Casual Pool | Pathway to Full-Time Employment

Melbourne | Based from Notting Hill

Build Your Career in Operational Sustainability

The Waste Network is growing, and we are looking for practical, energetic and data-driven Sustainability Officers to join our casual team.

Our people support some of Australia’s most recognised events, venues and organisations, including:

- The Melbourne Cup Carnival
- The Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix
- The Royal Melbourne Show
- Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
- Major education, hospitality, commercial property and venue customers

This is not a desk-based sustainability role.

You will work onsite, helping customers improve waste and resource recovery systems, engage their teams, solve operational issues and report on measurable outcomes.

The Role

Depending on the assignment, you may be:

- Supporting major events, venues and customer sites
- Conducting inspections, audits and contamination assessments
- Engaging customers, contractors, cleaners and frontline teams
- Delivering practical training and education
- Capturing and validating operational data
- Preparing plans and proposals for prospective customers
- Preparing customer and event reports
- Reporting on strategy, actions delivered and outcomes achieved
- Using technology and dashboards to improve performance
- Identifying new sustainability and operational solutions

Data and reporting are central to the role. You must be able to clearly explain:

- What was implemented
- What the data demonstrates




- What outcomes were achieved
- What should happen next

About You

You may be a sustainability graduate or have experience in events, operations, facilities, hospitality, logistics, waste or customer service.

You will bring:

- Strong communication and stakeholder-engagement skills
- Confidence working in operational environments
- Confidence using Excel and cloud-based systems
- Strong attention to detail and numerical accuracy
- Reliability, initiative and a willingness to take ownership
- Flexibility to work some evenings, weekends and major-event periods
- A genuine commitment to being a team player
- A positive attitude aligned with a culture built on strong work ethic, professionalism, mutual respect, accountability and integrity
- Experience with Power BI, sustainability reporting, waste and recycling or major events will be highly regarded.

Why Join The Waste Network?

We are building an employer of choice for people who want a genuine career in operational sustainability.

You will gain:

- Exposure to flagship events, venues and major customers
- Practical experience across sustainability, operations, data and technology
- Diverse and meaningful work
- Opportunities to progress into project and leadership roles
- A genuine pathway from casual employment into future full-time positions

To see our team, projects and the environments you could be working in, search The Waste Network on Instagram.

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📌 Sustainability Officer – Operational (Moe)
🏢 The Waste Network
📍 Moe