About Inner West Council

Inner West Council is among Sydney’s larger local government agencies looking after a vibrant community of 201,000 people living in some of the inner city’s most vibrant, creative, liveable and diverse suburbs.

As we continue to deliver quality, innovative and inclusive programs and services, we would love it if you can join in our journey towards becoming the best council for our community.

We are committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity, WHS, sustainability, continuous improvement and business excellence. The community is at the heart of the organisation and Council puts its values of Integrity, Respect, Innovation, Compassion and Collaboration at the centre of everything that we do.  We are here to be of service to the community and make Inner West a great place to be. We expect commitment to these values from all employees in performing their respective roles.

We offer flexible career life balance with hours that allow you to relax and recharge. We offer a variety of flexible work arrangement options (e.g. flexible hours and working from home) where appropriate giving you even greater quality of work life balance.

Permanent employees benefit from our great value gym membership from $15.50/week giving access to a vast network of gyms in Sydney.

About the role

The complexity and diversity of the LGA offers huge scope of experience for planners and exposure to complex and large projects.  Our team assess plans from industry leading architects and work on challenging and interesting issues and projects such as industrial conversions, mixed use developments, heritage conservation areas, flight paths, flood affected zones, view loss, foreshore and habitat areas, the Parramatta Road corridor urban transformation strategy and emerging sustainable development programme. 

The Executive Planner position play a pivotal role in appearing as the expert planning witness in Land & Environment Court appeals received by Council, as well assessing development applications, mentoring, and guiding junior colleagues in the expert witness role and technical planning knowledge.

1. Act as an expert witness for Council in the Land & Environment Court.
2. To undertake assessment of complex applications in a professional manner within the legislative framework; and achieve high quality design solutions through negotiation and facilitation, where required.
3. Foster a problem solving culture through guidance, coaching and mentoring and assisting other development assessment officers in negotiating high quality design solutions & technical guidance.

Please read the Position Description to familiarise yourself with all the requirements and conditions of the role. 

Remuneration

Salary of up to $150,000 + 11% Superannuation + Leaseback

Some of the required skills, experience and qualifications 

1. Tertiary qualifications in urban planning, architecture or equivalent.
2. High level of professional knowledge and skills of planning legislation and of planning concepts as they relate to development assessment.
3. Extensive experience in development assessment including experience in assessing complex applications.
4. Highly developed skills in effective communication, well developed report writing skills and clear oral communication.

5. Experience and highly developed skills as an expert witness in the Land and Environment Court. 

6. Experience in mentoring, conflict resolution and negotiation.

Enquiries

Rachel Josey, Acting Senior Manager Development Assessment on 9392 5707

Closing Date

Sunday 4 February 2024, 11:30PM

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How to Apply

We recommend you read the Position Description for the role to make sure your application addresses the requirements of the position. Council is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all applicants. Please advise us within the application if you need support, reasonable adjustments to participate successfully in the recruitment process.

All new workers must be and remain fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to beginning their work or hold a valid medical contraindication.

Eligibility for employment/Pre employment Checks

Successful applicants must be eligible to work in Australia and agree to provide information for pre-employment checks as required for the position. This may include police records checks, certified copies of relevant qualifications, Driver’s Licence and proof of work rights in Australia (please refer to the Position Description for the specific qualifications/requirements for the role).  Copies of any sighted documents will be kept by IWC for its records as proof of verification.

For more information about work rights in Australia please visit the Department of Home Affairs website.

Inner West Council is a Diversity employer. We encourage applications from all candidates.

Council is committed to reconciliation and strongly encourages Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and mature aged workers to apply.