Senior Advisor – Environmental Strategic and Science Services Transition Officer
Core
Provide strategic advisory, executive coordination, and science communication support within a key environmental science function, translating complex scientific and regulatory information into clear executive advice.
Role type
Senior Advisor (Strategic & Science Services)
Builds
Executive briefings, decision papers, and strategic advice for government leadership.
Domain
Government / Environmental Science / Public Health
Required skills
Strategic advisory, executive briefing, science communication, regulatory knowledge, stakeholder engagement, governance, priority management, team coordination
Preferred skills
Environmental regulation experience, public health experience, laboratory services experience, change management
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Prepare and quality-assure executive briefings and decision papers; Translate complex scientific and regulatory information for executive audiences; Coordinate expert input on priority regulatory science and public health matters; Manage executive requests, priorities, deadlines, risks and escalations; Support committees, advisory forums and executive meetings; Coordinate stakeholder engagement across government, research, universities and industry; Lead and support team priorities, workload and quality standards; Triage and coordinate science advice and service requests; Connect stakeholders with appropriate scientific specialists; Coordinate advice rosters and service continuity; Support specialist advice on sampling, analysis and interpretation; Coordinate responses to incidents and urgent regulatory matters; Monitor workloads, risks, priorities and delivery timeframes; Support science and laboratory reporting; Help implement new workflows, governance and operating procedures; Document processes and support knowledge transfer and handover; Maintain effective stakeholder communication throughout the transition.
