Associate Director

About Ethos Urban  

Ethos Urban is a multi-disciplinary business that brings together planning, urban design, property economics, social strategy, community engagement and project management. We focus on bringing together the collective intelligence of our different people to help deliver better solutions to complex problems, and ultimately achieve better urban outcomes for our community. Our towns and cities are always changing and we know this creates choices that can make a difference to the quality of our urban living. 

We have a vibrant, enthusiastic and highly skilled team of professionals that love what they do and who get excited about planning and development, and we’re looking to grow that team by adding new like-minded people. At Ethos Urban you will have opportunities to work on the most exciting city shaping projects on offer, with great colleagues and with the most high-profile clients in the industry.

We undertake extensive work in both statutory and strategic planning, and cover all sectors including residential, commercial, retail, tourism, health, education, industry, and infrastructure. At Ethos Urban you will therefore have the opportunity to explore your passions in planning and development, and ultimately shape the career that you want for yourself. 

We believe we can always improve the urban life experience by creating engaging places that connect us to where we need to go, meet our changing needs and create opportunities for everyone to thrive.  

For over 25 years our people have worked in partnership with the public and private sectors to provide them with the momentum to realise their ambitions for better places, communities and cities. 

About the role  

We are currently seeking a Associate Director to join our highly engaged team of urban development professionals. This role will suit a dynamic and passionate individual looking to take the next step in their professional career.  

Our ideal candidate for this role will have planning experience working within the private or public sector. They will have an outcomes-oriented attitude, excellent client liaison skills, be a team player, and have a passion for working in a high performing organisation.   

Key responsibilities

 As an Associate Director, you will: 

• Be considered to be working in a senior role working across the Business within the Consultancy Career Stream.
• Exceptional external facing presence and ability to generate new work.
• A key focus will be nurturing client relationships and delivering high quality solutions as a Project Manager or Project Director on significant projects.
• Manage large scale projects as a Project Manager and be able to provide oversight of multiple projects while developing the skills of others.
• May also undertake a front-line management role, where you will learn the necessary skills to lead multi-disciplinary teams, deliver a variety of work across our sales pipeline and manage client and other stakeholder expectations.
• Apply your expertise to lead and guide a cross-disciplinary and business wide approach to projects that ensures customer satisfaction.
• You will also be supported to contribute to the strategic agenda and participate in company annual business planning and development.
• Have a developed industry profile, network of clients, and substantial industry experience with extensive knowledge of contemporary urban development issues.
• Work collaboratively across a wide range of projects and services within the organisation’s diversified portfolios as part of multidisciplinary project teams.
• Further enhance your project management capabilities and enhance your ability to work with relevant policy and legislation, as well as understand and address contemporary issues within the urban development industry.
• Further develop a broader skillset through working side by side with economists, urban designers, social planners, project managers and community & stakeholder engagement professionals.

We are looking for an experienced Associate Director who has:

• A Tertiary qualification in Planning or related degree/discipline. 
• 10+ years of urban planning experience within a professional services firm or state/local government.
• Well-developed organisational and time management skills, with a flexible and positive attitude to working on a range of different projects concurrently.
• Extensive working experience with the NSW planning framework.
• Well-versed communication skills, and the ability to build rapport with clients and other project team members.
• Excellent writing skills, who can draft efficiently, write accurate and comprehensive reports and prepare external correspondence.
• A professional commitment to striving for excellence.

Why work with us?

The business of creating a better urban experience is a complex one. It requires patience, diligence, intelligence and perhaps most importantly, a passion for making a difference to our experience of urban life.

What we do and the way that we do it is unique. We view each project as a complex puzzle that requires different perspectives and alternative angles to solve it. At Ethos Urban, no one individual ever has the answer. It’s only when we bring people with different specialisations from different teams that we can see the full picture and then the way forward. We call it collective intelligence.

We continue to hire great people with a diversity of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups. We encourage applicants from any background to apply to join Ethos Urban!

We back our people: We are proponents of flexible work, we provide generous leave provisions including purchased leave (up to 4 weeks annually in addition to your standard 4), 18 weeks paid parental leave regardless of your parental definition, paid study leave & access to transitional coaching. In addition, we cover your industry memberships, we provide access to an array of great learning and personal development initiatives and incredible career pathways. For more please visit our website.

We have adopted the globally recognised United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as our ESG framework. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) is a clearly defined pathway to improving our world, and how business can align its goals and actions to help us all collectively get there. 

How to apply

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