Address About the roleIn this role, you will play an integral part in planning, developing, and implementing public realm projects, including but not limited to public realm master plans, guidelines, and streetscape and laneway upgrades. You will also provide high-quality technical design advice to ensure strategic, creative, and spatial design thinking is present in all public realm design projects across the city.
Work type: Permanent full timeClassification: Band 7 $100,064-$110,990 plus super
Key responsibilities include:
Develop integrated and innovative public realm projects, from concept through to implementation, on a wide range of precinct, transport, and city-related projects.
Provide timely and effective design services and advice to internal and external stakeholders and clients on Landscape Architectural matters including project design and design advice.
Manage projects, including developing project briefs and plans with appropriate details for objectives, scope, budgets/costs, communications, program, procurement, quality control, and resourcing.
Collaborate effectively with key stakeholders to support overall strategic design objectives and provide advice/advocacy to improve and sustain a high-quality public realm.
About youTo be successful in this role, you will have a tertiary qualification in Landscape Architecture and at least six years of demonstrated experience in designing and delivering public realm projects.
Essential Experience:
Strong understanding and demonstrated experience in all phases of the design process.
Highly developed analytical, lateral thinking and problem-solving design skills.
Proven ability to manage project teams, including external consultants and contractors, ensuring a high level of performance.
High level of oral, written, and graphic communication skills (using computer aided drafting and desktop publishing) and the ability to convey and effectively impart project information and negotiate and influence outcomes.
Be a registered Landscape Architect or working toward becoming registered.
The health and safety of our people is our highest priority. It is our current policy to ask for your COVID-19 vaccination status. You have the right not to disclose your vaccination status, and successful candidates who are not vaccinated or do not want to disclose will go through a simple risk assessment process.
If this sounds like the role for you, then click apply now!
Create our future together at the City of Greater GeelongAt 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 usCentral 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
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Applications close Sunday 10 March 2024 at 11:55pm.
Enquiries: Leila Griffiths | Coordinator Public Realm | 5272 5007 | publicrealm@geelongcity.vic.gov.au
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