Planning Administration Officer

2 weeks ago


Perth, Western Australia City of Rockingham Full time $83,000 - $104,000 per year

Permanent

Part time (20.5 hours per week)

The City of Rockingham is an award winning local government located 40km south of the Perth CBD and is known as the place where the coast comes to life.  One of the fastest growing local governments in the south metropolitan area, we are responsible for the provision and delivery of high quality services, facilities and events that meet or exceed community expectations.  Providing a safe and healthy workplace for our employees is important to us and we are committed to employing team members who share the City's Values of Recognition, Ethics, Service, Professional Development, Empowerment, Communication and Teamwork – RESPECT. These Values are incorporated into all aspects of employment at the City.

As a key member of the Planning and Development Services team, you will primarily assist the public with general town planning matters and provide administrative support across the various planning teams.  Reporting to the Manager Statutory Planning, the role is to provide administrative support for application types and development approval stages dealt with by various technical Officers. You must also be able thrive working in a very busy and change driven organisation.

You will need to possess excellent written and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and engage effectively with a diverse stakeholders.  Proud of your high attention to detail, you have excellent time management skills and sound computer literacy.

As part of the online application process you will be required to respond to the following selection criteria:

  • Highly developed written and verbal communication skills;
  • Developed customer service and interpersonal skills;
  • Ability to organise and prioritise workload;
  • High level of keyboard/computer literacy skills;
  • Sound knowledge of MS Office suite of products and administrative procedures; and
  • Current "C" Class driver's licence

This position offers a gross salary of $83,781 per annum (pro-rata for part-time hours) and in addition we offer:

  • 12% superannuation with the option to co-contribute up to a further 5% - that's a total of 22%
  • A variety of health and wellbeing programs including a physical health reimbursement subsidy payment of up to $200 per annum, free flu vaccinations, free skin cancer checks, mental health programs and Employee Assistance Provider (EAP) services
  • A culture of learning with training/development opportunities including paid study leave and study fees
  • Salary packaging opportunities for motor vehicles with novated leasing.

This is a part-time job share position of 20.5 hours per week. The working hours are Wednesday (4 hours), Thursday (8.5 hours) and Friday (8 hours).

An information package, including the position description, is available on our website.

Applications will be accepted until 4pm, Thursday 25 September 2025.

If you identify as a person with disability and require adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process please contact the Recruitment Team via email at or phone We're happy to discuss options to assist you e.g. we can provide alternate formats for application forms, or alternate methods of applying.

The City of Rockingham encourages applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds, including First Nations people, people living with disability and people who speak a first language other than English.



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