Resource Management Officer - Multi-Unit Dwellings

Blacktown City Council; Sydney; On-site; AUD 97,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent full-time role

Flextime arrangement

12% superannuation

Training and development support

Fitness Passport

Job summary

Blacktown City Council is seeking a Resource Management Officer for Multi-Unit Dwellings to drive waste and recycling outcomes across a growing city. You will contribute to education programs, manage projects, and support initiatives in FOGO and resource recovery.

The role balances field duties with office work, including inspections, stakeholder meetings, and addressing contamination and waste room management. It offers job stability, flexi-time, and opportunities for career development.

Qualifications

• Waste industry experience.
• Strong community engagement skills.
• Genuine interest in helping people understand and improve waste management practices.

Responsibilities

• Inspect bin rooms and perform door knocks.
• Meet residents, strata managers and property managers.
• Respond to issues such as recycling contamination, illegal dumping and waste room management.
• Review development applications and assess waste management requirements.
• Collaborate to improve outcomes through education, engagement and compliance.

Skills

Waste industry experience

Community engagement

Job description

Resource Management Officer - Multi-Unit Dwellings

Professional expertise. Personal purpose.

Join Blacktown City Council as a Resource Management Officer - Multi-Unit Dwellings and help improve waste and recycling outcomes across our growing city. As part of the FOGO and Resource Recovery team, you manage projects, education programs and waste initiatives that support cleaner, safer and more sustainable multi-unit developments.

You spend your time both in the field and in the office. You inspect bin rooms, complete door knocks, meet with residents, strata managers, real estate agents and property managers, and respond to issues such as recycling contamination, illegal dumping and waste room management. You review development applications, assess waste management requirements and work with colleagues to improve outcomes through a balanced approach of education, engagement and compliance.

Your expertise helps deliver practical solutions that residents see every day. You support behaviour change programs, provide waste and recycling advice, develop initiatives that improve resource recovery and build strong partnerships across the community. The work directly contributes to cleaner neighbourhoods and a healthier local environment.

In return, you gain meaningful work, employment stability, flexible working arrangements and opportunities to continue developing your career. We are looking for someone with waste industry experience, strong community engagement skills and a genuine interest in helping people understand and improve waste management practices. If you enjoy a mix of office-based work and face-to-face engagement, this role could be for you.

At Blacktown City Council, good people make great teams, and great teams build great cities. Here, you will find the stability and support to keep growing, along with:

• a secure, permanent, full-time role with one of Australia's largest councils
• an entry level salary commencing at $1,866.69 per week
• access to Council's flextime arrangement
• 12% superannuation and competitive leave entitlements
• ongoing training and development support
• access to Fitness Passport, social clubs and wellbeing programs.

Our commitment to safety

Blacktown City Council is committed to safety. We have introduced alcohol and other drug testing at the pre-employment phase, and via a series of random and cause testing.

We are a child safe organisation that supports and promotes the safety, wellbeing and empowerment of children.

Contact officer: Holly Marshall on 9839 6536