Heritage Advisor

The position is located collaboratively within a dynamic and multidisciplinary team of
strategic planners and heritage experts. The position provides advocacy, support, and
technical guidance across a range of internal and external stakeholders, contributing to
the team’s heritage advisory services that promote excellence in cultural and built heritage
outcomes across the City.

The role supports the work of the built heritage team during a period of increased
investment in capital works. The role is focused on heritage assessments and advisory
services for internal stakeholders but requires the flexibility to attend to other heritage
services during periods of peak development activity. It includes assisting with heritage
programs including committees, grant programs, and museum advisory services. The role
may require the provision of authoritative advice on heritage matters to management.

**RELATIONSHIPS
**Reports to**:Principal Heritage Advisor

**Report to: (Position Number) **P00132***

**Staff Responsibility**:None

**Key Internal Relationships**:Environment, Infrastructure, Project Delivery,
Community, Library, First Nations,
Communications, City Planning

**Key External Relationships**:Residents, community groups, advisory groups,
external agencies, consultants**
**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- **Specialist Heritage Advice**: Contributes to the provision of high-quality independent

heritage advice within the framework of Council’s operational, strategic and
community plans. This includes advice on grant-funded projects and on the

maintenance of Council’s assets with heritage value, to achieve high quality built and
and minor works requests if necessary to resource periods of peak development
activity.
- **Heritage Strategy**: Ongoing action and implementation of the key themes of

Council’s Heritage Strategy 2021-2025, including the promotion and enhancement of
heritage conservation in the Blue Mountains through community projects and liaison,
networking, events, and educative opportunities.
- **Community heritage programs**:Works within the heritage team delivering a range

of heritage services to support community programs such as Council’s Heritage
Advisory Committee, Museum Advisory Service, and Local Heritage Assistance Fund,
across a broad range of external stakeholder groups and residents.***
- **Strategic documents and asset databases**:Contribute to the ongoing management

of Council’s assets of heritage value by coordinating heritage management
documents such as conservation management plans and updating and maintaining
databases.
- **Historical and related content**: Contribute when required to the preparation of

historic content for interpretive signage, heritage trails, media releases and
communications.***
- **Managing relationships**:The role works within a team of heritage experts that

provide a wide-ranging service across the organisation and the City. The role will work
closely with a variety of internal teams including other specialists and project
managers, as well as externally with the community, advisory groups, and historical
societies.
**Ethics**
- Act in accordance with the requirements of the law and Council’s Code of Conduct.***
- Act in a manner that promotes integrity, ability, judgement, and transparency in

processes.
- Exhibit behaviors consistent with the principles of equal employment opportunity and

anti-discrimination in the workplace.

**ORGANISATIONAL PROFILE**

**Our organisation**
Blue Mountains City Council is a customer service organization that provides services and
facilities to a community of nearly 80,000 people. The measurement of our success and
our reputation depends on good customer service - from everyone.

**Our objective**
Our Delivery Program and Operational Plan guides the work we do. This plan is reviewed
annually and changes as a result of feedback from staff, managers, our community, and
elected representatives. It helps keep us on target

**Our Guiding Principles**
- We act as one organisation responding to the changing needs of our LGA and

community
- We are strategy led, driven by our Community Strategic Plan with clear priorities and

focus
- We are service focused, we continuously improve service provision and provide

excellent customer service
- We collaborate and work together to achieve our outcomes
- We ensure safety and well-being is at the centre of our organisation, operations and

culture
- We are a financially sustainable organisation, living within our means, ensuring best

value resource allocation
These Guidelines complement the Council’s adopted Values of: Work Together; Work
Safe Home safe; Service Excellence; Value for Money; Trust and Respect; and,
Supporting Community.

**Workplace Health & Safety**
Ensure compliance with WHS obligations and responsibilities as outlined in Councils
policies and procedures and under the relevant WHS legislation. These include but are
not limited to identifying potential