Project Officer City Design

2 weeks ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Parramatta City Council Full time

City of Parramatta is a progressive council with 260,000 residents: one community, proudly diverse. Parramatta is a vibrant city, with a growing developing business district with a thriving community of artists and creative industries, known for its rich history and diversity.

Council's City Design Group is a team of urban design professionals. We define, coordinate, and integrate urban form and public domain outcomes across city strategy, planning policy, infrastructure delivery and major projects. We are a passionate group of designers who bring a sophisticated understanding of the urban structure and three-dimensional morphology of the city to strategic and land use planning. Through collaboration with colleagues within our City Planning and Design Directorate and across Council, we guide and deliver outcomes for a more sustainable and liveable City.

We offer the opportunity to join our team to make Parramatta a world-class city. Through design leadership on city shaping plans and policies, we will collectively address Council's vision, priorities and strategic objectives for the benefit of our community.

**How this position will make a difference to the City of Parramatta**

This position is responsible for providing expert professional urban design advice and management for a range of projects aligned with Council's strategic directions for the City of Parramatta and contributing to the achievements of the City Design Unit overall. The role includes:

- Preparing and project managing Council initiated urban design studies, including design management of external consultancies
- Creating spatial frameworks, design concepts, and place-based development controls and guidelines that inform:

- Planning policy (Local Environmental Plan (LEP), Development Control Plan DCP)).
- Infrastructure delivery (in coordination with State Government, ie. Metro, Light Rail, Powerhouse).
- Strategic city shaping projects such as Civic Link and the Parramatta City River Strategy.
- Public domain and capital works projects by other parts of Council.
- Providing strategic design advice and review of precinct, planning proposals and development proposals.
- Collaborating across Council to deliver holistic and coordinated outcomes for the City.
- Engaging with key stakeholders and the community to inform, advocate and negotiate Council's priorities and policy directions.

**About the Person**

This role will suit a person with demonstrated experience delivering innovative and effective urban design studies, built form and public domain advice, and supporting design guidelines across a range of scales and project types.

**What's on Offer**
- A range of flexible work arrangements including hybrid WFH arrangements
- 14 weeks paid parental leave
- Access to Long Service Leave after 5 years
- Central Parramatta location (Public transport at our door, discounted parking)
- Significant leave benefits (up to 12 days flexi-time, 3 additional leave days at Christmas, 15 days sick/personal leave including 2 days health and wellbeing leave per year)
- Learning and Development opportunities
- Health and Wellbeing programs (Fitness Passport, Flu Shots)

**Want to know more?**

**How to apply**
- City of Parramatta Council acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land and waters of Parramatta, the Dharug peoples. We also acknowledge the present Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, who now reside within this area. _

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