Strategic Planners

1 week ago


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Aspect Personnel Full time
Strategic Planners - Permanent roles - Intermediate to Senior Levels wanted

  • Salary bandings on offer are 6 & 7/ Band 5's encouraged to apply
  • Flexible working arrangements

Aspect Personnel have partnered with a council in the Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne to recruit 2 Strategic Planner's.

Strategic Planner Band - Permanent
$88,569.85 to $95, plus super)

Senior Strategic Planner Band - Permanent
$97,219.79 to $108, plus super)


Band 5 Strategic Planners are encouraged to apply, this could be a good opportunity to step up into a Band 6 role with more responsibility and to grow your knowledge/experience.


_Community is at the heart of everything this council prides itself on._

Responsibilities of a Strategic Planner at this council

  • Deliver a full range of quality town planning services, with an emphasis on strategic planning and customer focus.
  • Processing and evaluation of requests for complex amendments as required.
  • Public consultation and mediation on major strategic planning matters.
Representation of Council's interests in regard to planning panels.

  • Administration and enforcement of Councils Planning Scheme, and associated legislation.
  • Provision of expert advice and direction to clients about the development and use of sites within the municipality.
  • Provide advice to Managers and staff across the organisation on significant strategic planning matters.
  • Monitor Planning scheme amendments to ensure future potential for Council land is not compromised.
  • Liaison with the Departments of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, other Municipality Council's, other Government authorities, and non government groups on a range of planning related matters.

Strategic Planner Band 6 role:

  • Participate in the development and implementation of significant strategies, review processes, monitor outcomes
- and ensure a positive image of the team across the organisation and the community.


Collect and analyse statistical information for key redevelopment sites and major projects where council has an interest, including information from other municipalities, government bodies, community organisations and public groups.


  • Responsibility of supervising relevant consultants.

Senior Strategic Planner Band 7 role

  • Day to day management of heritage related matters, including coordination of the councils Heritage Assistance Fund.
  • Oversee and coordinate consultants in undertaking strategic projects. This will involve developing tender briefs, coordinating tender evaluation, and being project manager for strategic projects.
  • Develop and implement strategies, review processes, monitor outcomes and ensure a positive image of the team across the organisation and the community.
  • Deputise for the Coordinator Strategic Planning, if required.
  • Experience in or have been exposed to heritagerelated strategic planning projects.
  • Demonstrated experience in project management/ leadership roles.
  • Good communication, consultation and presentation skills.
  • A relevant qualification.
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Laptop provided
  • Be apart of a successful and driven small team
  • Training and development opportunities
  • Spacious and bright office space
  • Collaboration opportunities across different teams
  • Work on many different projects, ranging from the Heritage space, suburban rail loop project, PSP's, Northeast Link program, Activity Structure Plans, Large Development sites, Residential Corridors Study, Tree controls, Residential developments and lots more.

If you are interested in either of these roles or you would like to chat some more about them, please get in touch with -
**Kyla Nash at Aspect Personnel on

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