Assessment Officer

Position Description

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**Classification**:General Officer Level 3 - 5

**Department**:Development Services

**Current Occupant**:Vacant

**This Position Reports To**:Manager Development Services

**Reporting To This Position**:None

**Location**:Nuriootpa Main Office

**Date Last Reviewed**:January 2021

**Approved by**:Director Development and Community Services

All Employees of Council contribute to Council’s strategic goals and objectives. The _Barossa Community Plan _

2020 - 2040 lays the foundation for all strategic decisions made by Council and is supported by a _Corporate _
- Plan_. The Community Plan provides a clear strategic direction across a range of areas, as well as serving as

an overarching guide to measure our decision making and successful delivery of service. The Community

Plan shows commitment to the values of **_Land and Place_**, **_Community, Leadership _**and **_Achievement _**with

targets that reflect six key themes:
**Constructive Culture**

The Barossa Council is committed to developing a constructive culture that supports employees, Council and

the Community to achieve our goals. The behaviours of a constructive organisational culture consists of four

main constructive styles:
**1 Achievement **Pursue a standard of excellence, set challenging but realistic goals and work

towards them with enthusiasm.

**2 Self-Actualising **Maintain personal integrity, enjoy work, self-develop and take an interest in growth

and improvement activities.

**3 Humanistic-**

**Encouraging**

Be supportive of others in and outside the workplace and constructive in their

dealings with one another.

**4 Affiliative **Be friendly, sensitive, and cooperate with others.

**Staff Values**

Our values support our organisational culture and include **_Honesty and Integrity, Transparency, _**

**_Communication _**and **_Teamwork. _**

Assessment Officer - Planning - The Barossa Council

**Corporate Objectives**

Natural Environment and Built Environment

Community and Culture

Infrastructure

Health and Wellbeing

Business and Employment

How we Work, Good Governance

The Assessment Officer - Planning is responsible for the provision of exceptional customer service and the delivery

of sound professional, technical and procedural advice concerning development matters to all internal and

external customers of Council. The Assessment Officer is accountable for ensuring the advice provided and the

Regulations, codes, practices and Council policies and processes.

**Development Applications and Administration**:

- Perform a range of duties relating to development and planning activity for the Barossa Council by ensuring

sound and reasonable planning outcomes as aligned to organisational planning strategies, relevant

legislation and policies.
- Deliver sound, professional and well-informed statutory planning advice to the organisation and broader

community in alignment with the Development Act/Regulations and/or Planning, Development and

Infrastructure Act/regulations, other relevant legislation and the Development Plan/Planning and Design

Code.

a final decision ensuring compliance with all relevant administrative requirements, Acts, regulations and

legislation.
- Ensure Council’s administrative processes are followed with a focus on thorough documenting of

correspondence and other relevant documentation and the completion of all records, reports, and agenda

items for the Assessment Panel and approvals within determined timeframes in an accurate and efficient

manner.
- Effectively utilise relevant software to its potential in order to assist in the streamlining of planning administration
- Contribute as a member of a multi-disciplinary team within Council by addressing and resolving a range of

development and planning issues.

advice and to prepare quality documentation and correspondence as it relates to the development and

planning function of Council.
- Maintain awareness of changes to relevant legislation as it relates to planning to ensure best practice activity

is applied at all times.
- Actively participate in a collaborative team environment that ensures the efficient and effective operation

of the Directorate.
- Participate in a culture of continuous improvement with a commitment to multi-skilling across business units.
- Drive a culture of exceptional customer service to all internal and external customers through the delivery of

prompt, effective and efficient support services.
- Deliver accurate and timely recording, retrieving and actioning of documents in Council’s Electronic

Document Records Management System (EDRMS).

**Authority, Responsibility and Accountability**
**The Assessment Officer - Planning is authorised to**:

- Make decisions within the scope of relevant legislative requirements and processes.
- Make decisions which are consistent and meet with Council’s processes.
- Make decisions based on data, knowledge and research.
- To perform all duties and