Job Summary
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 17th May 2023
- Melbourne > Clayton
Monash Health is Victoria’s largest public health service. We are proud to provide healthcare to one quarter of Melbourne’s population, across the entire life-span from newborn and children, to adults, the elderly, their families and carers. More than 22,000 employees work at over 40 care locations across south eastern Melbourne, including Monash Medical Centre, Monash Children’s Hospital, Moorabbin Hospital, Dandenong Hospital, Casey Hospital, Kingston Centre, Cranbourne Centre, and an extensive network of rehabilitation, aged care, community health and mental health facilities. For more information please visit www.monashhealth.org.
As an organisation, Monash Health is committed to mitigating our contributions to global warming and work towards adapting to new environmental conditions. We know that climate impacts are already being felt and there is great optimism about the opportunities rapid action will provide.
Monash Health recently released their Sustainability Strategy and Sustainability Action Plan – together these provide a clear and common direction for us to work towards and ensure we remain on track to achieve our sustainability goals and continue to build and operate a more sustainable health service.
This is a full-time, permanent position, based at Monash Medical Centre, Clayton. The Sustainability Specialist, may need to travel to and from other Monash Health and Monash Health community sites.
You will be responsible for developing and implementing projects and initiatives to achieve the objectives outlined in our Monash Health Sustainability Action Plan. You will work towards finding new, innovative and economically reductive practices that minimise waste, reduce our carbon footprint, and maximise efficiency.
You are an accomplished environmental practitioner with demonstrated experience delivering projects and service improvement initiatives.
You understand the impact that environmental problems such as climate change, have on health care services delivery, and work to promote greater sustainability and environmental health in the health sector.
You lead by example, thrive working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and are truly passionate about delivering a high standard of fit-for-purpose health services and programs to the largest public health catchment in Victoria. You are an advocate of Monash Health’s Strategic Guiding Principles.
Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity, and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.
Applications will only be accepted via the Monash Health online Mercury System only. Email applications will not be considered.
Existing Monash Health Employees should apply using your Monash Health employee account. For any queries regarding employee accounts contact Recruitment Services at [email protected].
Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed. These include:
A request to conduct probity checks does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made.
As part of our selection process, you may be invited by email to participate in an on-camera video interview.
Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status. The current orders require evidence of three doses for COVID-19.
All applicants to positions with Monash Health will need to upload acceptable evidence of full vaccination against COVID-19 and Influenza as part of their application. Acceptable evidence is a copy of your Immunisation History Statement which can be accessed via myGov.
Offers of employment will only be made to candidates who can provide evidence that they meet full vaccination status.
Apply NOW to join our growing team in the Strategy, Transformation & Projects team.