Environmental Compliance Liaison Officer

Date: 6 May 2024

Location: AU

Company: Northern Beaches Council

Division: Planning & Place Business Unit: Environmental Compliance Title: Environmental Compliance Liaison Officer, Permanent - Full-time Role, 35 hours per week Salary Range: $86,867.36 to $100,954.29 per annum + super (subject to skills and experience)
Who we are: Stretching from Palm Beach to Manly, the Northern Beaches boasts more than half of all the beaches in Sydney and a population of more than 270,000. Northern Beaches Council strives to deliver the highest quality services to our community. We are proud to be the winner of the Bluett Award 2022 and the 2022 Change Champion Award in the Enterprise Category.
Join us and you’ll be part of an organisation committed to promoting sustainable growth, leading the community, protecting our environment and creating a great future for the Northern Beaches.
The Planning & Place Division is responsible for a range of functions which support the whole of Council to deliver high quality services to our Northern Beaches bush land, rural and coastal community. The Division comprises of the following business units – Development Assessment, Strategic & Place Planning and Environmental Compliance.
The Environmental Compliance Business Unit delivers regulation, enforcement, and education services that protect the public, the environment and groups such as residents, tenants, workers and businesses. This Business Unit is involved with the investigation and enforcement of legislation, council policy, and customer requests in relation to parking and companion animals, public health and pollution matters, building/development, land use and fire safety, as well as providing private certification services.
Working with us: Northern Beaches Council provides a comprehensive range of benefits focused on our employees’ lifestyle, health and wellbeing, recognition and career development. In this role you’ll enjoy -

• Rostered days off scheme
• Work from home opportunities
• Genuine work-life balance and flexible working arrangements
• Values based culture and a teams oriented working environment
  

Our opportunity: The key focus areas of this role include:

• Manage incoming complaints relating food safety, public health, unhealthy conditions, pollution incidences (air, land, water, noise, asbestos), offensive odour, sewerage overflow and storm water enquiries to name a few, by liaising with customers and residents on a daily basis to resolve enquiries and determine the best course of action to resolve the complaints.

• Provide excellent customer service by being professional, courteous and respectful to all parties when undertaking duties.

• Provide administrative support to facilitate all incoming and outgoing correspondence for Environmental Health.

About you: We’re looking for a proactive and adaptable candidate to join our Environmental Health team. You’ll bring empathy and positivity to a team passionate about making a difference to our community.
Additional Information:

• Applications close on: 19/05/2024
• Expected Interview Date: 22/05/2024
• Questions? Please call the Hiring Manager: Tash Mitrevska on 0402 782 378

Northern Beaches Council is a diverse and inclusive employer and encourages applications from differently abled candidates. Reasonable adjustments to the workplace may be made where these are required. If you would like to contact us to discuss your specific circumstances, please contact the hiring manager for this role. If you do not feel comfortable to do so, please contact HR Services on (02) 8495 5070.