Strategic Planner

**Strategic Planner**:
**Job no**: 498653

**Work type**: Permanent Full Time

**Classification**: Band 6 ($90,263 - $97,365 pa)

**Categories**: Town & Statutory Planning

**About the role**
Reporting to the Coordinator Strategic Planning, you will contribute in developing strategic plans, structure plans, urban design frameworks, guidelines, and policies for the City. These documents will be comprehensive, modern, and aligned with the goals and objectives of both the City and its community.

**Work type: Permanent full time**
**Classification**: Band 6 ($90,263 - $97,365 pa plus super)

Key responsibilities include:

- Prepare and implement strategic plans, guidelines, policies and planning projects.
- As a member of a multi-disciplinary team, provide professional advice and ensure strategic planning considerations are addressed within the department and by consultants during the preparation of strategic plans, policies, guidelines and amendments to the Planning Scheme.
- Manage and action the preparation and processing of planning scheme amendments in accordance with relevant planning legislation.
- Review, analyse and comment on documents provided by officers, consultants and external sources.
- Provide an information base for Council, the community, government agencies, developers and the local business sector regarding strategic/structure plans and policies.
- Prepare project briefs, funding submissions, Council reports and briefing papers and other reports as required.

**About you**
To be successful in this role, you will have a tertiary qualification in Town Planning, or related field and experience in similar roles.

Essential Experience:

- Knowledge and ability to prepare strategic plans, guidelines, policies and manage a range of projects.
- Knowledge of planning scheme amendment processes including strategic justification, development of new clauses, schedules and maps and planning scheme amendment procedures in accordance with the Planning and Environment Act and Victorian Planning Provisions.
- Highly developed written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal skills and the ability to translate technical information into plain English.
- Highly developed project management skills and experience and the demonstrated ability to manage own time to achieve targets within a set timeline.

**Create our future together at the City of Greater Geelong**
At the City of Greater Geelong, we are committed to working together for a thriving community. We do this by delivering over 130 services to our rapidly growing population and working hard to protect and improve what it is that makes Greater Geelong on Wadawurrung Country such a great place to live, work and study.

We’re going through an exciting period of change that will help us serve our community better. From digital modernisation to the contemporary, sustainable office we've built in Central Geelong, now more than ever is a great time to join our team at the City of Greater Geelong.

Our Community is made up of diverse people from all walks of life, and it’s important to us that our workforce represents and celebrates this strength.

We encourage great people from all backgrounds to join us. We encourage authenticity, because inclusion makes us stronger.

If you’re excited about working together to create a Clever and Creative Greater Geelong, and joining a workplace where all people can thrive, then hit **apply** - we’d love to meet you

**A career with us**
Central Geelong-based City employees are now based in our new Civic Precinct, Wurriki Nyal. Meaning ‘speak and talk together’ in local Wadawurrung language. Wurriki Nyal sets the benchmark for what a sustainable, inclusive and culturally safe workplace can be, including industry leading sustainability standards, a flexible and people-focused design, safe and inclusive spaces and public realm.

We’re committed to supporting better accessibility for our customers and our people. We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments or additional support you may require during the recruitment process, as well as how this role can be flexible for you.

We offer:

- salary sacrificing and novated lease options
- cultural and ceremonial leave
- study leave
- paid parental leave (16 weeks primary and six weeks secondary) and superannuation payments on all 52 weeks primary parental leave
- IVF, surrogate and miscarriage bereavement leave
- training and career development opportunities
- a healthy and safe environment
- our employee wellbeing program
- corporate membership rates at Swim Sport and Leisure facilities
- unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning

**Applications and Enquiries**
- We collect demographic data to help us learn who our advertisements are reaching and how we can reach an even more diverse audience. We are committed to building a more diverse team. Your responses to our demographic questions are strictly confidential and will not be individually shared._

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