Job Description

• Full Time 4 year contract
• TRP from $243,631pa (base $214,849 + 12% super + $3000 professional fees)
• 5 weeks annual leave
• Hybrid, flexible working environment, including some work from home days.
• Location: Caboolture/Strathpine

As part of an exciting evolution in the Planning Directorate, our Development Services department have introduced six new Manager roles to strengthen leadership and support our growing community. These senior leadership positions offer the opportunity to shape how we work, influence key decisions, and lead high-performing teams in a forward-thinking environment.

As part of our new leadership structure, reporting to the Manager of Development Services, in the role of Major Assessment Manager, you will play a critical leadership role in driving high-quality statutory planning outcomes for complex and high-impact developments across major growth areas. You will provide strategic guidance and operational leadership to multidisciplinary teams, ensuring that development assessment and compliance services meet community expectations while aligning with legislative and policy frameworks.

Operating at the forefront of complex planning matters, you will lead the review and approval of major development applications, oversee expert peer review processes, and guide negotiations to achieve exceptional design, infrastructure, and community outcomes. You will act as a key escalation point for highly complex applications and represent the organisation in legal and public forums, safeguarding the integrity of planning decisions.

This is a role for a confident leader who thrives in complexity, can navigate sensitive and high-impact decisions, and is passionate about building capability within a technically strong workforce.

Key responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership – Lead and mentor Major Assessment teams, setting clear performance expectations and driving a culture of quality, accountability, and continuous improvement
• Planning Directorate Leadership - Contribute to the establishment and modelling of a positive, values based culture as a key member of the Directorate leadership cohort supporting cross directorate priorities and outcomes
• Complex Decision-Making – Oversee high-risk, high-value development applications, providing sound judgement on sensitive and complex planning matters
• Operational Excellence – Ensure consistent, efficient, and compliant assessment practices, including quality assurance, peer review, and continuous improvement of workflows and processes
• Stakeholder Influence – Build and maintain strong relationships with Councillors, government agencies, industry, and the community; represent Council in legal forums including the Planning and Environment Court
• Delivery & Capability – Translate strategic priorities into actionable programs, lead workforce planning, and drive capability uplift across teams to sustain high performance

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About you

You are a practical and results-focused leader who can confidently navigate complex environments. You bring clarity and direction to challenging situations, influence senior stakeholders, and build strong relationships while maintaining a focus on both technical quality and community outcomes.

You can operate at both the strategic and operational level, handling complex development matters while keeping broader organisational goals in mind. You lead authentically, support and develop your team, and create an environment where high performance and continuous improvement are expected.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Degree in engineering, planning or other related disciplines are essential
• A proven ability to lead large-scale or complex assessment functions, delivering consistent and defensible planning outcomes
• Strong commercial and strategic acumen, with the ability to align planning decisions to broader community, infrastructure, and growth objectives
• Experience navigating politically sensitive environments, with sound judgement and resilience under pressure
• Demonstrated capability to influence and negotiate across diverse stakeholder groups, including senior leaders and external partners
• A track record of uplifting team capability, embedding accountability, and fostering a high-performance culture
• Expertise in balancing risk, compliance, and customer experience to deliver practical, outcome-focused solutions
• A forward-thinking mindset, with experience driving innovation, service improvement, and contemporary work practices

Why City of Moreton Bay?

What you do with your life matters. It’s the same with your career.

We’re the third-largest council in Australia and one of the fastest-growing areas. As Australia’s newest city, we’re building something that’s never been done before: a new kind of city, inspired and empowered by a new kind of council.

At City of Moreton Bay, we’re focused on the vital work we do today. But we’re also focused on the future. On what can be – for our city, our Council and your career.

Here’s what you’ll love about a career with us:

• See it. To build a city of the future, first, you have to see it The polycentric city we’re building will bring greater prosperity, sustainability and affordability to our city. This is your chance to contribute to something that’s never been done before.
• Shape it. You’ll get hands-on in a rewarding career, serving and strengthening our communities for today and tomorrow. Our work is diverse, interesting and it matters – and it’s yours to shape and own.
• Live it. Contribute to the city you and your family want to live in and enjoy the lifestyle you deserve. And if you don’t live here, you’ll still find pride and connection in so many ways with our successful, resilient team.

You’ll also enjoy a range of other benefits:

• Find a better work-life balance with a hybrid, flexible working environment with some work-from-home days.
• Make your pay go further with salary packaging options on novated leases, superannuation payments, smartphones and devices.
• Prioritise your health and wellbeing with discounted health insurance, free annual flu vaccinations and our Fitness Passport Program.
• Get support when you and your family need it most with our 24/7 confidential counselling service, leader support hotline
• Our Caboolture/Strathpine office has local parking on site and is close to public transport networks, making for an easy commute.

Ready for a career that matters?

Join City of Moreton Bay, and help shape our city of the future.

Click on the 'Apply Now' button below to complete your online application. Please upload a current resume that demonstrates how you meet the requirements for this role. You will also have the option to add a cover letter should you wish.

As part of the recruitment process, applicants will be required to undergo a National Criminal History Check.

To obtain further details please contact our Careers team at careers@moretonbay.qld.gov.au

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City of Moreton Bay extends across the traditional lands of the Jinibara, Kabi Kabi, and Turrbal peoples, and we acknowledge and pay respects to Traditional Custodians. We believe diversity of thought, background and experience creates better outcomes for our people and communities, and we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people of all ages, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.