Job Description

• Permanent Fulltime
• $126,861 per annum plus Superannuation plus $13k car allowance
• Join the Planning & Development Department

Hume City Council is one of Australia’s fastest growing and culturally diverse councils. We put the customer and our community at the centre of all that we do, ensuring our services are efficient and accessible.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead Coordinate and oversee the efficient and effective Operation of the Statutory Planning function. Working in a key leadership role guiding planning outcomes in one of the fastest growing Councils in Victoria.

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead cross-functional teams comprising relevant Council officers and external consultants to plan and deliver the projects.
• Provide leadership, supervision and support to staff, ensuring that work performance is monitored regularly, and that regular feedback on performance is provided.
• Provision of guidance and/or advice to statutory planning staff, enforcement officers, subdivision officers and administration officers as required.
• Appraise and counsel staff accordance with contemporary management practice approved procedures and policy.
• Coordinate the administration of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 and relevant statutory process.
• Assessing the merits of planning applications, involving the application of discretionary decision making, including the preparation of reports in accordance with the schedule of delegation and relevant acts and legislation.
• Representing Council at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal and other forums where required.
• Lead Statutory Planning to provide a consistently high level of service to customers in a prompt and pleasant manner.

The skills and experience you’ll bring to the role:

• A tertiary qualification in town planning or related field and several (3-5) years’ experience at Coordinator level or in a senior town planning role.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret and apply planning schemes, policy and legislation and regulations.
• Capacity to manage multiple projects and a complex workload.
• Highly developed interpersonal, communication skills, negotiation, stakeholder management and customer service skills.
• Demonstrated leadership capability with the ability to motivate people within a team environment.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and demonstrated capacity to manage a team of staff
• Demonstration of experience with process review and implementing change.
• Current Victorian drivers licence.

Why Hume City Council?

A leader in local government, we’re committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative work environment that is guided by our values:

We’re better, every day We give things a go and value progress over perfection. We have permission to go for it and are expected to reflect and learn.

We’re in it together At Hume, everyone matters. We Welcome and include all. Respect and safety are expected.

We show up We empower and trust others and own our work. We rise to the challenges and are expected to do what we say we will.

All for Hume We strive to achieve our best for the Hume Community. We are proud and passionate about working towards better outcomes and expect they are at the centre of everything we do.

We offer a competitive salary package, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment.

A child safe organisation and an equal opportunity employer. Council encourages people of all ages, people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+ people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.

All candidates will be required to undertake background and probity checks including Reference Checks, Working with Children Check, and a Criminal Record Check.