Development Planner

Planners - join Central Coast Council and use your diverse planning knowledge to advise on complex and varied development planning opportunities across the Central Coast community. An opportunity for you to help us to
Rewrite the Future.

• Provide key advice on planning, development, property and land use matters
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements available including a 9-day fortnight
• Permanent and temporary full-time opportunities available

About The Role
The roles are responsible for assessing residential applications and will also see you providing advice into planning, development, property and land use matters, ensuring the efficient implementation of land use policy and compliance with Council's local laws and policies.

This position is required to provide quality customer service and create value for the community.

To succeed in this role, you should be able to:

• Assess development and planning applications, including site visits, within deadlines.
• Offer professional statutory planning advice to customers and industry contacts.
• Manage development proposals to ensure proper consultation and outcomes.
• Prepare assessment reports under delegated authority or for the planning panel, and attend meetings as needed.
• Demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills.

Our provides more information for you to learn more about this role.

Other Important Information

• The commencing salary for this position is up to $1,858.74 per week. Central Coast Council also provides progression opportunities for employees to progress up to the maximum salary of $2,234.39 per week on completion of assessment of skills and performance plus 12% superannuation
• We have a temporary full-time position 6 months
• This role will be able to access a 9 day fortnight
• We are able to offer hybrid and flexible working conditions for this role - 2 days from home and 3 days onsite
• This role is located at the Wyong Administration Building

Council may create an eligibility list from this recruitment process and may utilise this eligibility list to fill other permanent or temporary vacancies.

Extra Benefits
At Central Coast Council we provide team members with a range of extras that help them balance their life when they need it. Fitness Passports give access to a range of gyms. Wellbeing leave can be accessed twice a year to tick off something that means something to you - volunteering, health check-ups. And an Employee Assistance Program that offers a range of wellbeing initiatives to help you and your immediate family.

Other Extras Include

• Long service leave after 5 years of continuous service
• Free flu vaccination program
• Time provided for you to do annual skin cancer screening, Breast screen and blood donations
• Access to professional development with career development and learning programs through various platforms
• We reward and recognise our staff with our Cheers program
• Novated leasing partnerships.

Central Coast Council is committed to the goals of equal opportunity employment. We aim to provide a work environment for our employees that fosters equity, diversity and respect.
Council is committed to providing safe environments that protect the physical, emotional, cultural and social wellbeing of children on the Central Coast.
Want to know more?
The contact person for this role is
Emily Goodworth, Section Manager Employment and Urban Release.
You can contact
Emily
at Emily.Goodworth

.
This position will close for applications at
midnight on Sunday, 2 November 2025.
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Location
Central Coast Council is ideally located on the northern fringe of Sydney and just an hour's drive from Newcastle, the Central Coast offers one of the best places in Australia to live and work. The Central Coast is one of the fastest growing regions in NSW, the third largest Local Government Area (LGA) in NSW and the 6th Largest LGA in Australia.

How To Apply
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By completing and submitting this online application you confirm that any information that you provide in this application is true and correct and acknowledge that any offer of employment may be withdrawn should the information that you have provided in support of your application be shown to be false.

You also consent to employment screening checks being conducted where appropriate. This may include associated checks including reference checks, Working with Children Check, Entitlement to Work in Australia, employment history and an Australian Federal Police Check, as well as substantiation of educational qualifications, industry memberships, previous Central Coast Council employment history and association with professional bodies.

You also acknowledge that you will be required to provide proof of eligibility (including photo identification) to work in Australia if selected for an interview.

To Lodge Your Application, Please Follow These Steps

• Answer the on-line questions shown below.
• Attach your resume
• Attach your qualifications and licences.

Once your application is successfully lodged you will receive an automated response sent to your e-mail address. If a response is not received this means that your application has not been successfully submitted and you will need to lodge another application.

If you require assistance to lodge your application please contact our Talent Acquisition team by emailing
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Applicants who are selected for interview will be contacted by phone or e-mail.
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If you don't have access to a computer or electronic device, you can lodge your application at any of Council's Library locations. Pre-book a free 1-hour computer timeslot by contacting your nearest library

We will not accept unsolicited resumes or applications being presented by recruitment agencies.
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