In Melbourne, water is essential to our way of life.
As caretakers for Melbourne’s water cycle, and our catchments. We care for water, life, and land throughout Melbourne: both its people and its biodiversity.
Each time you drink from the tap, flush a toilet, or kayak down the Yarra we’re there. Primed and ready, quietly delivering some of the world’s cleanest water for over five million residents and wildlife that call Melbourne home, just as we have for over 130 years.
In this contract opportunity until June 2028, lead transformational collaboration across the Maribyrnong Catchment, supporting Traditional Owners leadership and self determination and bringing together government agencies, local councils, community groups and industry partners to deliver meaningful environmental, social and community outcomes. The Maribyrnong Catchment is a complex and dynamic ecosystem that encompasses land, waterways, communities, culture and several layers of governance and is under severe pressure, making this a role with genuine purpose and impact.
As the Maribyrnong Catchment Collaboration Lead, you will be at the forefront of building partnerships, influencing strategic outcomes and driving collective action to address some of the region's key integrated catchment challenges. You'll have the opportunity to connect diverse stakeholders, align priorities and turn ambitious ideas into lasting results for the catchment and the communities that depend on it.
- Facilitate and coordinate the collaboration group, its governance, budget and co-delivery of the strategic plan
- Work with partners to advocate for the Maribyrnong catchment
- Build and sustain relationships with, and seek participation of, a diverse range of stakeholders across the catchment
- Assist coordination of catchment-wide projects and enable outcomes
- Work with Subject-Matter Experts to plan and act strategically for an integrated approach to catchment management
- Prepare monitoring, evaluation and communication of key issues, learnings and progress, the results of which may be provided to external groups
- Increase visibility of the Maribyrnong and its catchment
- Work closely with key strategic projects underway in the Maribyrnong catchment including the Maribyrnong Flood Mitigation study
