Sustainability and Procurement Manager
Sustainability and Procurement Manager
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Job Description
Geelong Grammar School is one of the worlds leading co-educational boarding and day schools. Offering exceptional educational opportunities across four campuses from Early Learning to Year 12 Geelong Grammar School is committed to making a positive difference for students staff and the community. We believe in prioritising wellbeing creativity and academic rigour and we value wisdom. Our character is compassionate curious and courageous and we achieve our goals through working ethically collaboratively inclusively progressively and with substantiation.
We seek to appoint a dynamic and experienced Procurement and Sustainability Manager to this position. This role will be responsible for leading and championing Geelong Grammar Schools commitment to environmental sustainability by implementing strategic initiatives.
About the role:
An opportunity exists for a sustainability professional to take on a role which aims to create and lead the implementation of the Geelong Grammar School (GGS) Sustainability Strategy and deliver a business plan and projects for GGS to become Carbon Negative and to have responsibility for leading the Procurement processes of the School across all campuses.
Key responsibilities of this role include:
- Embed the Sustainability Strategy into all capital projects;
- Refresh relevant GGS Policies for endorsement and review every 3 years by the GGS Executive and Leadership Team and School Council;
- Build and refresh the pipeline of actions required to fulfil the Sustainability policy targets leading the major Sustainability capital projects within that;
- Build connections to the Geelong sustainability community;
- Be responsible for the Schools procurement process by reviewing and supporting the delivery and management of the Schools major contracts and framework agreements to ensure third-party products materials and services delivery is in alignment with the needs of the School and embed the sustainability principles;
- Project management (identify projects get endorsement for projects develop project plans implement projects manage change and report and project progress and outcomes);
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders (students staff and GGS community);
- Apply the GGS project management methodology to projects;
- Contribute to and participate in Project Management activities and other duties;
About you:
To be successful in this role you will need:
- A relevant tertiary qualification
- Current Employee Working with Children Check
- Demonstrated experience developing and implementing initiatives in organisations to reduce carbon emissions
- Knowledge of the current government policies and leading organisational practices in Sustainability
- Knowledge of and experience in applying the UN Sustainability Development Goals in organisations
- Knowledge of relevant Sustainability frameworks and Accreditation systems such as One Planet Living Project Drawdown etc.
- Experience working with Schools
Geelong Grammar School is committed to the safety of all students and has a zero tolerance of student abuse.
The Schools Student Safeguarding Framework which includes the Student Safeguarding Strategy Student Safeguarding Policy and Student Safeguarding Code of Conduct is available on the GGS website under Student Safeguarding. The Schools expectation is that all staff members (and School Community members) comply with the Student Safeguarding Framework policies and procedures and the Child Safe Standards as applicable to their role. Any queries in respect of this Framework or the Schools expectations should be directed to .
For further details or to apply for this position please visit the Employment page on our website:
Please submit a resume cover letter and document addressing the key selection criteria.
Please be aware that applications will be reviewed as they are submitted and interviews may occur prior to the closing date.
Applications close at 10 am on Monday 30th June 2025.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
