Development Officer (Planning)

Job No: CN2097
Location: Newcastle, NSW

  • 1 x Fixed term contract (24 months) – 35 hours per week.
  • 1 x Fixed term contract until end of April 2020 – 35 hours per week.
  • Flexible working with optional 9-day fortnight.

Located 160 km north of Sydney, Newcastle is New South Wales’ second largest city, and offers the perfect lifestyle and career environment.

Our City is thriving and rapidly transforming. In recent years Newcastle has experienced a significant increase in development activity, with the 2017-18 Financial Year seeing building approvals top $1.2 billion.

Our City Change project involves moving our employees from our Office in the Civic precinct to 12 Stewart Avenue, Newcastle West in October 2019. This creates a great opportunity to align staff with our organisational vision, values and strategic directions, and leverage the great work the organisation is undertaking which supports cultural improvement.

City of Newcastle (CN) is looking for Development Officers with experience in planning assessment. Working as part of our busy Regulatory, Planning and Assessment service unit you will carry out the assessment and determination of development applications, applications to carry out activities and applications for certificates within the constraints of delegated authority and in accordance with relevant statutory and policy requirements.

You will provide consistent professional advice to external and internal customers regarding development proposals and related applications, our assessment procedures and statutory requirements relating to development and building matters.

Your professionalism will promote the City's reputation as a competent, efficient and courteous service provider, consistently delivering high quality development outcomes while maintaining a strong customer service focus.

At CN our people are valued and have access to a range of benefits that help balance life at work and at home. These include flexible working arrangements, professional development opportunities and health and wellbeing programs.

To be successful in this job you will need;

  • Recognised tertiary qualifications or demonstrated equivalent experience in town planning; building surveying/environmental health; engineering; and/or a related discipline.
  • Experience and demonstrated competence in the assessment and determination of Development and/or Construction Certificate applications.
  • Knowledge of the provisions of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 and/or the Building Code of Australia.
  • Sound analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to competently address technical issues.
  • Sound written and oral communication skills including demonstrated negotiation and conflict resolution skills, computer literacy and proven ability to prepare reports on development matters.
  • Demonstrated ability to be an effective team member of multi-disciplinary teams.
  • Ability to manage work priorities efficiently and to work independently with a minimum of supervision, with a strong customer service focus.
  • Demonstrated ability to monitor development matters (approved or otherwise) and to take appropriate action to ensure compliance with relevant statutory requirements.
  • Possession of a current Class C drivers’ licence or equivalent. 

Desirable

  • Proven experience in dealing with and resolving complex development or building issues, complaints or enquiries.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple development projects within strict deadlines including the co-ordination of multi-disciplinary input into development projects.
  • Experience and competence in the collection and preparation of evidence in relevant legal proceedings.
  • Ability to participate in organisational change strategies, service delivery and policy reform.

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City of Newcastle proudly promotes the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and fosters a culture of diversity to represent the community of our Local Government Area.

All candidates will be assessed against the selection criteria outlined in the position description. Suitable candidates may be placed on an eligibility list for future identical positions for a period of 12 months.

You must have the right to live and work in Australia to apply for this job.

To view the full position description please click here.

Application Closing Date: 6 October 2019.

Remuneration: $81,620 - $88,966 + 9.5% Superannuation per annum for a 35-hour week.

Contact: Priscilla Emmett, Development Assessment Coordinator 02 4974 2763.

 

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