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CWMS Management Committee - call for nominations

8 August 2022
The Community Wastewater Management Systems (CWMS) Management Committee is seeking nominations for a local government representative.

The LGA is seeking nominations from suitably qualified employees of a council to fill the Sector Member and proxy Sector Member positions with a term of three years.

The CWMS Management Committee is established in accordance with the Funding Deed between the Minister for Local Government and the LGA. The committee operates as an independent and objective advisory committee to the LGA Board regarding governance and operations of the LGA CWMS Program, and to discharge the functions as determined by the Board and contained in the Funding Agreement.  The CWMS Management Committee operate in accordance with the endorsed Terms of Reference. Further information is available on the CWMS Management Committee page on the LGA Website.

The committee

The committee is responsible for providing:

  • key oversight of funding distribution through the CWMS program including to assess applications for CWMS Scheme funding from councils, establish funding priorities, and monitor funding deed requirements
  • advice to the LGA Board and the responsible State Government Minister(s) in accordance with the SWMS Funding Deed

Membership of the CWMS Management Committee comprises

  • One Director of the LGA Board (Director Member)
  • One representative of the Office of Local Government
  • One representative of the Environment Protection Authority
  • One representative of the Department of Health
  • One representative of the Department for Environment and Water
  • One representative of the local government sector (Sector Member).

Each member of the CWMS Management Committee has a proxy member.

Collectively the members of the CWMS Management Committee are required to have:

  • sound business, financial management, procurement and governance skills
  • an understanding of local government and the operations of councils
  • high levels of common sense, integrity, independent judgement, dedication and commitment
  • significant industry experience in project management, environmental health, environmental management, legislative issues relating to CWMS, construction projects, CWMS operations and management and stakeholder engagement.

The Sector Member and proxy Sector Member will ideally have extensive skills and experience in project management, construction and operations of CWMS schemes, local government, financial management and governance.

The CWMS Management Committee meets at least quarterly at a venue and time determined by the Committee Chair. No remuneration is payable to CWMS Committee members.

How to nominate

The Call for Nominations Information Sheet (Part A) provides further information regarding the role, as well as any selection criteria to be addressed by the nominee.

The nominee is required to complete the Nomination Form (Part B) and forward to nominationscoordinator@lga.sa.gov.au by 5pm 29 August 2022.

An up-to-date curriculum vitae and a response to the selection criteria (no more than 2 pages) must be supplied by the nominee – these may be submitted with the Nomination Form or forwarded separately by 5pm 29 August 2022.

For further information, please contact the Nominations Coordinator, at nominationscoordinator@lga.sa.gov.au or 8224 2037.