Parks Planning Arborist

3 days ago

Geelong, Australia City of Greater Geelong Full time

**Parks Planning Arborist**:
**Job no**: 498588

**Work type**: Permanent Full Time

**Classification**: Band 6 ($90,263 - $97,365 pa)

**Categories**: Environment & Sustainability, Local Laws, Compliance & Regulation, Trades & Labour

**About the role**
In this role, you will facilitate and coordinate feedback from the Parks & Natural Assets Department on the streetscape and landscape components of planning referrals.

**Work type: Permanent full time**
**Classification**: Band 6 ($90,263-$97,365 plus super)

Key responsibilities include:

- Review Internal Referrals received from Strategic Planning, Statutory Planning and Engineering Units and facilitate a response on behalf of the Parks & Natural Assets Department, including relevant permit conditions.
- Approve tree selection and streetscape design components of plans on behalf of Parks & Gardens.
- Conduct practical completion and handover inspections at the request of the developer.
- Conduct periodic inspections of newly planted developments to ensure compliance with tree planting and tree management guidelines.
- Create and maintain accurate records of all newly planted tree and park assets.
- Review and ensure streetscape related bond estimates are adequate.

**About you**
To be successful in this role, you will have a Diploma of Arboriculture or higher and significant experience in reviewing and interpreting landscape plans and designs.

Essential Experience:

- Experience in tree assessments including the ability to assess tree related risk and identify controls.
- Experience in the management of trees in a development context.
- Strong experience at interpreting landscape plans and tree reports.
- Ability to facilitate and coordinate responses on behalf of the Parks & Gardens Department.
- Specialist knowledge of tree species selection, streetscape design and ongoing tree maintenance requirements.
- A current Victorian Driver Licence
- A current Working with Children Check (Employee)

**Create our future together at the City of Greater Geelong**
At the City of Greater Geelong, we are committed to working together for a thriving community. We do this by delivering over 130 services to our rapidly growing population and working hard to protect and improve what it is that makes Greater Geelong on Wadawurrung Country such a great place to live, work and study.

We’re going through an exciting period of change that will help us serve our community better. From digital modernisation to the contemporary, sustainable office we've built in Central Geelong, now more than ever is a great time to join our team at the City of Greater Geelong.

Our Community is made up of diverse people from all walks of life, and it’s important to us that our workforce represents and celebrates this strength.

We encourage great people from all backgrounds to join us. We encourage authenticity, because inclusion makes us stronger.

If you’re excited about working together to create a Clever and Creative Greater Geelong, and joining a workplace where all people can thrive, then hit **apply** - we’d love to meet you

**A career with us**
Central Geelong-based City employees are now based in our new Civic Precinct, Wurriki Nyal. Meaning ‘speak and talk together’ in local Wadawurrung language. Wurriki Nyal sets the benchmark for what a sustainable, inclusive and culturally safe workplace can be, including industry leading sustainability standards, a flexible and people-focused design, safe and inclusive spaces and public realm.

We’re committed to supporting better accessibility for our customers and our people. We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments or additional support you may require during the recruitment process, as well as how this role can be flexible for you.

We offer:

- salary sacrificing and novated lease options
- cultural and ceremonial leave
- study leave
- paid parental leave (16 weeks primary and six weeks secondary) and superannuation payments on all 52 weeks primary parental leave
- IVF, surrogate and miscarriage bereavement leave
- training and career development opportunities
- a healthy and safe environment
- our employee wellbeing program
- corporate membership rates at Swim Sport and Leisure facilities
- unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning

**Applications and Enquiries**

Enquiries:

- We collect demographic data to help us learn who our advertisements are reaching and how we can reach an even more diverse audience. We are committed to building a more diverse team. Your responses to our demographic questions are strictly confidential and will not be individually shared._

**Advertised**: 12 Feb 2024 12:30 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time
**Applications close**: 26 Feb 2024 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time

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