Environmental Specialist

Location: North East Region | Whittlesea

Job type: Ongoing - Full Time

Organisation: Department of Transport and Planning

**Salary**: $106,534 - $128,897

Occupation: Engineering

Reference: 4271

**About the Role**

The Environmental Specialist is responsible for managing the environmental performance of SRS whilst also developing, implementing, and monitoring environmental strategies to promote sustainable development and preparedness for all relevant environmental regulations. This position reports to the Associate Director, HSEQ and Risk and is part of the Wider Leadership Group, working across SRS establishing strong productive relationships with the operational teams, Delivery Manager and DTP stakeholders that add value to operational decision making and the achievement of environmental outcomes.

This role is accountable for:

- developing and implementing environmental strategies, policies, practices and action plans to ensure sustainable development
- promoting compliance with environmental regulatory obligations
- actively contributing to Divisional and HSEQ and Risk team initiatives
- effectively engaging stakeholders in delivering assigned HSEQ & Risk improvement initiatives

The Environmental Specialist is responsible for leading, coaching, and mentoring the business to implement a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring best practice environmental outcomes. This role requires high-level interpersonal and stakeholder management skills for liaising with internal and external stakeholders and will work closely with operational leaders across SRS to deliver successful environmental outcomes.

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**Position Outcomes**

The strategy focuses on risk reduction by improving Environmental Management Systems and ensuring compliance with environmental laws through stakeholder engagement. It champions environmental protection by educating the business on health and environmental impacts. The role involves leading HSEQ & Risk strategy implementation, providing leadership and training, conducting audits, and reporting performance. It fosters innovation by developing and monitoring environmental strategies, engages key stakeholders to build partnerships, and promotes safe, inclusive, and flexible team operations.
- Project Delivery (Accomplished) - Translates strategies into programs or projects that enables achievement of outcomes require; Defines governance e.g. success measures, roles and responsibilities, progress monitoring) required to manage risks and maximise probability of success.
- Critical Thinking & Problem Solving (Applied) - Resolves issues through deep understanding or interpretation of existing guidelines. Where guidelines are not available, analyses ideas available and takes action through self, or in consultation with others to resolve problems. If required, determine additional information needed to make informed decisions. Applies critical thinking and problem solving concepts in the right context.
- Influence and Persuasion (Accomplished) - Gains agreement to proposals & ideas; Build behind the scenes support for ideas to ensure buy-in & ownership; Uses chains of indirect influence to achieve outcomes; Involves experts or other third parties to strengthen case.
- Innovation & Continuous Improvement (Applied) - Seeks opportunities for continuous improvement and ways to innovate; Offers suggestions and ideas, encourages others to do the same; Leverage on existing continuous improvement systems and procedures to improve outcomes, quality & efficiency of work; Creates space for learning and innovation by seeking for input and feedback from others.

**Personal Attributes**
- Flexibility & Adaptability (Accomplished) - Adapts systems & processes quickly to changed priorities & situations.
- Outcomes Thinking (Applied) - Works with sense of purpose within the team and enables others to understand the strategic direction of the branch and organisation; Creates a sense of purpose within the team by establishing links between work and impact to the community.
- Resilience (Applied) - Gives frank and honest feedback/advice. Listens when ideas are challenged, seeks to understand the nature of criticism & respond constructively; Displays confidence and conviction when communicating an opinion.

**Qualifications and Experience**

**Mandatory**
- At least five years’ experience in a similar or comparable role, preferably in a government/public service context.
- Tertiary qualification in a relevant or related field

**Desirable**
- Strong experience in project management and delivery to improve operational performance

**Role Specific Requirements**
- Driver’s License
- Ability and willingness to travel and work across locations within metropolitan and regional Victoria.

**What we offer**
- Meaningful work making Victorian communities more accessible and liveable
- Professional growth and development opportunities across the departme