Job Description

Senior Planner Community Health and Safety

Permanent, Full Time

Band 7: $108,545.62 - $121,358.57 + super + RDO ( RDO applicable for full-time 38 hours per week only)

Why You’ll Want to Join Us

• Award-winning organisation-wide Health and Wellbeing initiatives
• Work in a dynamic and collaborative environment
• Hybrid/flexible working arrangements and an emphasis on work/life balance

Would you like to help build safe, healthy and engaged communities? Can you turn research into action? Can you build and sustain effective relationships with a diverse mix of internal and external stakeholders? Would you like to work for a dynamic organisation in an inner-city location?

Yarra City Council is looking for a self-motivated professional for the position of Senior Planner, Community Health and Safety to work within the Policy and Partnerships Unit. You will be part of the Ageing, Equity and Community Development Branch in the Community Strengthening Division, which focuses on the development of responsive social strategy, planning and research with an emphasis on community development, encouraging community connections and growth in community capacity.

To apply, you’ll bring tertiary qualifications in social sciences, public policy or a related field, and experience delivering complex projects in local government or a comparable setting. You’ll be comfortable managing multiple priorities and providing clear, well-reasoned advice.

We offer flexible working arrangements, a supportive team environment, and a strong organisational commitment to health, wellbeing and inclusion.

For further information, please refer to the Position Description or contact the Senior Coordinator Policy and Partnerships, Julia Bennett-Mitrovski, at julia.bennett-mitrovski@yarracity.vic.gov.au using the subject line “Senior Planner Community Health and Safety” enquiry or phone (03) 9205 5490.

703502 - Senior Planner (Community Health & Safety) - Position Description (October 2025) (1).pdf

In your application, please address the key selection criteria in your cover letter. The selection panel will assess your cover letter and CV against the technical skills, abilities, and qualifications of the Position Description.

Additional Information

This position is subject to satisfactory Police Check to ensure eligibility to work in the sector prior to commencement. Pre-employment checks are not used by Yarra City Council to prevent any applicant from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits.

At Yarra Every Job is a Climate Job! Acting on the climate emergency requires that we change the way we think, make decisions, and prioritise action. We must embed proactive climate responses in the ways we govern, live our lives, and conduct our work. Every choice we make today and into the future will have an impact; this is true for Council and the community.

Acknowledging the scale of this crisis, at Yarra we are committed to ensuring that every job is a climate job meaning that each staff member will play a key role in shaping our climate response.

Yarra's Commitment to Diversity

Yarra City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation and supports flexible and accessible working arrangements for all. This includes people with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, culturally, religiously and linguistically diverse people, young people, older people, women, and people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex or queer.

We draw pride and strength from our diversity, remain open to new approaches and actively foster an inclusive workplace that celebrates the contribution made by all our people.