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Senior Project Officer
Compliance Operations & Support; Waste and Enforcement Services; Environmental Services and Regulation; Brisbane
We are seeking an experienced professional looking to apply their environmental management and communication skills to join the Compliance Support team within Enforcement Services.
Job details
| Position status | Permanent |
|---|---|
| Position type | Full-time |
| Occupational group | Primary Industry & Environment |
| Classification | AO6 |
| Workplace Location | Brisbane Inner City,Flexible |
| Job ad reference | QLD/573154/24 |
| Closing date | 04-Jul-2024 |
| Job duration | |
| Contact person | Trinity Lowe |
| Contact details | Phone: 0402 423 326 Access the National Relay Service |
The Compliance Support Team provides operational support and advice to the areas of the Environmental Services and Regulation (ESR). ESR provides targeted, consistent and transparent regulation that facilitates sustainable development in Queensland. ESR proactively manages and monitors environmental risks through a modern and innovative regulatory framework that includes assessment, compliance, investigation and enforcement programs. ESR also provides extensive frontline services both centrally and regionally.
As a Senior Project Officer within the Compliance Support Team you will be involved in contributing to a number of complex projects relating to the regulation of environmental management within a range of industries including the resource industry and prescribed activities. Legislation you will work with includes (but is not limited to): the Environmental Protection Act 1994, Chapter 3 of the Water Act 2000, the Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011, the Environmental Offsets Act 2014, the Regional Planning Interests Act 2014, the Planning Act 2016, and the Coastal Protection and Management Act 1995.
The position will focus on providing support to the compliance workforce in the Environmental Services and Regulation Division (ESR Division).
In this role you will interact with other officers in the same division from across the State, including assessment, compliance, and other support staff, as well as with officers from the legislation and government policy division. You will have a lead role in the provision of support in the form of advice and legislative interpretation to staff.
You will also liaise with peak industry bodies, individual companies, local government representatives and other State departments.
You will have a key role in operational policy projects, input into legislative changes (to ensure these changes can be implemented readily), lead the development of support materials and lead the delivery of training on new legislative obligations.
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