Who we are

In Melbourne, water is essential to our way of life.

As caretakers for Melbourne’s water cycle, we care for water, life, and land throughout Melbourne: both its people and its biodiversity.

Each time you drink from the tap, flush a toilet, run through a backyard sprinkler, or kayak down the Yarra we’re there. Primed and ready, quietly delivering some of the world’s cleanest water for over five million residents and wildlife that call Melbourne home, just as we have for over 130 years.

If you value making it count, diving in with curiosity, and doing what’s right, you're in the right place.

About the Role

In this part time (.6) role as the Senior Service Planner (Integrated Catchment Management) you will be responsible for providing expertise and support to the Manager Service Programs, Land & Catchments in applying best practice integrated catchment management to develop integrated 5-10 year rolling investment programs.

The role will also lead the strategic oversight of the Incentives Program delivery mechanism (Liveable Communities, Liveable Waterways) and ensure cost effective and sustainable outcomes are achieved for incentives projects across Connected Habitats and Catchment Improvement, Science Innovation and Technology, Liveable Cities and IWM Enabler inventive themes.

• Provide strategic oversight and partnership prioritization of the Incentives Program as a business wide delivery mechanism.
• Work collaboratively with internal partners and providing strategic guidance to the Waterways and Catchment Services Committee.
• Design implementation programs for Integrated Catchment Management Plans
• Exploring external revenue for biodiversity and catchment outcomes
• Coordinate program execution of the internal Biodiversity Fund
• Develop catchment related programs and technical objectives from the Regional Catchment Strategy, Natural Resource Management Plan, Biodiversity Conservation Action Plan.
• Working with Service Futures, Service Enablement, Waterway Catchment Services and Waterway Catchment Delivery
•  Work collaboratively across portfolio Planner on overlapping programs.

For more information, please review the attached Position Description

About you:

• Demonstrated strategic planning skills and ability to apply a holistic systems-thinking approach to work.
• Demonstrated strong people skills, with the ability to influence people and experience in developing effective networks in a diverse and complex multiagency delivery environment.
• Experience in working with grants or incentives schemes and complex partnerships.
• Experience in natural resource management
• Excellent people skills, together with high-level verbal and written communication skills in sensitive or complex circumstances.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise leadership, work and contribute to a team environment to improve policy, processes, and procedures, respond to various demands, and manage multiple activities simultaneously.

Why join us:

At Melbourne Water, we care deeply about water and the life it sustains. 

Our team is inspired by passion and purpose, with an unwavering commitment to safety. We are on a mission to protect every Melburnian’s way of life, one drop at a time.

We don’t just talk about flexible working - we live it. Our culture of purpose, safety, results, and learning flows through everything we do. We're dedicated to doing what's right, and this commitment extends to the meaningful work we do in a supportive and inclusive culture that encourages you to make the most of your talents.

Our long-standing commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging means that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, LGBTIQ+ individuals, people living with disability, mature age and young jobseekers from all cultures can apply with confidence knowing they are safe, affirmed, and celebrated.

If you’re curious, action-orientated, outcomes-focused, and passionate about public resources, community, and the environment, we'd love to receive your application and learn if you could be a great fit. 

How to Apply

Click the 'Apply Now' button below and complete our online application form.

Closing date: Monday 13^th January 2025 at 11:55pm AEST