Energy Transition Lead

**Full time permanent role (based on 38 hours per week)**:

- **Monthly RDO**:

- **Exciting change agenda and sector-leading team**:

- **Salary $112k - $125k + Super**:

- **Ability to transfer or take LSL (Long Service Leave) within Local Government**

**About Merri-bek City Council**:
Merri-bek City Council is a progressive council of 175,000 residents: one community, proudly diverse. Our council area sits within the banks of the Merri Creek and the Moonee Ponds Creek, and includes Brunswick, Coburg, Fawkner, Glenroy, Gowanbrae, Hadfield, Oak Park and Pascoe Vale. Our city is vibrant and energetic, known for its active community, cultural diversity, creative industries and the arts. Our long-term vision has ambitious goals for environmental sustainability, social justice, community wellbeing, and creating great places. With the Civic Centre located in Coburg, 8 kilometres north of Melbourne's CBD, there are excellent public transport options and great food and cafés right at the doorstep.

Merri-bek Council strives to be a contemporary, innovative and collaborative organisation with a deep commitment to engaging and supporting the Merri-bek community. Our organisational vision is to be one team, brave and diverse, making a difference.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and welcoming workplace. We offer flexible and hybrid work options and genuinely care about providing our staff work/life balance. With the Civic Centre located in Coburg, 8 kilometres north of Melbourne's CBD, there are excellent public transport options and great food, cafés, parks and a cinema right at the doorstep. Merri-bek is a great place to live, work and play.

**About the role**:
An exciting opportunity to join Merri-bek's Sustainability and Climate branch in a key leadership role.

This position will develop, coordinate and lead projects, programs and partnerships to deliver on the community goals and outcomes within Merri-bek's Climate Emergency Action Plan (2025 - 2030) and associated Zero Carbon Merri-bek (ZCM) 2040 Framework. The role will collaborate with colleagues to mobilise the community and cross-council staff in acting together for a safe and just climate future.

The position has a specific particular focus on developing and delivering projects and initiatives to rapidly accelerate the community-wide Energy Transition 'towards efficient and 100% renewably powered energy'. Implementation approaches must be consistent with the principles of the 2040 Framework, including to 'facilitate a just and inclusive transition' and 'boost resilience and liveability'.

**Skills and experience require to perform the role**:

- A tertiary qualification in environmental management or science, energy management, renewable energy, sustainability, project or business management or related field, or demonstrated equivalent competencies gained through substantial experience in these or related fields
- Demonstrated knowledge of climate change, carbon emissions and the energy sector (energy generation, distribution, storage, trading, regulatory barriers), and familiarity with approaches to climate action relevant to the urban and regional context.
- Demonstrated experience in managing delivery of strategic environmental programs/ projects, procuring and managing contractors and monitoring / reporting progress to senior stakeholders and the public.
- Ability to gain co-operation and assistance from team members, stakeholders, members of the public and other employees in the delivery of broadly defined outcomes and to motivate and develop other employees.
- Strong communication skills with excellent written and verbal skills to prepare and deliver materials of a consistently high level.

**What the role can offer**:

- Monthly RDO
- Extensive opportunities for training & career development
- Salary sacrifice options
- A real sense of work-life balance & flexible work options
- Employer-supported study assistance schemes
- Wellness programs

**Further support offered for our staff**:

- Up to 20 weeks primary & up to 5 weeks secondary parental leave
- Purchase leave
- Ceremonial leave
- Gender affirmation leave
- Family violence leave

**For further information about this position please contact Michaela Skett, Sustainable Communities Unit Manager on 9240 1264.**

**Applications close: 11:30pm, Tuesday 26 August 2025.**

**How to apply**:

- Please note that some documents relating to this position may reference Moreland City Council. We are in the process of updating the councils new name of Merri-bek City Council.

Merri-bek is focused on diverse representation of the community we serve. With this we value lived experience that could contribute to the shaping of this role and in turn will continue to provide representation and growth of safe and inclusive work culture.

**Our Commitment**:
In May 2021, Merri-bek Council adopted a revised Statement of Commitment to Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung People and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island