• Reports to: IS Associate Technical Director
• Delegates to: IS Technical Officers and IS Sustainability Data Analysts
• Hours of Work: Full Time

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

The Senior Technical Advisor is responsible for key aspects of the technical development and maintenance of existing and new rating tools for the IS Rating Scheme including engaging with and reflecting industry feedback.

This includes ensuring that our processes and outputs are of high quality, well documented, researched and in line with our procedures and requirements.

The Senior Technical Advisor supports the Associate Technical Director, and IS Ratings team with the Technical projects, Technical investigations, and Technical Workplan items.

Strategic Direction:

• Contribute to the overall IS Rating Scheme Strategy.
• Lead changes and adjustments to the IS Rating Scheme to ensure it remains accessible, scalable and financially sustainable.
• Stay current with relevant sustainability topics, infrastructure sustainability developments and industry trends

Business Management:

• Support the achievement of annual business plan and budget for aspects of the Technical business function.
• This includes regularly reporting (to Associate Technical Director & Director) on performance targets and providing accurate monthly forecasts on progress against specific Technical project deadlines.
• Operationally, this includes coordinating, planning, implementing, tracking and reporting specific projects.

Technical Project Management:

• Undertake and lead Technical investigations and specific Technical projects. This includes research, stakeholder engagement, analysis, documented outputs and recommendations (including QA checks) in line with the ISC's Continuous Improvement process.

Strategic Alignment:

• Work collaboratively across the ISC business units to integrate and leverage all ISC offerings to deliver on the Council’s purpose (e.g. Training, Marketing and Advocacy)

Team Leadership:

• Contribute to a positive culture of accountability within the Technical team.
• Support the development of the IS Technical Officers/Data Analysts and broader team
• Invest in personal professional development and growth supporting individual career aspirations and organisational objectives.

Market Leadership and Engagement

• Relationship Development - Foster and maintain positive relationships with technical working groups, industry stakeholder groups and other identified parties.
• Market Representation - Represent the ISC through local and national networks, events, conferences, forums and engaging with other key market participants.
• Stakeholder Satisfaction and Engagement - Work with Associate Technical Director to develop strategies to engage with current and future Technical stakeholders and relevant rating partners to achieve annual KPIs relating to stakeholder satisfaction.
• Assist in overseeing the governance and management of ISCs technical structures including committees and working groups.

Governance

• Continuous improvement – systems, processes and practices:
• Review and enhance systems, processes and practices that ensure effective, optimised and technically robust delivery.
• Assist in ensuring there are systems and practices in place to keep abreast of project feedback, market developments and technical advances relevant to priority sectors and regions.

Continuous improvement – rating products and tools:

• Continuously review and enhance IS rating products and tools that ensure effective sustainability outcomes and value to rating partners.
• Manage delivery of the specific technical workplan as agreed annually with the Associate Technical Director, and ISC Executive.
• Work with Associate Technical Director to ensure there are systems and practices in place to capture and track continuous improvement feedback from stakeholders and maintain the technical integrity and leadership of the Rating Scheme relevant to priority sectors and regions and the sustainability agenda.

ROLE SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES

The following Role Specific Competencies are the skills, knowledge and behaviours that lead to a team member being successful in their role.

• Technical Understanding: In-depth technical knowledge in sustainability issues / aspects driven through the Rating Scheme e.g. LCA, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Procurement, Social Impacts
• Data: Able to understand, interpret & analyse data both quantitatively and qualitatively.
• Communication: Able to write and speak clearly and succinctly in a variety of communication settings and styles; can get messages across that have the desired effect.
• Stakeholder Management: Strong stakeholder management experience, and the capability to develop and maintain positive working relationship with internal and external parties.
• Business Acumen: Knows how businesses work; knowledgeable in current and possible future policies, practices, trends, and information affecting their business and organisation.
• Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in his/her/their team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.
• Ingenuity: Comes up with new and unique ideas; makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and adding value in brainstorming settings.
• Problem Solving: Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; probes relevant and fruitful sources for answers; can see hidden problems and opportunities; is excellent at honest analysis; looks beyond the obvious and doesn't stop at the first answers.
• Delegation: Clearly and comfortably delegates both routine and important tasks and decisions; broadly shares both responsibility and accountability; tends to trust people to perform.

ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE SUSTAINABILITY COUNCIL

The Infrastructure Sustainability Council (ISC) is a member-based not-for-profit industry council and certified social enterprise. We are the peak industry body for advancing sustainability outcomes in infrastructure.

• Our Vision: A positive future for people, planet and the economy
• Our Purpose: Ensuring all infrastructure delivers social, cultural, environmental and economic benefits.
• Our Values: Collaborative | Responsible | Dynamic

The principal means by which we advance sustainability outcomes in infrastructure is through the third-party assured IS rating scheme (IS). IS is an industry-led sustainability performance framework evaluating planning, design, construction, and operation of all infrastructure asset classes.

The ISC also supports capability building through training; leads infrastructure innovation through advocacy and R&D and supports our growing membership base with awards, events, working groups and thought leadership.

The ISC is involved in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest infrastructure projects, supporting the immediate value chain delivering and operating these assets.

A position description is attached.