Principal Urban Designer

Permanent, Full-time
- Band 7 - $109k plus super
- Convenient Preston location, close to public transport

Lead the design and delivery of built form and public realm for the community, and advocate for high quality design outcomes for private development in Darebin.

At Darebin, diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of how we work. Our commitment to these values is unwavering, they are central to our mission, to our impact and to help us better serve our community. We know that having varied perspectives and lived experiences helps generate better ideas to enable a diverse, inclusive and connected community.

**About Darebin City Council**
Located in Melbourne's northern suburbs, Darebin City Council is home to one of the largest, most diverse communities in terms of culture, language, religion, socio-economic background, occupation, and housing needs. The city has one of the largest populations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander residents in metropolitan Melbourne. Our Vision is for a community that works together to advance community life.

**About the Role**
The Senior Urban Designer will support the City Design team to design and deliver the built form and public realm for the local community, and advocate for high quality design outcomes for private development. Key aspects of the role include:

- To prepare, implement and review master plans, policies, strategies, technical guidelines, feasibility studies and site analysis.
- To play a key role in the design, planning and implementation of streetscape and civic realm projects within the City of Darebin.
- To promote and champion design excellence across private and public development in Darebin.
- To provide professional and consistent urban design referral advice to internal and external stakeholders.
- To prepare planning and scoping of future projects and work programs for the City Design team.
- To support the Coordinator City Design to manage staff, prepare workplans and manage budgets.

**Skills & Experience**
- A tertiary qualification in Urban Design, Architecture, Landscape Architecture or a related field with relevant experience as an Urban Designer.
- Demonstrated experience in urban design, master planning and built form strategies.
- Demonstrated experience in public realm and streetscape design and strategies will be highly regarded.
- Demonstrated experience in providing design advice to internal and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrated skills and experience in stakeholder and community engagement
- Excellent CAD, graphic design and 3D modelling skills. Please specify which programs you use.
- Demonstrated ability to lead mentor, manage and support staff.
- Highly developed written and oral communication skills including graphic presentation skills

**Culture**
As a progressive leader in Local Government, Darebin City Council is passionate about social inclusion, sustainability, engagement and service excellence. We are proud of the diversity of our workforce and recognise the strength this provides in meeting the needs of the community we serve. We are committed to upholding a positive and supportive work environment that values the contribution of all employees and treats all employees with dignity and respect.

**Benefits**
We offer a range of benefits to our employees including opportunities for personal and professional development, flexible work practices, Employee Assistance Program, recognition and reward program - Appreciate Great and a variety of generous paid and unpaid leave options.

**How to Apply**

Contact Munir Vahanvati, Coordinator City Design on 8470 8367 for a confidential discussion.

**Applications close on 11 Dec at 5pm**.
- Darebin is committed to providing a safe working environment that embraces and values child safety, and thorough 'Safety Screening' processes apply. To work at Darebin City Council, you will be required to supply proof of work rights, a Victorian Employee Working with Children Check and comply with Child Safety standards. All employees are required to undertake an Australian Criminal History Check and may be required to complete a Functional Health Assessment. Council requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as outlined in the Staff Covid-19 Vaccination Policy._