Litter Prevention Officer

About The Role:

Are you passionate about protecting the environment and supporting community wellbeing? The City of Charles Sturt is looking for a proactive and community-focused Litter Prevention Officer to join our Community Safety team. In this dynamic role, you'll conduct regular patrols to deter littering and illegal dumping, investigate incidents, and enforce relevant legislation.

You'll play a key role in delivering and shaping the City's Illegal Dumping Strategy, maintain accurate records in Salesforce CRM, and engage with the community to promote environmental awareness. Collaboration with internal teams and external partners is essential as we work together to create a cleaner, safer, and more sustainable city.

About You:

Reporting to the Team Leader Community, you will play a key role in addressing illegal dumping and littering across the City of Charles Sturt. Guided by Council's "Educate, Encourage and Enforce" framework, your work will focus on reducing waste in our community through proactive engagement, enforcement, and education.

We're looking for someone who brings:

• Demonstrated ability to interpret and apply relevant legislation, including issuing expiations and undertaking enforcement actions.
• A strong commitment to delivering outstanding customer service to both internal and external stakeholders.
• High-level communication skills, with the ability to listen, empathise, and respond professionally.
• Proven conflict resolution and negotiation capabilities, backed by sound judgement and initiative.
• The ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• A genuine passion for environmental protection, community education, and continuous improvement.
• A collaborative, team-oriented mindset grounded in accountability, integrity, and service excellence.
  
  

About Our Organisation:

The City of Charles Sturt is a vibrant community home to more than 120,000 people across 105 different cultures. We champion unity in diversity and strive to reflect our community within our workforce - wherever you are from, you are home in the City of Charles Sturt.

We prioritise customer and employee experience and foster a supportive environment where everyone belongs. With over 500 employees, our people and our community "Means the World" to us which highlights the importance of our places, our people and our service to the community.

Our workplaces and the way we work demonstrate and ensure our commitment to customer experience excellence, productivity and our commitment to providing employees with opportunities to balance their working and personal lives. Visit our careers page to explore the benefits of joining our team and talk to us about what flexibility works for you.

About Our Team:

The Community Health and Safety Team is focused on adopting a proactive and contemporary approach to effectively deliver a broad range of regulatory related activities while ensuring a positive customer experience. Actively engaged within the community, the team builds strong relationships with key stakeholders and customers by offering accurate information and guidance to support compliance with legislative requirements.

The Detail:

The position is offered on a full-time, permanent basis and is classified at Level 3, with a salary range of $83,426 to $89,940 per annum Super Annual Leave Loading.

A current unprohibited Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (Police check) must be maintained for the duration of the employment period in this prescribed position.

Click 'Apply for this job' to submit your application for this vacancy by 9.00am, 16 June 2025.

For further information about this vacancy, please view the attached position description.

Enquiries about this position may be made to the following:

Caitlin Clothier, Acting Team Leader Community Safety

[email protected]

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