Principal Urban Designer

Principal Urban Designer

The City of Gold Coast is Australia's second-largest local government authority, and our people are united in their passion for delivering the best for our City.

Why join the City of Gold Coast? What's in it for you?

When you join the City of Gold Coast, we provide pathways and opportunities for you to grow and achieve your potential; we look out for your health and well-being with our Fitness Passport and Employee Assistance Programs, and we offer flexible work and hybrid office/work from home options to allow you to have more time doing the things you enjoy. In addition, we have a generous superannuation scheme and an employee-driven Social Club to get you amongst the action!

About your new branch:

The City Planning Branch is responsible for long term planning and policy development to manage growth and development of our city while protecting the qualities that make Gold Coast City a great place to live.

About your new role:

This role is responsible for providing high level specialist strategic urban design advice, contributing to policy content preparation through written, graphic and illustrative methods to promote good quality outcomes for the city’s built and natural environment. The role also provides expert urban design advice for city assets and key strategic projects across all departments.

For more information about this role, please view the attached position brief. To access this document, click the paperclip icon in the top right corner of this screen.

What you bring to your new role:

• Interpersonal and communication skills, with particular emphasis in the areas of consultation on urban design and landscape architecture issues, negotiating and influencing important projects to gain resolution.
• Ability to work under limited direction, take initiative, ensure the completion of tasks and manage and support others to achieve successful outcomes.
• Works in complex frameworks, analyses and prioritises multifaceted levels of information and converts ideas and objectives into action plan and programs.
• Effective analytical, problem solving and investigative skillsdrawing on extensive knowledge and the latest research on urban design and planning practices.
• Capacity to identify significant urban design and landscape architecture issues in a regulatory environment and recommend appropriate responses and solutions.
• High level experience in project management with the ability to coordinate resources effectively to achieve milestones and deliverables, where collaborative action is required in a diverse work environment.
• Demonstrated high level of experience in preparing, implementing, and evaluating urban design policies and guidelines.
• You will possess a Bachelor Degree of Architecture and Urban Environment or have the equivalent knowledge.

How to apply for this role:

As part of our selection process, you may be required to undertake a one-way video interview via Criteria, face-to-face or virtual interview via Microsoft Teams. You may also be required to prepare a short design response to an urban design problem statement and undertake reference checks via Xref, police checks, employment history checks, qualification checks and drug and alcohol testing.

The City of Gold Coast is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are committed to supporting an environment where all employees, regardless of their differences or similarities, feel valued, respected and supported. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons are encouraged to apply.

Please note applications for all of our vacancies close at 10.30pm on the listed closing date.