Environmental Planner

**Full Time Permanent Position**

**Band 6 - Salary Range $97,926 to $106,637 per annum + 12% Super + ADO**

**Salary offered will depend on level of skills and experience.**

**About Melton City Council**

The City of Melton is a community where everyone belongs. Ours is a vibrant and diverse municipality - one of the fastest developing in Australia. Our organisation strives to provide our community with state-of-the-art amenity and facilities, engaging health and wellbeing options, and support to become active members of our Lifelong Learning City.

We invest in innovation, offering professional and personal development, and generous leave and flexibility to staff, while also fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture. You'll be able to work close to home in a dynamic setting featuring cafes and retail options set amongst heritage buildings and open green spaces.

**The Opportunity**

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Environmental Planner in our Natural Environment team. Reporting to the Coordinator Natural Environment and working with the other environmental planners in our team, you will use your skills and knowledge of biodiversity and the Victoria Planning Provisions (VPP) to provide high quality environmental planning advice and responses.

Combining your great communication and organisation skills with your technical expertise, you will support the team to protect the natural environment and contribute to biodiversity and environmental outcomes in our rapidly growing municipality.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Assess statutory planning referrals, strategic planning initiatives and other relevant documents to provide high quality and timely environmental planning responses within statutory timeframes.
- Provide specialist technical advice and education to internal and external stakeholders in relation to environmental management, native vegetation and biodiversity within the context of Melton and Victoria's planning and legislative framework.
- Liaise with Commonwealth and State government agencies, non-government agencies, developers, and the community on a range of environmental planning issues.
- Support compliance investigations, conduct site inspections, provide expert advice and represent Council at VCAT and panel hearings on environmental compliance matters.
- Assist in monitoring and reporting on Council's performance relating to biodiversity, the natural environment and environmental planning matters, including performing environmental / biodiversity assessments and offset reporting.

To view the **Position Description**, click **here**.

**About you**

**_ To be successful in this role you will have the following:_**
- Tertiary qualification in conservation, natural resource management, environmental science, or related field with relevant experience or lesser formal qualification with substantial experience.
- Substantial environmental planning experience in a growth area.
- Highly developed biodiversity and native vegetation knowledge and ability to conduct and analyse complex ecological assessments.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- A current valid driver's licence is essential.

**Culture and Values**

Our vision for our community is to be: "A vibrant, safe and liveable city accessible to all" and that means there's a place here for you too. Our organisational values represent us as an established growth Council and the values are reflected in everything we do; our decision-making, our actions and our service provision to the community. Council has a diverse and vibrant organisation and we'd love to have you join us to help shape a city for the future.

We are Vibrant MELTON. Our values are:

- Motivate
- Empower
- Lead
- Trust
- Open
- Nurture

**Benefits**

There are a number of great reasons why our people love working at Melton City Council:
Staff Benefits | Melton City Council
- 13 ADO's (Accrued Day Off) per year
- 5 weeks annual leave
- Flexible Working Hours
- Extensive Career Development & Leadership Programs
- 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave **(Super is paid during parental leave)**:

- 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carer Leave
- Family Room available including Breastfeeding Facilities - Australian Breastfeeding Association
- Wellbeing initiatives
- Subsidised Uniforms

**How To Apply**

If you require further information about the position, please contact **Ray Alexander**, Senior Environmental Planner on **9747 7233**.

Applications must include a Resume and address the Key Selection Criteria outlining your suitability to the role. To address the Key Selection Criteria, you will need to write short statements explaining how you meet the criteria, or how you demonstrate the capability. We encourage you to keep your responses concise.

**To be eligible for employment at Melton City Council you must be legally entitled to work in Australia.**

All successful applicants will need to undertake pre-employment requirements including but not limited to a satisfact