Assessment Officer Planning

2 months ago


Nuriootpa, Australia The Barossa Council Full time

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Position Description

**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**:April 2024

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

**Corporate Objectives**

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:
Natural Environment
and Built Environment

Health and Wellbeing Business and Employment

Community and
Culture

Infrastructure How we Work,
Good Governance

**Customer Service**

Council values its customers and strives to provide the right people, efficient processes and systems to deliver a
quality customer experience. Every role within Council serves an internal or external customer and we are
committed to ensuring that customers are at the centre of everything we do.

**Staff Values and Constructive Culture**
- Our organisational culture is built upon our values of Inclusiveness, Progression and Resilience, with our ultimate _
- vision being that ‘Our service uplifts our community’._

The Barossa Council is committed to developing a constructive culture that supports employees, Council and
the community to achieve our goals. Behaviours of a constructive organisational culture consist of four 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 Affiliate **Be friendly, sensitive, and cooperate with others.

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**Position Overview**
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.

**Key Responsibilities**
**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.
- Efficiently and effectively receive, process, assess and make recommendations on planning

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
- Contribute as a member of a multi-disciplinary team within Council by addressing and resolving a

range of development and planning issues.

analysis and 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 Elec


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