Coordinator, Environment and Sustainability

• Property and Facilities Division

• Be part of an organisation with a meaningful purpose and impact

• Join a university ranked in the world’s top 50

• 17% superannuation contributions and 17.5% annual leave loading

• Based at the St Lucia Campus

As part of the UQ community, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world.

Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting, real-world impact.

Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of benefits and rewards are available, such as:

• 26 weeks paid parental leave or 14 weeks paid primary caregiver leave

• Health and wellness discounts – fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family

• On campus childcare options

• Discounted parking (from just $5.75 a day)

• Salary packaging options

About This Opportunity  

We are seeking a Coordinator, Environment and Sustainability to join the team. The position is responsible for leading multiple projects to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, risk assessment and tracking environmental compliance develop, implement and maintain programs and initiatives that enhance environmental protection, management and sustainability of the UQ community.  

This role can expect to focus primarily on environmental management and compliance matters associated with biodiversity, biosecurity (pest plants/animals), greenhouse gas emissions reporting and be involved in water and waste management, environment and sustainability strategy development, reporting, and sustainability engagement and behaviour change initiatives.

Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• With the direction of the Manager, Environment & Sustainability Programs, identify and prioritise areas for institutional environmental management and compliance efforts and recommend strategies for proactively addressing relevant sustainability issues.

• Work with limited supervision to develop and execute projects and/ or programs to address environmental management and compliance issues.

• Prepare project proposals and project scopes, and complete relevant procurement processes in order to implement these projects/programs.

• Engage and manage consultants and contractors where required to ensure the cost effective and timely delivery of projects.

• Engage and liaise with staff, students and other and other organisations (internal and external) to support the practical adoption and implementation of environmental management and compliance projects/programs on campus.

• Liaise with a variety of internal and external organisations and government bodies to stay abreast of emerging trends, opportunities and funding options.

• Work within a multi-disciplined teams to achieve outcomes within strict scopes and timeframes.

• Work with relevant UQ stakeholders, to communicate the outcomes of environmental management and compliance and sustainability initiatives to internal and external audiences.

• Any other duties as reasonably directed by your supervisor.

This is a Full-time, Fixed term position up to 25 July 2025. At HEW Level 6, the full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range of $88,099.39 to $94,512.08 plus a generous super allowance of 17% superannuation. The total FTE package will be in the range $103,076.28 to $110,579.13 per annum.  

• Completion of a Bachelor degree qualification in a relevant field such as Engineering, Environmental Management/Science, Business Management, or similar, with subsequent relevant work experience; or extensive experience and specialist expertise; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education. 

• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the principles and processes related to environmental management and compliance matters associated with but not limited to biodiversity, biosecurity (pest plants/animals), environmental protection and greenhouse gas emissions. 

• Further knowledge of water and waste management, and environmental and sustainability reporting would be highly desirable. 

• Sound project and time management skills, including the ability to meet deadlines, work under pressure, and deliver projects on time and within budget, ability to prioritise projects and tasks, and adopt a strategic view of environmental management objectives.

• Sound analytical skills and excellent report writing and presentation skills using a variety of media and communication tools. 

• Ability to effectively engage colleagues in key processes and projects and to communicate and consult with individuals and groups with diverse backgrounds. 

• Must possess a current open Queensland Driver’s license. 

In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply:

• Work Rights: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment. 

• Background Checks: All final applicants for this position may be asked to consent to a criminal record check. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically barred from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits. 

Questions?  

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Ms Helena Malawkin, Program Manager (Environment and Sustainability) at [email protected]

For application queries, please contact [email protected]  stating the job reference number in the subject line.  

Want to Apply? 

All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:

• Cover letter addressing the ‘About You’ section  

• Resume 

Please note that you will be asked to add all documents into the one upload box labelled ‘resume’, which is step one of the application form.
 

At UQ we know that our greatest strengths come from our diverse mix of colleagues, this is reflected in our ongoing commitment to creating an environment focused on equity, diversity and inclusion .  We ensure that we are always attracting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in our broader community, whether that be gender identity , LGBTQIA+ , cultural and/or linguistic , Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples , or people with a disability . Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to [email protected]  

If you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.

Applications close 22 March 2024 at 11.00pm AEST (R- 35980).