City of Onkaparinga
Melisa Lachenicht has a diverse background in environmental management and sustainability, with experience working in various roles such as Project Officer, Strategic Planner, Environmental Scientist, Sustainability Consultant, and Land Access Specialist for companies like City of Onkaparinga, Greenaround, and New South Wales Telco Authority. Melisa also has a strong educational background, with degrees in Applied Data Analytics, Environmental Management, Zoology, and Biology.
City of Onkaparinga
The City of Onkaparinga is South Australia’s largest metropolitan council with just over 10% of the state’s population, and is continuing to grow rapidly. Our pristine coastline extends over 31 kilometres from O’Sullivan Beach to Sellicks Beach. The clear gulf waters attract beach-goers for many different activities including swimming, surfing, sailing, walking, snorkelling and beach-combing. We are also home to the beautiful McLaren Vale wine region which is known for its world-class wine, exceptional markets, boutiques and galleries. Working at the City of Onkaparinga offers you a great environment and organisational culture, we employee in excess of 720 people who share our passion for creating a better place to live and work. Our professional and friendly workplace offers a great working environment in which individuals are accountable and supported to continually develop to be the best they can be. We live by our core values by being courageous, inspirational, curious, positive, connected, accountable and innovative. At the City of Onkaparinga we are committed to attracting and retaining the very best people to help us achieve our goals, so if this sounds like a place for you, get in touch!