Planning Enforcement Officer

4 weeks ago

Coburg, Australia Merri-bek City Council Full time

**Full time permanent ongoing role**:

- **Fortnightly RDO**:

- **Salary: $81k - $92k + Super**:

- **Ability to transfer Long Service Leave within Local Government**

**About Merri-bek City Council**:
Merri-bek City Council is a progressive council of 175,000 residents: one community, proudly diverse. Our council area sits within the banks of the Merri Creek and the Moonee Ponds Creek, and includes Brunswick, Coburg, Fawkner, Glenroy, Gowanbrae, Hadfield, Oak Park and Pascoe Vale. Our city is vibrant and energetic, known for its active community, cultural diversity, creative industries and the arts. Our long-term vision has ambitious goals for environmental sustainability, social justice, community wellbeing, and creating great places. With the Civic Centre located in Coburg, 8 kilometres north of Melbourne’s CBD, there are excellent public transport options and great food and cafés right at the doorstep.

Merri-bek Council strives to be a contemporary, innovative and collaborative organisation with a deep commitment to engaging and supporting the Merri-bek community. Our organisational vision is to be one team, brave and diverse, making a difference.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and welcoming workplace. We offer flexible and hybrid work options and genuinely care about providing our staff work/life balance. With the Civic Centre located in Coburg, 8 kilometres north of Melbourne’s CBD, there are excellent public transport options and great food, cafés, parks and a cinema right at the doorstep. Merri-bek is a great place to live, work and play.

**About the role**

We are looking for a Planning Enforcement Officer to join the Planning Enforcement team at Merri-bek. You will be responsible for investigating planning complaints to ensure land use and development complies with the Merri-bek Planning Scheme, Planning Permits and Section 173 Agreements. You will work closely with internal and external stakeholders, including Merri-bek’s Urban Planning, Environmental Health and Building Services units to achieve sustainable built form and land use outcomes for the Merri-bek community.

**Skills and experience require to perform the role**
- A tertiary qualification in Planning or related field with relevant experience in an enforcement role, or lesser formal qualification with relevant experience.
- Demonstrated ability to investigate a range of planning enforcement matters.
- Demonstrated ability to use informal dispute resolution processes and tools to achieve compliance as a first step before the use of formal enforcement proceedings.
- An understanding of formal dispute resolution processes and tools including formal enforcement at the Victorian Civil Administrative Tribunal and Magistrates’ Court.
- An understanding of planning or other relevant legislation
- Demonstrated strong written and verbal communication.

**What the role can offer**:

- Fortnightly RDO
- Extensive opportunities for training & career development
- Salary sacrifice options
- A real sense of work-life balance & flexible work options
- Employer-supported study assistance schemes
- Wellness programs

**Further support offered for our staff-**:

- Up to 20 weeks primary & up to 5 weeks secondary parental leave
- Purchase leave
- Ceremonial leave
- Gender affirmation leave
- Family violence leave

**Applications close: 11:30pm, Monay, 14 August 2023.**

**How to apply**:

- Please note that some documents relating to this position may reference Moreland City Council. We are in the process of updating the councils new name of Merri-bek City Council.

Merri-bek is focused on diverse representation of the community we serve. With this we value lived experience that could contribute to the shaping of this role and in turn will continue to provide representation and growth of safe and inclusive work culture.

**Our Commitment**:
In May 2021, Merri-bek Council adopted a revised Statement of Commitment to Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung People and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities of the municipality. The statement recognises the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people as the traditional owners of the lands and waterways of our municipality.

Merri-bek City Council is committed to being a Child Safe Organisation and has zero tolerance for child abuse. We believe children and young people have the right to be and feel safe and that their safety and wellbeing is the responsibility of everyone. You can read more about our Child Safety Commitment Statement on our website.

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