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Senior Scientist

nrmjoEnvironmental jobs, NRM Brisbane, Brisbane

Job Description

About us

Healthy Land & Water works with community, industry, and government to deliver innovative and science-based solutions to challenges affecting our landscapes, waterways, and biodiversity. We help people understand the values and condition of South East Queensland’s environment so we can ensure the sustainable use of our natural environment long into the future.

We believe that maintaining healthy landscapes and waterways is not just important for wildlife and ecosystems. A healthy environment also supports a vibrant economy, strong livelihoods, great lifestyles and the happiness and wellbeing of the community. Through our work, we encourage people to examine and change their behaviours for the benefit of the natural world and for the people and places we love.

The opportunity

As a Senior Scientist you will have an important role in the Climate Adaptation team and will be involved with programs and projects for clients, sponsors, and stakeholders. In this role, you will participate in driving current and future stages of development of the portfolio of works across the Climate Adaptation program team, assisting in expanding and maintaining existing clients, sponsors, and stakeholders and identifying new business opportunities.

In particular, you will be involved in delivering Healthy Land & Water’s Water by Design urban stormwater and erosion and sediment control program within South East Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef coastal regions.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Delivering scientific solutions through application of knowledge and expertise across all programs and projects.
  • Delivering specific and complex work packages as per client requirements.
  • Contributing to high-quality interpretative and technical report production and review.
  • Collaborating with other science and professional teams across the organisation.
  • Networking and influencing internally and externally, including providing representation on committees and working groups.
  • About you

    Ideally, you will share our purpose to lead the change that will deliver an environment for future generations to thrive. You will be highly motivated and can work autonomously in agreed timeframes. To be successful in this role, you will have all or many of the following key attributes:

  • An Engineering or Science Degree in a relevant discipline and applied practical experience and technical expertise.
  • Technical knowledge of some of the following: sustainable urban water management, stormwater design, water sensitive urban design, water cycle and water systems.
  • High level stakeholder engagement skills and knowledge of enabling mechanisms for uptake of best practice sustainable urban water management across government, research, the water industry, First Nations, and the community.
  • What we offer

    We’re a diverse team of experts, who enjoy sharing knowledge and learning. We recognise and celebrate our employees and teams for affecting real and innovative change in our communities. We value integrity, collaboration, care, innovation, and courage. Some of our benefits include:

  • Flexible working arrangements.
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support your mental health.
  • Novated leasing.
  • Annual professional development allowance.
  • Annual private health insurance reimbursement.
  • Annual wellbeing reimbursement.
  • Salary continuance insurance.
  • Healthy Land & Water is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), and we strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to

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