Environmental Projects Lead: Litter Prevention & Waste

Strathfield Municipal Council; Strathfield Municipal Council; Hybrid; AUD 72,000 - 81,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work policy

Learning & development

Employee assistance program

Fitness Passport program

Health & wellbeing reimbursement

Roadshow lunches

Leave entitlements NSW

Job summary

Strathfield Council is seeking an Environmental Projects Officer – Litter and Illegal Dumping to join our Resilience, Compliance & Commercial team in Sydney. You will lead litter prevention initiatives and waste management programs across Council and with the community, delivering measurable environmental outcomes.

You will coordinate monitoring, reporting, and collaboration with agencies and groups, while upholding the Council’s PROUD values in a collaborative workplace.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in Environmental Science, Sustainability, Community Development or related discipline.
• Proven experience in community engagement and education in sustainability, waste management or related areas.
• Knowledge of NSW litter prevention strategy and targets.
• Strong project management, planning, budgeting and data monitoring experience.
• Ability to review internal processes and work with stakeholders for improvements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and reporting skills.
• Current Working with Children Check and Current Class C Drivers Licence.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of the Litter Prevention Roadmap and initiatives.
• Coordinate litter prevention, illegal dumping, waste and sustainability programs.
• Manage projects from planning through monitoring and evaluation.
• Build relationships with government agencies and community groups.
• Coordinate monitoring activities and analyse data to measure outcomes.
• Prepare reports, grant submissions and funding acquittals.
• Embed litter and dumping prevention into day-to-day operations.
• Support compliance and enforcement activities related to litter and waste.

Skills

Public speaking

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Data analysis

Organisational skills

Education

Tertiary qualifications in Environmental Science or related

Tools

MS Excel

Grant management

Job description

Strathfield Council is seeking an Environmental Projects Officer – Litter and Illegal Dumping to join our Resilience, Compliance & Commercial team in Sydney. You will lead litter prevention initiatives and waste management programs across Council and with the community, delivering measurable environmental outcomes.

You will coordinate monitoring, reporting, and collaboration with agencies and groups, while upholding the Council’s PROUD values in a collaborative workplace.