Student Statutory Planner

Part-Time, 3 days per week (19 hours)
- Temporary 12 month contract
- Convenient Preston location, with flexible work options available.

Darebin City Council’s City Development team is passionate about delivering best-practice service to our incredible community. The City Development team is responsible for shaping, maintaining and protecting the diverse urban fabric across our vibrant municipality. City Development’s leadership team is passionate about investing in their staff by providing the opportunity for a planning student to work in a positive, learning-based culture for a temporary 12 month contract. You will be exposed to new opportunities and supported to learn and grow by leadership and your peers.

This is an exciting opportunity for a student to join our experienced team and we encourage you to make the most of this opportunity to become more hands on in learning about the profession that you have chosen to pursue.
- Part-Time, 3 days per week (19 hours)
- Temporary 12-month contract
- Salary - Band 3 - $ 69,987 **pro rata** per annum + superannuation
- Convenient Preston location, with flexible work options available.

At Darebin, diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of how we work. Our commitment to these values is unwavering, they are central to our mission, to our impact and to help us better serve our community. We know that having varied perspectives and lived experiences helps generate better ideas to enable a diverse, inclusive and connected community.

**About Darebin City Council**
Located in Melbourne’s northern suburbs, Darebin City Council is home to one of the largest, most diverse communities in terms of culture, language, religion, socio-economic background, occupation, and housing needs. The city has one of the largest populations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander residents in metropolitan Melbourne. Our Vision is for a community that works together to advance community life.

**About the Role**

The role is a temporary, part-time position while studying.

Several of the key duties of the positions include:

- Prepare, under supervision, quality and professional planning advice to customers.
- Provide, under supervision, quality and professional advice to internal and external departments, agencies, developers and the community regarding planning legislation, regulations, policies and procedures.
- Assist with the development of services, projects and programs provided by the department
- Undertake other duties as directed within the skills and abilities of a position at this level.

**Skills & Experience**
- General knowledge of planning, and related legislation impacting on the municipality, the planning scheme, local laws and Council policy.
- Ability to research and analyse planning related issues.
- Ability to manage time, set priorities and prepare and implement work plans in order to achieve desired results within the resources and time available.
- Well developed customer service principles.

**Culture**
As a progressive leader in Local Government, Darebin City Council is passionate about social inclusion, sustainability, engagement and service excellence. We are proud of the diversity of our workforce and recognise the strength this provides in meeting the needs of the community we serve. We are committed to upholding a positive and supportive work environment that values the contribution of all employees and treats all employees with dignity and respect.

**Benefits**
We offer a range of benefits to our employees including opportunities for personal and professional development, flexible work practices, Employee Assistance Program, recognition and reward program - Appreciate Great and a variety of generous paid and unpaid leave options.

**How to Apply**

We’re also happy to adjust our recruitment process to support your accessibility needs.

Contact Julie Smout, Coordinator Statutory Planning on 8470 8850 for a confidential discussion.

**Applications close on 20 November 2024 at 11.30pm.**
- Darebin is committed to providing a safe working environment that embraces and values child safety, and thorough ‘Safety Screening’ processes apply. To work at Darebin City Council, you will be required to supply proof of work rights, a Victorian Employee Working with Children Check and comply with Child Safety standards. All employees are required to undertake an Australian Criminal History Check and may be required to complete a Functional Health Assessment. Council requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as outlined in the Staff Covid-19 Vaccination Policy._