualifications**
- Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline (eg data analysis, earth sciences, ecotoxicology, chemistry, environmental science, ecology, statistics, or environmental or chemical engineering management) is desirable.

**Eligibility**
- **Citizenship** - To be eligible for employment with the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water you must be an Australian citizen.
- **Security Clearance** - This position requires a Baseline Vetting security clearance. You will be required to obtain and maintain a clearance at this level.
- **Pre-employment Check** - Your suitability for employment will be assessed through a pre-employment screening process. This process includes a requirement to undergo and satisfy a National Police Check, referee checks, character clearance and where required a pre-employment medical assessment, specified mandatory qualification(s) validation and a probation period of 6 months.

**For additional information, please read the Job Description below.