Urban Planner

**Permanent Full Time - 38 hours**

**Salary: Band 5 - $75,511 - $87,624 + superannuation**
- **Role includes an RDO**

**What you’ll be working on**
- providing general planning advice to applicants and residents
- preparing submissions and represent Council before the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal and Council’s Delegated Planning Committee
- Provide advice to staff, the community and developers in both written and verbal form
- Participate in implementation of the department’s Continuous Improvement initiatives
- Other duties as directed by the Coordinator Statutory Planning, Manager Planning,

Building and Health Services or Director Sustainable Communities.

**What you need to succeed**
- A tertiary qualification in Statutory Planning or a related discipline
- A current Victorian driver’s license
- A solid understanding of Statutory Planning legislation, the planning framework and planning principles as they operated in Victoria
- Ability to manage time and competing priorities to achieve desired results
- Well-developed written skills, in both correspondence and report writing, together with excellent verbal presentation
- Ability to develop good working relationships with staff, public and the Council
- Confidence in dealing with customers, including difficult customers, at the counter, by phone and in writing in an open environment and in a clear and pleasant manner
- Well-developed investigative, analytical and flexible problem solving skills
- A demonstrated focus on exceptional customer service, with an aim to exceed the expectation of the customer
- An aptitude for detail, accuracy and thoroughness in work undertaken
- Ability to work within a team, and provide direction to other members of the team as well as working with limited supervision

**Why you should apply**

This is a great opportunity for someone to work on projects that will really shape the fabric of Hobsons Bay. You’ll have the opportunity to work across a diversity of exciting and challenging landscapes. From urban residential and business environments, to vast parks and wetlands, industrial precincts and all surrounded by the foreshore of the magnificent Port Phillip Bay.

**How to apply**

follow the links to send us:

- your cover letter
- and resume
- Please note we do not require the selection criteria to be addressed in a separate document.

The position description can be accessed below. To find out more about the role, please contact David De Thomasis, Coordinator Planning Operations.

Applications will be accepted until **11:30PM on Sunday 1 December 2024**.

**Pre-Employment Requirements**

Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa with full unrestricted working rights. Work eligibility will be checked as part of the recruitment process.

**Make an impact that matters**

At Hobsons Bay we work as one to achieve exceptional outcomes for our community.

Hobsons Bay Council is shaping precincts, building community infrastructure, delivering positive environmental, social and economic outcomes through programs and policies, and providing over 120 services to strengthen our diverse community.

If you’re ready to rise to the challenge of making a real difference, join us to help create a community and city that is inclusive, empowered, sustainable and visionary.

**What can we offer**

Council offers hybrid working with newly renovated office facilities in the Civic Centre.

We support ongoing professional development, as your career matters to us

And we provide an employee assistance program, as well as wellbeing programs for staff including Yoga and Pilates classes, walking clubs and more.