Principal Planner

• Strong statutory planning skills with a passion for facilitating outcomes.
• Competitive renumeration (Band 7) with a starting salary of $105,760 + super.
• 2 x full time opportunity until June 2025 with career development opportunities.
• Become a core member of a professional, collaborative, and inclusive team.

The City of Casey is one of Victoria’s largest and one of the fastest growing and most diverse cities. The Council plans and delivers quality services and infrastructure for the more than 400,000 residents who call Casey home.

Our workspace is located within Bunjil Place, located in Narre Warren, which is a must-visit destination in Melbourne’s southeast.  Bunjil Place reflects and enhances the city’s rich diversity, inspiring an energetic and cosmopolitan atmosphere; and has become a lively meeting place.

Benefits | City of Casey 

• A supportive learning culture where you can grow your career and even your qualifications.
• A hybrid and flexible workplace.
• Multi-award-winning architectural office building with equipped Kitchens, onsite Café, Library, and so much more.
• 2 minutes’ walk to Westfield shopping centre, free onsite carpark, gym/pool with discounted memberships and free workout Wednesday.

We live our values of dreaming big, empowering each other, and making our community proud.

A bit about the role 

You will help build prosperous and liveable new communities within Casey’s growth areas through the timely and proper administration of statutory planning; the adoption of a stakeholder management approach to matters under consideration; and demonstrating a culture of facilitation, customer focus and collaborative decision making.

What you’ll deliver 

• Provide expert oversight, influence, leadership and mentoring of other staff across Council who contributes to the development approval process.
• Maintain a pro-active interest in professional development activities and encourage the team to participate in development opportunities.
• Project manage and act as the Council delegate for growth area planning applications.
• Prepare planning assessment documentation and reports.
• Prepare appeal and panel submissions and represent Council at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal and before panel hearings.
• Recommend creative solutions and resolve complex issues by negotiation and mediation, where practical.

What you’ll bring 

• Extensive, senior experience in growth area or major projects planning, as a town planner or statutory planner as relevant to the role.
• Degree or Diploma in Town Planning, Urban Studies or Urban Geography.
• Willingness to undergo pre-employment background checks including National Criminal History Check, Working with Children Check & Eligibility to Work check.
• A curious, collaborative, and inclusive community mindset.
• A strong stakeholder management skillset to work collaboratively to achieve shared and desired outcomes.
• A robust and innovative approach to solving complex problems in community building and growth area settings.
• A positive and customer-first attitude which contributes to the culture of Casey's wider statutory planning service.

What’s next?

If you think this role might be for you, we would love to hear from you.

Please apply by following the links and attaching a cover letter and resume. We do not require any selection criteria to be addressed.

To find out more about the role, please contact Nicholas Felstead, Team Leader Statutory Planning Growth, on 9709 9459 and ******@casey.vic.gov.au

Applications will be accepted until 11.55pm on 18 February 2024.

We encourage people with a disability, lived experience of disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this position.

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