Technical Officer

Join our Governance team as a Technical Officer - Property and help shape your community Support the Senior Technical Property Officer with property management, road naming and numbering, land classification and statutory land dealings. This is a hands-on role providing expert paralegal and administrative support to deliver key property services to Council and the public.

**About the role**:

- Support the Senior Technical Property Officer in delivering expert property services within the Governance team.
- Undertake property transactions and statutory dealings—including acquisitions, disposals, licences, easements, road closures and airspace agreements, in line with legislation.
- Implement addressing systems, including house numbering and road naming across the local government area.
- Manage Council-owned residential properties and investigate the status and use of public roads.
- Prepare and process leases, licences, acquisitions, disposals and other property transactions including easements, caveats and encroachments, in line with legislation to benefit Council and the community.

**What's on offer**:

- a base salary ranging from $74,572 per annum with competency-based increments up to $87,551 per annum, plus 12% super
- 70 hour, 9 day fortnight
- training and development opportunities
- flexible work options for a healthy work/life balance
- generous employment conditions (we have too many to list
- **We are seeking**:

- Tertiary or professional qualifications in a relevant property field (such as law, valuation, land economics, commerce, project management) or extensive experience in the government property sector.
- Proven experience managing property leases, assets and undertaking statutory property transactions, including acquisitions and disposals.
- Strong understanding of legal property documents, land titles and subdivision processes, with the ability to resolve complex land title issues.
- Sound knowledge of legislation and key issues impacting local government property portfolios.
- Excellent communication skills and a current driver's licence to engage effectively with a variety of stakeholders across the community.

**About us**:

- Located on the picturesque far North Coast of NSW, bordering the Gold Coast.
- The Tweed is a vibrant, diverse location offering a lifestyle near the water, in a rainforest or on a farm.
- Join an **employer of choice**. Professionals Australia (Local Government Engineers’ Association) has named Council the 2021 Employer of Choice for our great employment practices within NSW local government.

**Where it's located**:
This position is based in Murwillumbah and can be directed to work from any Council work site.

**Position closes**:
**Pre-Employment Screening**:
Tweed Shire Council conducts pre-employment assessments as part of its recruitment process.

Job offers are not made until screening has been completed. Tweed Shire Council uses third-party providers to undertake:

- Background screening - verifies that the information you have provided throughout the recruitment process is true and correct.

**How To Apply**:

- Have your Resume document ready to go.

**If you'd like to COPY and PASTE question fields into a separate Word document to work on over time, please find them listed below**:

- Why are you interested in working at Tweed Shire Council, and what excites you most about this particular opportunity?
- Do you hold tertiary or professional qualifications in a relevant property field (e.g. law, valuation, land economics, commerce, or project management)? Please provide details of your qualification.
- Please outline your experience in managing property leases and assets, including any involvement in statutory property transactions such as acquisitions and disposals.
- Describe your understanding of legal property documents, land titles and subdivision processes. Include an example of a time you resolved a complex land title issue.
- What is your knowledge of legislation and key issues relevant to local government property portfolios? How have you applied this knowledge in previous roles?
- Describe your communication skills and how you’ve successfully engaged with a range of stakeholders.

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