Sustainability Manager

2 weeks ago

Geelong, Victoria, Australia Geelong Grammar School Full time

Geelong Grammar School is one of the world's leading co-educational boarding and day schools. Offering exceptional educational opportunities across four campuses, from Early Learning to Year 12, Geelong Grammar School is committed to making a positive difference for students, staff, and the community. We believe in prioritising wellbeing, creativity, and academic rigour, and we value wisdom. Our character is compassionate, curious, and courageous, and we achieve our goals through working ethically, collaboratively, inclusively, progressively and with substantiation.

We seek to appoint a dynamic and experienced Procurement and Sustainability Manager to this position. This role will be responsible for leading and championing Geelong Grammar School's commitment to environmental sustainability by implementing strategic initiatives.

**About the role**:
An opportunity exists for a sustainability professional to take on a role which aims to create and lead the implementation of the Geelong Grammar School (GGS) Sustainability Strategy and deliver a business plan and projects for GGS to become Carbon Negative and to have responsibility for leading the Procurement processes of the School across all campuses.

Key responsibilities of this role include:

- Embed the Sustainability Strategy into all capital projects;
- Refresh relevant GGS Policies for endorsement and review every 3 years by the GGS Executive and Leadership Team and School Council;
- Build and refresh the pipeline of actions required to fulfil the Sustainability policy targets, leading the major Sustainability capital projects within that;
- Build connections to the Geelong sustainability community;
- Be responsible for the School's procurement process, by reviewing and supporting the delivery and management of the School's major contracts and framework agreements to ensure third-party products, materials, and services delivery is in alignment with the needs of the School and embed the sustainability principles;
- Project management (identify projects, get endorsement for projects, develop project plans, implement projects, manage change, and report and project progress and outcomes);
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders (students, staff, and GGS community);
- Contribute to, and participate in, Project Management activities and other duties;

**About you**:
To be successful in this role, you will need:

- A relevant tertiary qualification
- Current Employee Working with Children Check
- Demonstrated experience developing and implementing initiatives in organisations to reduce carbon emissions
- Knowledge of the current government policies and leading organisational practices in Sustainability
- Knowledge of relevant Sustainability frameworks and Accreditation systems such as One Planet Living, Project Drawdown etc.
- Experience working with Schools

Geelong Grammar School is committed to the safety of all students and has a zero tolerance of student abuse.

Please submit a resume, cover letter and document addressing the key selection criteria.

Applications close at **10 am on Monday 30th June 2025.**
- Sustainability and Procurement ManagerPosted Date
- 18 Jun 2025Location
- Geelong
VIC / AustraliaIndustry
- Education & TrainingJob TypeSalary
- Not provided

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