Principal Planner

**About Ethos Urban**

Ethos Urban is a multi-disciplinary business that brings together planning, urban design, property economics, social strategy, community engagement and project management.

We focus on bringing together the collective intelligence of our different people to help deliver better solutions to complex problems and ultimately achieve better urban outcomes for our community.

We have a vibrant, enthusiastic and highly skilled team of professionals that love what they do and who get excited about planning and development, and we’re looking to grow that team by adding new like-minded people. At Ethos Urban you will have opportunities to work on the most exciting city shaping projects on offer, with great colleagues and with the most high-profile clients in the industry.

We undertake extensive work in both statutory and strategic planning, and cover all sectors including residential, commercial, retail, tourism, health, education, industry, and infrastructure. At Ethos Urban you will have the opportunity to explore your passions in planning and development and ultimately shape the career that you want for yourself.

We believe we can always improve the urban life experience by creating engaging places that connect us to where we need to go, meet our changing needs and create opportunities for everyone to thrive.

For over 25 years our people have worked in partnership with the public and private sectors to provide them with the momentum to realise their ambitions for better places, communities and cities.

**About the role**

We are currently seeking a Principal Planner to join our highly engaged team of urban development professionals. This role will suit a dynamic and passionate individual looking to take the next step in their professional career.

**Key Responsibilities**

As a Principal Planner, you will:

- Lead moderate to large scale projects as a Project Manager and be able to provide oversight of multiple projects while developing the skills of others.
- Invest in long-term relationships with clients, are concerned with improving the overall client experience and generate repeat business.
- Have a developing industry profile, network of clients, and substantial industry experience with extensive knowledge of contemporary urban development issues.
- With guidance, you will learn to initiate new opportunities in the market.
- Work collaboratively across a wide range of projects and services within the organisation’s diversified portfolios as part of multidisciplinary project teams.
- Further develop your consultancy and project management capabilities and enhance your ability to work with relevant policy and legislation, as well as understand and address contemporary issues within the urban development industry.
- Further develop a broader skillset through working side by side with economists, urban designers, social planners, project managers and community & stakeholder engagement professionals.

**We are looking for an experienced Principal Planner who has**:

- A Tertiary qualification in Planning or related degree/discipline.
- 5 to 8+ years of urban planning experience within a professional services firm or state/local government.
- Well-developed organisational and time management skills, with a flexible and positive attitude to working on a range of different projects concurrently.
- Sound working knowledge of the Victorian planning framework.
- Well-versed communication skills, and the ability to build rapport with clients and other project team members.
- Excellent writing skills, who can draft efficiently, write accurate and comprehensive reports and prepare external correspondence.
- Experience in approvals for a range of residential, commercial renewable energy, data centres and infrastructure projects are desired but not required.
- A professional commitment to striving for excellence.

**Why work with us?**

The business of creating a better urban experience is a complex one. It requires patience, diligence, intelligence and perhaps most importantly, a passion for making a difference to our experience of urban life.

What we do and the way that we do it is unique. We view each project as a complex puzzle that requires different perspectives and alternative angles to solve it. At Ethos Urban, no one individual ever has the answer. It’s only when we bring people with different specialisations from different teams that we can see the full picture and then the way forward. We call it collective intelligence.

We back our people: We are proponents of flexible work, we provide generous leave provisions including purchased leave (up to 4 weeks annually in addition to your standard 4 weeks), 18 weeks paid parental leave regardless of your parental definition, paid study leave & access to transitional coaching. In addition, we cover your industry memberships, we provide access to an array of great learning and personal development initiatives and incredible career pathways. For m