Building Report and Consent Lead

Planning and Building Services
- Full-time
- Closing on: Oct 25 2024
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- **Play a key role in ensuring building safety and compliance**:

- **Full time temporary opportunity for 12 months**:

- **$94K - $103K per annum (dependent on experience) + superannuation**

**About the team**
The Planning & Building Services Department provides statutory services for the built environment and planning regulations within Glen Eira. There are three teams within the Department, being:

- Statutory Building Services
- Urban Planning
- Building and Planning Customer Service Experience and Support

**About the role**
- Other responsibilities include:_
- Delivering high quality customer service through prompt and professional response to telephone and counter inquiries relating to building matters and provide professional advice in accordance with organisational and department policies to Council staff, residents and external stakeholders.

**About you**
You have a strong understanding of local and national building regulations and codes. You are proactive in spotting potential issues and finding solutions that meet these requirements. You excel in teamwork and work well with different stakeholders to achieve project goals.

The following is also required:

- A Tertiary qualification in building surveying or allied building professions.
- Local government or private sector experience in Building Certification or Building Control and demonstrated experience in the building surveying profession.
- An ability to read and interpret building plans and specifications and assess their compliance with appropriate legislation.
- A current Victorian Drivers license
- Not meeting all the requirements for this role? We value diverse experiences for positive community outcomes. If you're excited about the position but don't perfectly align with the criteria, we still encourage you to apply._

**Interview information**

**Pre-employment checks**
- Employee Working with Children Check
- New National Police Record Check
- Evidence of right to work in Australia.
- Attach your resume
- Attach a cover letter (no more than one page)

**Closing date**: Friday, 25 October 2024 at 11.55pm

**What’s on offer**
We have a great culture that is valued by all our staff. Teamwork, collaboration and innovation are a key focus at Glen Eira City Council. We offer will offer you:

- Hybrid work environment - Average of 3 days in the office (or pro rata)
- Flexible work options
- A supportive and collaborative team environment where your ideas are welcomed
- Access to paid training and participation in Council’s extensive Learning and Development programs
- Reward and recognition programs
- Comprehensive leave entitlements
- Corporate gym memberships at Glen Eira Leisure

**Working at Glen Eira City Council**
The City of Glen Eira is a dynamic municipality located within the southeast metropolitan region of Melbourne, approximately 10 kilometres from the CBD. Council provides a range of services to over 155,000 residents from more than 160 cultural backgrounds and over 16,000 businesses.

Glen Eira City Council is a collaborative, values-based organisation that strives for innovation. Our 1,370 employees bring their diverse backgrounds and varied experiences and perspectives to an inclusive and flexible work environment, creating a unique and vibrant culture that is representative of the municipality it services.

Recognised as an Employer of Choice, we seek people who share our community focused values and have a desire to create positive local impact.

**Glen Eira City Council prides itself on being an equal opportunity employer and a child safe organisation. As a Council, we are committed to**:

- **Providing a diverse and inclusive workplace that values the safety and wellbeing of children and young people, as well as all our employees.**:

- **Reconciliation and supporting the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander aspirations.**

**We value the knowledge, skills and talents that all people can share with our workforce and community.