Head of the Australian Climate Service

Bureau of Meteorology; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Bureau of Meteorology seeks a senior executive to lead the Australian Climate Service, reporting to the CEO. The role drives strategy, governance and partnerships across multi-agency environments, ensuring delivery excellence and resilience in national planning and climate intelligence.

Candidates will demonstrate outstanding stakeholder engagement, service mindset, and the ability to influence at highest government levels, while guiding complex programs across diverse partners and communities.

Qualifications

• Accomplished senior executive with outstanding customer and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience leading multi-agency and multi-customer programs at scale.
• Ability to influence across government levels and with diverse partners.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership of the Australian Climate Service.
• Oversee governance, future strategy, and delivery performance across the service.
• Engage with Commonwealth, state/territory governments, industry and communities.

Skills

Senior leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Strategic leadership

Delivery of major programs

Job description

• Senior Executive Service (SES) Band 2, Ongoing/Non-ongoing
• An attractive salary package will be negotiated with the successful candidate based on experience and qualifications + 15.4% super
• Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney

The Head of the Australian Climate Service leads a nationally significant, multi-agency capability that brings together climate and natural hazard data, intelligence and expertise to support better national planning, preparedness, response, recovery and resilience.

Reporting to the Bureau of Meteorology's Chief Executive Officer, the role provides strategic and operational leadership of the Australian Climate Service, including its partnership model, governance arrangements, future strategy, delivery performance, stakeholder relationships and reputation.

The successful candidate will be an accomplished senior executive with outstanding customer, stakeholder and partner engagement skills, a strong service and solution-oriented mindset, and a demonstrated record of delivering major programs in complex multi-agency and multi-customer environments. They will be able to work effectively across Commonwealth, state and territory governments, industry and the community, and communicate with influence from technical experts through to the highest levels of government.