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Hours per fortnight

73.50 (or part time hours, by negotiation).

Duties

The purpose of the role is to provide scientific advice on air quality impacts, modelling, control, and monitoring relating to the assessment of proposals and regulation of environmentally relevant activities consistent with the objectives, principles and requirements of the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994, the Environment Protection Policy (Air Quality) 2004, the National Environment Protection Measure (Ambient Air) Monitoring, related State legislation and policies, and best practice environmental management.

Essential Requirements

• A Degree in Science, or Engineering, or equivalent qualification relevant to the professional duties to be undertaken, as provided by a university.

Desirable Requirements

• A motor vehicle driver’s licence.
• Computer programming/scripting skills (e.g. R, python, MATLAB, bash under linux).

Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents

Generic Scientific Officer (Air).docx

Generic Scientific Officer (Air).pdf

Advice to Applicants (EPA).docx

Advice to Applicants (EPA).pdf

How to apply

To apply, please provide a Short Form Application which is a 1-2 page covering letter outlining your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the Statement of Duties, and a copy of your current Resumé/CV.

Please note that we do not require a separate statement addressing the selection criteria.

Please apply online by clicking the blue "" button.

Refer to the 'Advice to Applicants' document for further information.

If you are unable to submit your application online, please contact Recruitment on (03) 6165 3174.

For more information on the position please contact:

Aliso Hughes
Manager (Scientific and Technical)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (03) 6165 4563