Central Coast Council

Development Planners

Planners - join Central Coast Council and use your diverse planning knowledge to advise on complex and varied development planning opportunities across the Central Coast community. An opportunity for you to help us to Rewrite the Future.

• Provide key advise on planning, development, property and land use matters
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements available including a 9 day fortnight
• Permanent and temporary full time opportunities available

About the role

Central Coast Council receives more than 3,000 development applications per year, with a construction value of more than $1 billion, in addition to associated civil engineering approvals, supporting infrastructure and principal certifying authority functions. In the past few years there has been an ongoing uplift in development activity across the board, which is expected to continue as the regional economy continues to grow.

The roles are responsible for assessing residential applications and will also see you providing advice into planning, development, property and land use matters, ensuring the efficient implementation of land use policy and compliance with Council’s local laws and policies. 

This position is required to provide quality customer service and create value for the community.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Degree qualifications in Town Planning or a related field combined with demonstrated experience in a similar role
• membership of, or eligibility for membership of, the Planning Institute of Australia
• current Class C Drivers Licence
• demonstrated knowledge and understanding of environmental planning legislation, planning NSW system and Local Government Act 1993
• demonstrated understanding of policy and strategy development 
• demonstrated experience in analysing and researching planning issues and providing solutions 
• demonstrated understanding of local and regional planning concepts 
• demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills 
• high level of negotiation, mediation and conflict resolution skills
• demonstrated proficiency in providing technical expertise, coaching and advice to relevant staff to allow them to effectively undertake their responsibilities and duties 
• demonstrated ability to build strong, credible relationships and influence, persuade or negotiate outcomes that add value to the organisation 
• proven ability to assess and interpret information to formulate recommendations and provide specialist advice to enable the organisation to achieve quality outcomes.

Our position description provides more information for you to learn more about this role.

Other important information

• The commencing salary for this position is up to $94K plus 11.5% superannuation. Central Coast Council also provides progression opportunities for employees to progress up to the maximum salary of $113K on completion of assessment of skills and performance
• We have permanent and temporary full-time roles available.
• This role will be able to access a 9 day fortnight
• We are able to offer hybrid and flexible working conditions for this role - 2 days from home and 3 days onsite
• This role is located at the Wyong Administration Building 

Council may create an eligibility list from this recruitment process and may utilise this eligibility list to fill other permanent or temporary vacancies.

Extra benefits

At Central Coast Council we provide team members with a range of extras that help them balance their life when they need it. Fitness Passports give access to a range of gyms. Wellbeing leave can be accessed twice a year to tick off something that means something to you - volunteering, health check-ups. And an Employee Assistance Program that offers a range of wellbeing initiatives to help you and your immediate family.

Other extras include:

• Long service leave after 5 years of continuous service
• Free flu vaccination program
• Time provided for you to do annual skin cancer screening, Breast screen and blood donations
• Access to professional development with career development and learning programs through various platforms
• We reward and recognise our staff with our Cheers program
• Novated leasing partnerships. 

Central Coast Council is committed to the goals of equal opportunity employment. We aim to provide a work environment for our employees that fosters equity, diversity and respect.

Council is committed to providing safe environments that protect the physical, emotional, cultural and social wellbeing of children on the Central Coast.

Central Coast Council is ideally located on the northern fringe of Sydney and just an hour's drive from Newcastle, the Central Coast offers one of the best places in Australia to live and work. The Central Coast is one of the fastest growing regions in NSW, the third largest Local Government Area (LGA) in NSW and the 6th Largest LGA in Australia. 

How to apply

We have put together some additional resources to help you apply for a role at Central Coast Council.

To lodge your application, please follow these steps:

1. Answer the on-line questions shown below.
2. Attach your resume 
3. Attach your qualifications and licences.

Once your application is successfully lodged you will receive an automated response sent to your e-mail address. If a response is not received this means that your application has not been successfully submitted and you will need to lodge another application.

If you require assistance to lodge your application please contact our Talent Acquisition team by emailing recruit@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au to discuss what reasonable adjustments you may need. If you are deaf, hearing or speech impaired, you can contact us through the National Relay Service TTY call 133 677 or Speak & Listen 1300 555 727.

Applicants who are selected for interview will be contacted by phone or e-mail. For further instructions please click here. 

You will have the ability to save your application as you go using the 'Save Application' button. You can start an application and return to it later via the automatic follow-up email once you have the time and required information at hand to finalise your application.  

If you don't have access to a computer or electronic device, you can lodge your application at any of Council's Library locations. Pre-book a free 1-hour computer timeslot by contacting your nearest library https://www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/libraries/our-branches or ask at the enquiry counter.

We will not accept unsolicited resumes or applications being presented by recruitment agencies.