• Role can be based in any of our major regional locations (Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane, Townsville, Byron Bay)

The Alluvium Group brings together a set of organisations who share a common purpose: to make a difference to the world we live in.

Our businesses share a collective vision, strategy and a commitment to client service. Our business model is unique and driven by a genuine belief that a focus on technical depth and excellence better serves our clients.

We work together when it adds value, for instance jointly investing in the Group’s Research and Insights program to give back to the industry and to ensure that the latest science has a path to implementation.

As a group we are focussed on an enabling culture in order to remove barriers to creativity and encourage people to develop as leaders throughout our industry.

The strength of our group is embedded in the independent business decision making of our company boards and leadership, and the ability of each entity to focus on delivering exceptional work for our clients.

For further information about the group please go to:

https://www.alluvium.com.au/

https://www.nceconomics.com/

https://mosaicinsights.com.au/

https://ecofutures.com.au/

https://alluviumfoundation.org/

Alluvium Consulting

Alluvium Consulting is the original company in the Group. We were founded in 2006 to provide advice to government and private organisations on issues facing our water resources, rivers and catchments.

Our focus is catchments to coasts. We aim to influence the direction of catchment and water management in Australia through our work with federal, state and regional government and private sector clients in the resources and development sectors.

We have made significant contributions to water resources management at national, Murray-Darling Basin, Great Barrier Reef, state and local level, and our expertise and approach is sought out by clients. We believe strongly in listening to community, industry and stakeholders, and we are committed to respect, acknowledgement and reconciliation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

We work hard to differentiate our business and believe it is possible for a commercial organisation to measure its success by things other than profit alone. In order to further our impact, we have recently launched our not-for-profit, the Alluvium Foundation, to advance key issues impacting our industry.

We invest heavily in an enabling culture in order to remove barriers to creativity and encourage people to develop as leaders throughout our business. We consistently achieve client and staff satisfaction ratings well above the norm for the professional services industry and measure these as part of our core business.

Our success is measured by:

Impact of our work on communities and environment - our people are motivated by achieving outcomes

The value we create - for our staff and shareholders

Our culture - we want to both provide opportunities, enjoyment and support to our people

We currently work across offices in Sydney, Byron Bay, Brisbane, Townsville, Canberra and Melbourne as well as having smaller presences in Albury, Adelaide, Fiji, New Zealand and India. We share these physical offices with other companies in the Alluvium Group.

The Role Context

To match the growth of our Alluvium Consulting team, we have recently introduced 5 Business Area Lead roles to complement the regional leadership provided by our Regional Managers. Our Business Area Leads are playing unique roles in the business by helping to further focus our approach to market, build our industry leadership and expanding our technical excellence. As with our Regional Manager roles, each Business Area Lead reports directly to the General Manager.

Our current Strategy Business Area Lead has taken on a role within the Alluvium Group to guide the future of our growing Research and Insights Program. As such, there is an exciting opportunity to bring someone into our expanding team to lead this highly important area of our business.

Our Strategy Business Area covers a wide range of important Alluvium Consulting services including policy and governance, environmental water, cultural water, evaluation and catchment planning. Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Building our external market presence in the business area.
• Driving integration across the regions and further enhancing technical excellence.
• Working as part of our leadership and management team to develop and deliver business plans for the business.

Our project work in the area includes:

• Supporting state and Commonwealth agencies in water resource management and policy, the implementation of Murray-Darling Basin Plan activities, and project and program-level business cases.
• Program design, delivery and evaluation for Great Barrier Reef related programs and activities.
• Supporting First Nations communities to be actively involved in water management, including land and water management partnerships and self-determination.
• Bridging the technical components of ecohydrology and environmental water planning with strategic landscape watering strategies, determination of environmental water requirements and risk assessments.
• Designing monitoring and evaluation frameworks and undertaking evaluations, reviews and audits.

We are not a hierarchical business so you can expect a high degree of autonomy and opportunity. We are looking for someone to join our team to contribute to strategic growth of the business.

Skills and Experience

The successful candidate will have:

• A bachelor degree or higher in natural resource management, environmental policy, evaluation, environmental engineering, science or similar fields
• 10-15 years’ experience in areas directly relevant to the role
• Excellent ability and self-management in interdisciplinary work, information assimilation, analysis and problem solving, thinking strategically
• Demonstrated ability in communicating highly complex information in an engaging fashion
• Ability to manage projects and programs and work collaboratively with a range of internal and external stakeholders
• A willingness and positive contribution to a collaborative and values-driven work culture.

The following experience would be viewed favourably:

• Post graduate qualifications in a relevant discipline
• Extensive industry relationships
• Highly developed knowledge in an existing elements of the Business Area.

Benefits of Working at Alluvium

As our lives become increasingly complex, we recognise that our team require benefits outside of renumeration. We therefore offer the following benefits.

• We have a generous Profit Share policy which is consistent across all staff.
• We support highly flexible working arrangements including part time and extra (purchased) leave, hybrid working arrangements (working from home and the office) and flexible starting and finishing times. We supply phones and laptops for all staff for professional and private use.
• Career development through the wide range of opportunities we can provide and mentoring from industry leaders.
• We have a 3-year professional program consisting of:
  • Year 1 – Group conference
  • Year 2 – International study tour (by application process)
  • Year 3 – Leadership development (by selection)
• Opportunity to work internationally and access international projects.
• Opportunities to work with senior leaders across the business on research topics through our Research and Insights Program.
• 14 weeks paid parental leave (paternity/maternity) – we recognise the importance of shared parenting and make no distinction between primary or secondary carer status.
• The opportunity to become a shareholder in the Alluvium Group, benefiting from dividends and capital growth. Alluvium is a staff owned business and almost 50% of our staff have ownership.
• The Alluvium Group has an active reconciliation program, is listed as a Great Place to Work for women, operates as a carbon neutral business and is a certified BCorp.

Details and Next Steps

Role particulars:

• The role can be based in any of our major regional locations (Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane, Townsville, Byron Bay).
• Remuneration is commensurate with skills and experience and subject to negotiation. Note that applications are only open to applicants with Australian citizenship or permanent residency.

Next Steps

Please contact either Steve Skull (General Manager) or Amanda Shipp (Current Business Area Lead –Strategy) to have a confidential discussion about the role.

Steve

0400 612 473

[email protected]

Amanda

0404 133 706

[email protected]

Applications consisting of a short cover letter and CV can be submitted via the "Apply Now" button.

Alluvium is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. All applicants will be considered for employment inclusive of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability status. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.

A position description is attached.