Inner West Council

GIS Specialist

Inner West Council is an Inclusive Employer.

Inner West Council (IWC) is committed to Equal Employment, we welcome and encourage candidates from all backgrounds and experiences to apply.

IWC is dedicated to reflecting our community and strongly encourage Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people of diverse sexualities and genders, Veterans, young people, and mature aged workers to apply.

This is one of the many reasons why IWC was the 2023 AR Bluett Award Winner and recognised as the most progressive council across NSW. We are also The Australian Business Awards Employer of Choice Winner for 2023

IWC are intent on respecting the rights and improving opportunities for people with disability. If you identify as a person with disability and require reasonable adjustments to support you in your application and throughout the recruitment process, please contact:

Reasonable Adjustment Assistance: 

• Julia Phillips, Disability Inclusion Programs Officer - phone: 02 9392 5819, email: julia.phillips@innerwest.nsw.gov.au
• IWC's P&C Workforce and Diversity team, email: diversity@innerwest.nsw.gov.au

*The above contacts are for reasonable adjustment assistance only. Click here for more information on reasonable adjustments

For any other enquiries, specific to this job advert and application, please contact the Hiring Manager. Details are listed under the Enquiries header below. 

About Inner West Council

Inner West Council (IWC) is among Sydney’s larger local metropolitan local government councils looking after a 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 invite you to join in on our journey towards becoming the best council for our community.

The community is at the heart of IWC, and our values of Integrity, Respect, Innovation, Compassion and Collaboration are at the centre of everything that we do.

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 $16.60/week giving access to a vast network of gyms in Sydney.

About the role

The Urban Strategy Team is responsible for the preparation of a Local Strategic Planning Statement, Local Environmental Plan and Development Control Plan for the Inner West Council (LEP/DCP Project). This project includes preparing the supporting evidence base, under taking place-based planning to inform the LEP/DCP, preparing the plans and undertaking associated consultation. This will be one of Councils premier projects undertaken over the next few years.

The GIS Specialist will support the project by:
• Providing ongoing GIS mapping support;
• Assisting to maintain Council’s cadastral base map and supporting information;
• Producing mapping and supporting documentation for the project in accordance with state government guidelines;
• Developing high quality mapping and info-graphics to support reporting and documentation to Council, the community, external government departments and other customers;
• Supporting the public exhibition of strategic planning documents by providing mapping and graphical representations that can be understood and commented upon by customers and members of the community;
• Providing timely service to the Strategic Planning Group for the Property system and GIS information;
• Building relationships with Council’s ICT branch and assisting them with projects that benefit the Strategic Planning Group; and
• Building relationships across Councils Strategic Planning Group to assist with GIS related matters to improve systems, information, and engagement with the community.

You will foster strong internal partnerships across multidisciplinary project teams and within service units to embed best practice GIS systems within the Group. You will also be available to other teams within the Strategic Planning Group of Council to assist with GIS expertise and provide graphical skills across the Group.

You will successfully coordinate a diverse range of concurrent projects and often tight timeframes in a politically sensitive and high pressure environment. You will be a strategic thinker who achieves results through a planned approach, with high-level analytical and interpersonal communication skills, and a proven ability to manage difficult situations.

You will be community focused and work collaboratively with the GIS Team Leader and Manager and other staff to ensure the success of the project and associated team.

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

Remuneration

$82,325.88 to $101,496.20 + 11.5% Superannuation 

Some of the required skills, experience and qualifications 

1. Degree qualifications in geography, cartography, GIS or related area or equivalent experience;
2. Experience in use of NSW LPI digital cadastral database (DCDB) and its relationship to Council in all areas of the GIS and Experience in the use of Land Information Systems;
3. Demonstrated ability to efficiently update the cadastral base map from registered plans received from Land and Property Information, including Deposited Plans, Strata Plans, Community Plans and Neighbourhood Plans;
4. Experience in use and development of Geographic Information Systems particularly in land use planning projects and the production of high quality graphical representations, maps and diagrams to support project needs;

Enquiries

Jennifer Gavin, Team Leader Specialist Planning on 9392 5864

Closing Date

Sunday 1 December 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.