Catchment Management Officer

About Your New Role
The City of Gold Coast is seeking a motivated and experienced professional to join our team in managing and restoring the health of our catchments and waterways.

In this dynamic role, you'll lead the delivery of key catchment and waterway rehabilitation projects, ecological studies, and catchment investigations. You'll play a vital part in shaping the future of our waterways through the development of catchment action plans and supporting the waterways barrier removal and remediation program.

You will contribute to policy development and respond to public enquiries with professionalism and care. Additionally, you will assist with waterway health monitoring, track emerging risks and opportunities, and help secure external funding through grants. If you're ready to make a real impact on our environment and our community, we look forward to hearing from you.

Duties for the role will include (but not limited to):

• Project manage catchment and waterway rehabilitation projects, ecological studies and catchment investigations.
• Development of catchment action plans.
• Support the development and delivery of the Waterways Barrier Removal and Remediation Program.
• Provide technical advice to the City regarding catchment health.
• Regularly report on changes, risks, incidents and opportunities to support proactive catchment management.
• Assist the Catchment Technical Officers to undertake waterway health monitoring.
• Review development applications, policy formation, and restorative action with respect to waterway and catchment management.
• Partnering with internal and external stakeholders on catchment desired outcomes.

We're Looking For People Who Have
Bachelor's degree of Environmental Science or Equivalent Knowledge.

Experience in catchment management and water way related projects would be highly desirable.

Be part of shaping the Gold Coast's future
The Gold Coast is inspired by lifestyle and driven by opportunity. We are the second largest Council in Australia.

Benefits
We care about being the most flexible government organisation in Australia and we have a range of benefits to help you create the right balance:

• 9-day fortnight
• Flexible work arrangements to suit your lifestyle, including hybrid/work from home options, flexible working hours and locations
• Personal and professional development courses
• 4 free confidential counselling sessions a year for you or an immediate family member
• 1 free nutritionist and financial advice session per year

We pride ourselves on our shared mission of being a high-performing, customer-focused organisation which delivers value-for-money services to the community. We're committed to creating a diverse workplace and inclusive culture.

How To Apply
For more information, view the position brief by clicking the paperclip icon in the top right corner of this screen.

Click 'Apply' to submit your online application. Upload your Resume with a Cover Letter (of no more than 2 pages) outlining how your skills, experience and personal attributes would allow you to achieve success in this role.

Documents need to be less than 2MB in size and PDF format is preferred. If you encounter technical issues when applying, please email

Our selection process may include a one-way video interview via Criteria, a face-to-face or virtual interview via Microsoft Teams, reference checks via Xref and additional checks including police checks, employment history checks, qualification checks, pre-employment medical reviews and drug and alcohol testing.

Contact Person
Marjolein Oram

Email:

Closing Date
Thursday 11 September 2025
Applications close at 10.30pm on the listed closing date.
We're committed to creating a diverse workplace and inclusive culture. We take pride in people who align with our high-performance principles. We believe that the diverse makeup of our workforce reflects the community we serve. We consider all qualified candidates for employment, irrespective of race, age, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or other protected characteristics by law.