Senior Open Space Planner

2 weeks ago


Mackay Regional, Australia Australian Institute of Landscape Architects Full time

2x Full Time Permanent Position

Band 7 - Salary Range $103,521 to $115,711 per annum + 11% Super + ADO

Salary offered will depend on level of skills and experience.

About Melton City Council

The City of Melton is a community where everyone belongs. Ours is a vibrant and diverse municipality — one of the fastest developing in Australia. Our organisation strives to provide our community with state-of-the-art amenity and facilities, engaging health and wellbeing options, and support to become active members of our Lifelong Learning City.

We invest in innovation, offering professional and personal development, and generous leave and flexibility to staff, while also fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture. You'll be able to work close to home in a dynamic setting featuring cafes and retail options set amongst heritage buildings and open green spaces.

The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the City Strategy Team for a Senior Open Space Planner. You will report directly to the Coordinator Open Space Planning, managing, and providing guidance on the preparation, assessment, and implementation of plans strategic documents, and other projects that require landscape architecture and open space planning expertise.

You will have a lead role in the City Strategy team, planning for the public realm and open space development, with the capacity to both lead and work within multi-disciplinary teams and plan for and facilitate effective community and stakeholder engagement.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage, motivate and provide advice to the Open Space Planning team, offering expertise in open space planning, project management, and strategic outcomes.
  • Review and manage plans, strategies, policies, and guidelines related to open space and participate and lead in the development of policy.
  • Provide key input into the prioritisation of and planning for active and passive open space areas.
  • Undertake community consultation activities to ensure the community have an awareness of, and opportunities for input into the preparation of Open Space Planning projects.

To view the Position Description, click here.

About you

To be successful in this role you will have the following:

  • Tertiary qualification in Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning, Recreation Planning or related discipline with several years of subsequent relevant experience or lesser formal qualifications with extensive relevant experience.
  • Experience in leading multi-disciplinary teams, preparing project briefs, and delivering high quality outputs.
  • Highly developed analytical and lateral thinking skills and demonstrated experience in solving complex problems relating to the use, design, delivery and maintenance of open space.
  • Experience in undertaking community consultation on a range of projects.
  • Current valid Victorian Driver's Licence.

Culture and Values

Our vision for our community is to be: "A vibrant, safe and liveable city accessible to all" and that means there's a place here for you too. Our organisational values represent us as an established growth Council and the values are reflected in everything we do; our decision-making, our actions and our service provision to the community. Council has a diverse and vibrant organisation and we'd love to have you join us to help shape a city for the future.

We are Vibrant MELTON. Our values are:

  • Motivate
  • Empower
  • Lead
  • Trust
  • Open
  • Nurture

Benefits

There are a number of great reasons why our people love working at Melton City Council:

Staff Benefits | Melton City Council

  • 13 ADO's (Accrued Day Off) per year
  • 4 weeks and 2 days annual leave (As of 1st of July 2024 will increase to 5 weeks)
  • Flexible Working Hours
  • Extensive Career Development & Leadership Programs
  • 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave (Super is paid during parental leave)
  • 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carer Leave
  • Family Room available including Breastfeeding Facilities (Melton City Council | Australian Breastfeeding Association)
  • Wellbeing initiatives
  • Subsidised Uniforms

How To Apply

If you require further information about the position, please contact Jeanette Simson, Coordinator Open Space Planning, on .

Applications must include a Resume and address the Key Selection Criteria outlining your suitability to the role. To address the Key Selection Criteria, you will need to write short statements explaining how you meet the criteria, or how you demonstrate the capability. We encourage you to keep your responses concise.

To be eligible for employment at Melton City Council you must be legally entitled to work in Australia.

All successful applicants will need to undertake pre-employment requirements including but not limited to a satisfactory criminal history record check. Successful applicants must be able to comply with any COVID-19 Public Health Orders applicable to Local Government employees and Council's COVID-19 vaccination policy which require employees to provide documentary evidence of their vaccination status before attending the workplace.

We strongly encourage job applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. If selected for an interview and you require any additional support or adjustments regarding interview arrangements, please advise the contact listed above in advance.

Melton City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation and has Zero tolerance for child abuse. Melton City Council is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation where protecting children and preventing and responding to child abuse is at the centre of our everyday thinking and service delivery.

Applications close 11:59pm Monday 3 June 2024


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