Sustainability Officer

1 week ago

Melbourne, Australia Austin Health Full time

Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan

Job type: Not provided

Organisation: Austin Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Administration/Secretarial, Community Services, Health and Allied Health, Human Resources, Occupational Health and Safety, Trades and Services

Reference: 43921

An exciting opportunity currently exists for a Sustainability Officer to join the Sustainability Unit. The Sustainability Unit includes the Waste Services Team.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

- Work with clinical staff and waste team to identify waste reduction, recycling and resource efficiency initiatives.
- Support individual departments/clinical areas with sustainability initiatives
- Act as liaison between Sustainability and clinical areas.
- Support the development and delivery of initiatives to improve Austin Health’s environmental and sustainability performance.
- Assist Austin Health to meet environmental targets.
- Assist Austin Health to meet organisational regulatory and legislative requirements.
- Contribute to initiatives and programs that result in sustainability cost savings, maximising efficiency and effectiveness and elevating staff awareness and education.

To be successful in the role you must demonstrate:

- Experience in supporting teams to deliver outcomes.
- Ability to influence change
- Demonstrated high standard of written and verbal communication skills.
- Well-developed interpersonal skills, with the ability to work with staff at all levels.
- Knowledge and understanding of environmental sustainability including waste.
- Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite.

Desirable but not essential is:

- Experience in graphic design software tools such as In-design.
- Clinical background
- Experience in facilitation or program design

Work with us Your reward is to work in a collaborative environment which will provide you with opportunities for ongoing training and development.

Austin Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged.

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