Water Resources Planner - [Archived Advertisement]

• Professional 3 (Remuneration Package Range $111,409 – $124,576)
• Water Planning and Engagement Branch, Water Resources Division
• Katherine
• Ongoing

The Water Resource Planner, as part of a regional and wider departmental team, will manage and regulate the utilisation of the Northern Territory’s water resources under the NT Water Act 1992, through the generation and delivery of expert water resource information, advice and assessment as well as regional plans and strategies formulated in partnership with industry and the community to guide the sustainable use of the Northern Territory’s Water Resources.

The successful applicant will have:

1. A degree in environmental science, natural resource management or a related field, awarded by an Australian Institution or equivalent.
2. Demonstrated significant experience in natural resource management, including in a complex economic, social and environmental setting.
3. Demonstrated experience presenting complex natural resource management problems in both oral and written forms to a wide range of stakeholders.
4. High level interpersonal and communication skills, including demonstrated ability to be persuasive, influential and a successful negotiator, ability to interact effectively with people of diverse cultures and experience in the development of complex reports, submissions and briefings.
5. Competence in the operation and utilisation of a wide range of computer software including Geographical Information Systems.
6. Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team, and apply highly developed skills to identify, analyse, evaluate and integrate relevant information from diverse disciplines and present in a logical and coherent manner.
7. Demonstrated ability to coordinate, facilitate and conduct a variety of activities and to plan, organise and prioritise work and operate within prescribed timeframes.

Quote vacancy number: 18301      
Closing date: 2 August 2017

Applications should address the Selection Criteria. For a copy of the Job Description and to apply online please visit www.nt.gov.au/jobs or contact us on 1300 659 247