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• Unique opportunity to lead ecosystem management and ensure environmental compliance at Sydney Olympic Park 

• Temporary full-time opportunity until April 2026 

• Located at Sydney Olympic on site  

• Salary relative to experience and ranges from $145,378.00 to $ 168,130.00 + super 

What’s in it for me? 

Join our team for a fantastic culture with dynamic collaboration and genuine long-term career support. We offer flexibility in work arrangements, diverse and fulfilling assignments, and prioritise work/life balance and wellbeing with initiatives like flex leave and access to support programs. Additionally, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcome, respected, and empowered to succeed. 

The role  

As the Senior Manager Environment and Ecology at Sydney Olympic Park, you'll lead a team to coordinate ecosystem management and ensure environmental compliance. Your role is pivotal in maintaining the park's biodiversity, overseeing conservation efforts, promoting integrated management of the parklands and liaising with regulatory authorities to uphold environmental standards. 

You'll manage balancing diverse stakeholder needs while managing complex communications and strategic alliances. Your expertise will guide the development and implementation of environmental strategies, ensuring the park's flora and fauna thrive within a multifunctional urban parkland and next to a growing urban centre.

For more information read the full Role Description: Senior Manager Environment and Ecology 

What you will bring to the role: 

• Extensive knowledge of parkland natural resource management principles and techniques for urban regional parks, threatened species, native fauna and flora habitat, wetlands, and waterways. 

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, to effectively convey ideas and collaborate with team members.  

• Strong problem-solving abilities to navigate complex challenges and adapt to evolving situations.  

• Proven leadership qualities, including the ability to motivate and inspire others to achieve shared goals.  

• Outstanding stakeholder engagement skills, fostering strong relationships and ensuring alignment with diverse stakeholders to achieve outcomes.  

What is an essential requirement: 

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in natural sciences such as environment, agriculture, ecology, land management or related field, along with substantial compliance, management and technical experience in a relevant field 

About us 

The Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI) improves the liveability and prosperity of NSW. To achieve this, we: create vibrant, productive spaces and precincts; manage lands, assets and property effectively and deliver affordable and diverse housing. We strive to be a high-performing, world-class public service organisation that celebrates and reflects the full diversity of the community we serve and builds the cultural capability of our department to improve outcomes with and for Aboriginal people, communities and entities.  

We are an inclusive and accessible workplace, where your individual contributions are valued, and where everyone is encouraged to feel a sense of connection and belonging. DPHI supports various employee affinity groups, practices flexible working, offers job share and workplace adjustments. 

Join us 

If excited by the information above, we look forward to receiving your application, including a copy of your resume and cover letter expressing your interest and suitability for the role. 

Applications close 11.55pm Sunday 16th March 2025. 

Should you require further information about the role please contact Vivienne Albin, Director Urban Renewal & Environment, 

vivienne.albin@sopa.nsw.gov.au

A recruitment pool may be created for ongoing and temporary opportunities of the same role or role type that may become available over the next 18 months. 

Please note to be eligible to apply for this position you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or permanent resident, or hold a valid Australian working Visa for the duration of the appointment.