Lead Integrated Water Management & Climate Resilience

Council Jobs; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary package

Professional development opportunities

Supportive work environment

Job summary

Hume City Council is seeking an Integrated Water Management Specialist to lead strategy, delivery, and stakeholder engagement for the Council’s IWM Plan. The role covers development, implementation, monitoring, review, and reporting of water management initiatives across council operations.

You will identify opportunities, secure funding, manage budgets, engage consultants, and work with multidisciplinary teams to deliver IWM projects from concept to completion while representing Council at

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in engineering, environmental sciences, water resources management, or related field.
• Substantial experience in development, coordination and review of environmental strategies and policies.
• High level experience in environmental management including project management of Integrated Water Management projects.

Responsibilities

• Review and develop the Integrated Water Management Plan to ensure best practice water management and enhanced climate resilience across Council operations and services.
• Champion and liaise with other teams across Council and external stakeholders to facilitate input, ownership and implementation of relevant Integrated Water Management actions and partnerships.
• Provide strategic and technical advice for Integrated Water Management projects and asset management.
• Develop, review and provide input into guidelines and documentation relating to Integrated Water Management outcomes.
• Develop and manage Integrated Water Management projects including water efficiency, water sensitive urban design (WSUD), stormwater harvesting projects including seeking external funding, managing project budgets, engaging and managing consultants, leading diverse project teams, obtaining approvals and resolving problems.
• Manage and progress a number of complex projects and responsibilities concurrently with sound prioritisation skills.

Skills

Integrated Water Management

Engineering skills

Strategic direction

Policy development

Education

Tertiary qualifications in engineering

Environmental sciences

Water resources management

Water sensitive urban design

Job description

Hume City Council is seeking an Integrated Water Management Specialist to lead strategy, delivery, and stakeholder engagement for the Council’s IWM Plan. The role covers development, implementation, monitoring, review, and reporting of water management initiatives across council operations.

You will identify opportunities, secure funding, manage budgets, engage consultants, and work with multidisciplinary teams to deliver IWM projects from concept to completion while representing Council at