AddressFull Time Permanent Position
Band 7 - Salary Range $103,521 to $115,711 per annum + 11% Super + ADO
Salary offered will depend on level of skills and experience.
About Melton City Council
The City of Melton is a community where everyone belongs. Ours is a vibrant and diverse municipality — one of the fastest developing in Australia. Our organisation strives to provide our community with state-of-the-art amenity and facilities, engaging health and wellbeing options, and support to become active members of our Lifelong Learning City.
We invest in innovation, offering professional and personal development, and generous leave and flexibility to staff, while also fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture. You’ll be able to work close to home in a dynamic setting featuring cafes and retail options set amongst heritage buildings and open green spaces.
The Opportunity
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a self-motivated individual within the City Growth and Development department.
This role provides an opportunity for an experienced and talented Planner to manage the assessment of major development applications using a facilitative management approach. It also involves a range of other duties including project management of developments through the certification and statement of compliance process, involvement in managing developer contributions and working through implementation issues associated with growth area planning.
Key Responsibilities
- Assess major planning applications particularly in the growth areas, using a facilitative project management approach.
- Assist in the development and ongoing administration of Council’s developer contributions system to ensure that nominated infrastructure is provided in a timely manner in accordance with approved Infrastructure and Developer Contributions Plans.
- Assist in the review of existing Precinct Structure Plans and Development Contribution Plans.
- Provide advice to the public, developers and the clients of Council in relation to the provisions of the Melton Planning Scheme, Council’s policies and strategies and planning procedures.
- Act as Council representative on nominated management committees, industry and government advisory committees and at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) as required.
To view the Position Description, click here.
About you
To be successful in this role you will have the following:
- A Tertiary qualification in town planning or related discipline with relevant planning experience, preferably in a local government environment.
- Proven project management skills, including highly developed skills in planning and managing workloads to meet statutory timeframes and achieve quality outcomes.
- Experience and skills in the assessment of large and complex development proposals to achieve quality outcomes.
- A thorough understanding the Victorian planning system, including the Victoria Planning Provisions and ResCode.
- Current valid Victorian driver’s licence.
Culture and Values
Our vision for our community is to be: "A vibrant, safe and liveable city accessible to all" and that means there’s a place here for you too. Our organisational values represent us as an established growth Council and the values are reflected in everything we do; our decision-making, our actions and our service provision to the community. Council has a diverse and vibrant organisation and we’d love to have you join us to help shape a city for the future.
We are Vibrant MELTON. Our values are:
- Motivate
- Empower
- Lead
- Trust
- Open
- Nurture
Benefits
There are a number of great reasons why our people love working at Melton City Council:
Staff Benefits | Melton City Council
- 13 ADO's (Accrued Day Off) per year
- 4 weeks and 2 days annual leave (As of 1st of July 2024 will increase to 5 weeks)
- Flexible Working Hours
- Extensive Career Development & Leadership Programs
- 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave (Super is paid during parental leave)
- 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carer Leave
- Family Room available including Breastfeeding Facilities (Melton City Council | Australian Breastfeeding Association)
- Wellbeing initiatives
- Subsidised Uniforms
How To Apply
If you require further information about the position, please contact Blake De Alencar Angus on 0484 067 ***.
Applications must include a Resume and address the Key Selection Criteria outlining your suitability to the role. To address the Key Selection Criteria, you will need to write short statements explaining how you meet the criteria, or how you demonstrate the capability. We encourage you to keep your responses concise.
To be eligible for employment at Melton City Council you must be legally entitled to work in Australia.
All successful applicants will need to undertake pre-employment requirements including but not limited to a satisfactory criminal history record check. Successful applicants must be able to comply with any COVID-19 Public Health Orders applicable to Local Government employees and Council’s COVID-19 vaccination policy which require employees to provide documentary evidence of their vaccination status before attending the workplace.
We strongly encourage job applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. If selected for an interview and you require any additional support or adjustments regarding interview arrangements, please advise the contact listed above in advance.
Melton City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation and has Zero tolerance for child abuse. Melton City Council is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation where protecting children and preventing and responding to child abuse is at the centre of our everyday thinking and service delivery.
Applications close 11:59pm Wednesday 15 May 2024
