Senior Sustainability Officer

NSW Health Infrastructure; Sydney; On-site; AUD 138,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

NSW Health Infrastructure in Sydney CBD NSW is seeking a Senior Sustainability Officer to join the Sustainability Team. You will embed sustainability practices across planning, design and delivery of health infrastructure projects, providing specialist, evidence-based advice, and applying Green Star requirements to projects.

You will work across a diverse capital portfolio, collaborate with stakeholders, develop guidance, and use data to drive continuous improvement and informed project

Qualifications

• Senior sustainability professional with technical delivery skills.
• Experience applying Green Star or comparable rating tools in infrastructure or built environment.
• Ability to analyse complex information and provide evidence-based recommendations.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist, evidence-based advice to project teams.
• Facilitate application of Green Star and other sustainability requirements.
• Identify risks and opportunities; translate policy and industry practice into project responses.
• Collaborate across a diverse capital portfolio; develop guidance and capability resources.
• Use sustainability data and performance insights to drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Sustainability expertise

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Project coordination

Tools

Green Star

Job description

NSW Health Infrastructure – Sydney CBD NSW

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time

Position Classification: Health Mgr Lvl 3

Remuneration: $137,525 - $156,231 (plus superannuation and leave loading)

Hours Per Week: 38

Requisition ID: REQ701324

About the opportunity

Health Infrastructure is seeking an experienced Senior Sustainability Officer to join its Sustainability Team to help embed strong and consistent sustainability practice across the planning, design and delivery of health infrastructure projects throughout NSW.

You will provide specialist, evidence-based advice to project teams; facilitate the application of Green Star and other sustainability requirements; identify emerging risks and opportunities; and translate evolving policy, legislation and industry practice into practical project responses.

Working across a diverse capital portfolio, you will collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, develop guidance and capability-building resources, and use sustainability data and performance insights to drive continuous improvement.

This role offers the opportunity to influence project decisions and strengthen sustainability practice across an organisation delivering infrastructure with lasting benefits for NSW communities.

This is a full-time ongoing role. Remuneration will be determined with the successful candidate.

Please note that as Health Infrastructure is an organisation of NSW Health, the successful applicant must reside in NSW or be willing to relocate if appointed.

This recruitment may be used to appoint to similar future roles (ongoing or temporary), or to create a Talent Pool for roles that may arise over the next 18 months.

About you

You are an experienced sustainability professional who combines technical understanding with sound judgement and practical delivery skills. You can analyse complex information, identify what matters for a project and communicate clear, evidence-based recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

You are comfortable working across multiple projects and priorities, building productive relationships and influencing outcomes where sustainability considerations need to be balanced with scope, cost, program and operational requirements. Experience applying Green Star or comparable sustainability rating tools in infrastructure or the built environment will be highly regarded.

If you are passionate about sustainability and enjoy working in a dynamic and collaborative environment, this is the role for you.

About us

Health Infrastructure delivers sustainable and innovative infrastructure solutions to meet the health care needs of NSW communities now and into the future. We collaborate with government and industry to transform public health facilities across NSW. Outside of health we contribute longer term benefits to NSW communities including the creation of jobs and increased opportunities for local businesses.

About what’s important to us

At Health Infrastructure, we are committed to cultivating a workplace culture where diversity, inclusion and flexibility is part of the norm. To find out more about Health Infrastructure’s values and ways of working, click here.