Climate Risk and Adaptation Specialist

Ready to make a splash in your career? WaterNSW is seeking an experienced
Climate Risk and Adaptation Specialist (Full-time, Permanent)
to join our team.

This is an opportunity to work with an essential organisation creating a more sustainable future for the state.

This role offers the flexibility to work around life, your contribution will be valued, and you'll be supported to build a rewarding career.

Our Perks And Benefits
At WaterNSW, we believe that our employees should be as well taken care of as our rivers, dams, and pipelines, that's why we offer a load of benefits.

• Flexible working
• Work a 9-day fortnight at Full Pay on the Enterprise Agreement
• Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave
• Fertility leave
• Corporate wear allowance
• Professional development and educational assistance
• Salary starting from $156,345 base + 12% super
• And so much more

What You'll Do

• Climate Risk Assessment & Reporting: Deliver WaterNSW's climate risk assessment and report on the implementation of mitigation and adaptation actions, ensuring alignment with the NSW Climate Risk Ready Guide and operating licence requirements and support the tracking and reporting required for climate-related financial disclosures.
• Governance & Compliance: Establish and maintain governance frameworks for climate risk management, ensuring transparency, accountability, and alignment with regulatory and enterprise standards.
• Risk Management: Identify, assess, and ensure climate-related risks are being managed across the organisation; embedding approved mitigation and adaptation strategies into planning and operations and whilst ensuring WaterNSW meets our climate risk management maturity level targets, as required by our Operating Licence.
• Climate Risk Management Integration: Integrate climate risk actions with WaterNSW's business and digital strategies, drive ongoing improvement based on industry developments and climate science in collaboration with industry partners, and build internal capability through targeted training and resources.
• Stakeholder Management: Manage stakeholder expectations around limited financial and human resourcing available to support climate change mitigation actions/proactive opportunities and ensuring the organisation remains aligned to Board decisions in that regard.

What We Are Looking For

• Bachelor's degree or higher in environmental science, climate science, engineering, risk management, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience delivering climate risk assessments and implementing mitigation/adaptation actions in line with regulatory or enterprise frameworks.
• Experience working with government agencies, industry, and research partners on climate-related initiative and familiarity with regulatory compliance requirements
• Strong understanding of climate risk frameworks, particularly the NSW Government's Climate Risk Ready Guide and knowledge of enterprise risk management principles and their application to climate-related risks.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects or programs, including stakeholder engagement and reporting to executive or regulatory bodies with the ability to translate complex climate risk concepts into actionable insights for diverse audiences.
• Current NSW Driver's Licence.

How We Will Support You
At WaterNSW, we balance flexibility – and the way we work – with the needs of the business, our teams, and us as individuals. When it comes to working in an office, we work in a hybrid way. If you're required to be in the field or on site, the benefits of flexibility can be achieved in other ways, such as through a condensed work week.

We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer and are committed to providing equal opportunities for women. Visit our WORK180 page to access our benefits and career development opportunities.

More About Our Team / Culture
No matter how or where you work, safety is the number one priority. This means the physical and mental safety of you, your colleagues, and the public.

Who is WaterNSW?
WaterNSW operates the state's dams, capturing and storing water, and then supplying it ready for distribution – for the environment, agriculture, industry and the community. With 41 major dams and hundreds of waterways across the state, we play a vital role at the source of the state's water, delivering two thirds of all water used in NSW.

We're the people taking care of the state's water at the source – capturing, storing, delivering. Find out more at

For more information, please reach out to: Jasmine Choong )

Please note applications for this position will close on 12th December 2025, 5.00pm.

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