North Sydney Council

Sustainable Business Officer

Temporary Contract until end of June 2026

North Sydney Council administers the North Sydney local government area on Sydney’s picturesque lower North Shore. Our 400 employees look after 77,000 residents spread across 10 square kilometres of land on the foreshores of Sydney Harbour providing spectacular harbour views, beautiful parklands, and a bustling CBD. Our aim is to ensure North Sydney remains a welcoming, well-designed, safe and beautiful environment for residents, workers and visitors.

Purpose of Position

•To facilitate a reduction in the environmental footprint of the business community in the North Sydney Council area.
•To increase business community participation in sustainable business practices and programs, including the Better Business Partnership and CitySwitch programs.
•To increase business community performance in sustainable practices in the North Sydney Council area.
•To promote, reward and celebrate local business success through sustainability.
•To develop, implement and evaluate the sustainable business programs aligned with Council’s strategic priorities.

This is a temporary opportunity until the end of June 2026.

Essential

• Tertiary qualifications in sustainability/ environmental studies/ environmental management/ environmental education/ business/ property management/ or extensive relevant knowledge and experience.
• Demonstrated experience in providing technical advice on business sustainability.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and delivering educational content in a sustainability context.
• Proven ability to collate, analyse and report on sustainability data.
• High level of communication, interpersonal, presentation and report writing skills.
• Ability to use various computer applications such as word processing and spreadsheet applications effectively, particularly Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and Powerpoint.
• Demonstrated experience in Project Management including ability to deliver projects on time and on budget and be able to balance and respond to competing priorities.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a busy multi-disciplinary team.
• Willingness and ability to work outside regular business hours.

Desirable

• Demonstrated experience in developing and maintaining productive relationships with individual businesses, commercial building managers, commercial strata organisations and business stakeholders.\
• Experience with undertaking energy and/or water and/or waste audits.
• Current NSW Class C driver’s licence and ability and willingness to drive.

Our culture

In 2023 we reviewed our organisational structure to increase leadership capacity and streamline decision-making, as well as increasing innovation, collaboration and communication.  Our broader cultural transformation for 2025 and beyond includes a focus on staff engagement, investment in learning and development and improved systems and processes all working together to empower the broader workforce to perform at their best.

Joining North Sydney Council now will enable you to go on this cultural transformation with us and to make a meaningful difference to both the organisation and the community of North Sydney.

Salary from: $92,588.71 to $104,209.99 pa + 11.5% superannuation + $1,000 pa transport allowance 

Why work at North Sydney Council?

We're committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and positive workplace. Our teams are reflective of the communities in which we operate, and we value the unique contribution each member makes to the North Sydney Council. The work we do makes a real difference to the lives of our residents and contributes to their economic and social wellbeing.

North Sydney Council as an employer offers excellent employee benefits such as:

• Easy accessibility to work with spectacular harbor view work locations
• Excellent work life balance with a 35-hour working week for indoor workers or fortnightly RDO’s for outdoor workers
• Flexible working hours with access to Flexi time
• Freedom to direct contributions to any compliant superannuation fund
• Health and Well-being programs for all employees such as Yoga, Pilates, Kick Boxing
• Access to employee recognition and reward program
• Weekly fruit baskets
• Free access to counselling sessions through our Employee Assistance Program
• Free financial advice by a certified Financial Planner
• Monetary Transport allowance
• Invitations to Local Govt events, training and planning sessions
• Access to corporate social events at picturesque harbour locations

How to apply

Applicants are required to submit a resume and answer the selection criteria questions below. 

To view the Position Description, Click Here 

Closing Date: 03 February 2025 at 11:55pm

North Sydney Council is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity in order to  provide a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. We strongly encourage candidates from wide-ranging backgrounds, identities and experiences to apply. North Sydney Council fosters the concept of equity and fairness across all facets of employment including recruitment, promotion, training and equity of access to benefits for staff.