AddressProvide expert advice on environmental issues like biodiversity, stormwater, and sustainability. Collaborate with diverse stakeholders to shape policy and strategy for impactful change. Two permanent full-time positions available.
About the role
In this role, you will provide environmental input into statutory planning applications and strategic planning initiatives.
Key responsibilities include:
- Undertake site inspections of development application sites and ensure compliance with required environmental legislation and relevant planning permit conditions.
- Provide assistance and advice to Council staff undertaking construction and maintenance works to ensure that planning permit conditions and legislative requirements are adhered to.
- Provide staff training in relation to planning permit processes and environmental legislation (as required).
- Respond to and support biodiversity and sustainability initiatives as they emerge internally and external of Council.
- Assist the development and implementation of Council policies and strategies in relation to Environmental Planning.
- Actively participate in Council’s Green Space Referral Group and the regional Biodiversity Planners Network.
About you
To be successful in this role, you will have a tertiary qualification in Town Planning, Natural Resource Management or Environmental Science with experience in Environmental Planning in a service-delivery organisation and excellent communication skills.
Essential Experience:
- Sound knowledge of the Victorian Planning System within local government and understanding of the Victorian Native Vegetation Clearing Guidelines.
- Theoretical and practical knowledge to interpret town planning legislation and statutory planning processes.
- Ability to provide in field advice to stakeholders to avoid and minimise environmental impacts from a range of projects.
- Ability to work effectively with a large range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Provide advice and assistance to Council, Council officers and the community on biodiversity and ecological issues.
- Experience in the preparation and prioritisation of business plans for Environment Programs.
If this sounds like the role for you, then click apply now!
Create our future together at the City of Greater Geelong
At the City of Greater Geelong, we are committed to working together for a thriving community. We do this by delivering over 130 services to our rapidly growing population and working hard to protect and improve what it is that makes Greater Geelong on Wadawurrung Country such a great place to live, work and study.
We’re going through an exciting period of change that will help us serve our community better. From digital modernisation to the contemporary, sustainable office we've built in Central Geelong, now more than ever is a great time to join our team at the City of Greater Geelong.
Our Community is made up of diverse people from all walks of life, and it’s important to us that our workforce represents and celebrates this strength.
We encourage great people from all backgrounds to join us. We encourage authenticity, because inclusion makes us stronger.
If you’re excited about working together to create a Clever and Creative Greater Geelong, and joining a workplace where all people can thrive, then hit apply – we’d love to meet you!
We particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse culture and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability.
A career with us
Central Geelong-based City employees are now based in our new Civic Precinct, Wurriki Nyal. Meaning ‘speak and talk together’ in local Wadawurrung language. Wurriki Nyal sets the benchmark for what a sustainable, inclusive and culturally safe workplace can be, including industry leading sustainability standards, a flexible and people-focused design, safe and inclusive spaces and public realm.
We’re committed to supporting better accessibility for our customers and our people. We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments or additional support you may require during the recruitment process, as well as how this role can be flexible for you.
We offer:
- salary sacrificing and novated lease options
- cultural and ceremonial leave
- study leave
- paid parental leave (16 weeks primary and six weeks secondary) and superannuation payments on all 52 weeks primary parental leave
- IVF, surrogate and miscarriage bereavement leave
- training and career development opportunities
- a healthy and safe environment
- our employee wellbeing program
- corporate membership rates at Swim Sport and Leisure facilities
- unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning
