North Sydney Council

Expressions of Interest: North Sydney Fee for Service – Consultant List for Development Assessment Support

Job No: NSYD522
Location: North Sydney

Council is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) from suitably qualified consultants to be included in our internal consultant list to support Council’s development assessment functions.

This list will assist staff in identifying and engaging experienced professionals to provide independent advice, peer reviews, and technical assessments in circumstances where:

  • There is an actual or perceived conflict of interest;
  • Internal resourcing or expertise is unavailable;
  • Independent expert input is required to assess technical reports submitted with Development Applications (DAs); or
  • Specialist assistance is needed in Land and Environment Court (LEC) matters, including the preparation of expert evidence.

 

Consultants with expertise in the following fields are encouraged to apply:

  • Town Planning / Urban Design
  • Heritage Conservation / Architecture
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Civil Engineering
  • Structural Engineering
  • Traffic and Transport Engineering
  • Acoustic Engineering
  • Environmental Science
  • Building Surveying including performance-based assessment
  • Quantity Surveying
  • Other specialist disciplines relevant to planning and development assessment

 

About the Internal Consultant List
This is not a public or standing panel, nor does inclusion guarantee engagement. The purpose of the list is to maintain a pool of trusted professionals that Council staff may contact directly for quotations and engagement as required. Services will be engaged on a fee-for-service basis in accordance with Council procurement procedures.

 

How to Submit

Submissions: To apply, submit an expressions of interest outlining your skills and experience via the application process below. 

Please provide:

  • A current CV or company profile
  • Areas of expertise and qualifications
  • Relevant project or DA assessment experience (brief examples or case studies)
  • Availability and location
  • Standard fee schedule (hourly/day rates, including GST)
  • Contact details for two professional referees

Closing date: Thursday, 30 October 2025, 5pm 

Contact person: For any enquiries, please contact Isobella Lucic, Acting Service Unit Manager Development Services on 0406 773 290 or Isobella.lucic@northsydney.nsw.gov.au

Council will be in contact if you are successful after the closure of the advertising period.

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North Sydney Council is collecting personal information from you as part of the recruitment and selection process. Council is committed to protecting your personal information and our policy on privacy and personal information represents local government best practice. North Sydney Council is an agency under definition of the NSW Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998.

Council will also comply with the Health Privacy Principles in the following ways:

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  • To ensure accuracy, Council will only accept information regarding your vaccination status from you.
  • Your vaccination status may be shared with other Council Officers for work purposes such as ensuring compliance with the Covid Safe Plan, ensuring compliance with legislation and for the allocation of work tasks and locations.
  • Your vaccination status will be held in Council’s HR System. This will be recorded in a similar way to how we record other information such as medical certificates.
  • Where Council does not know your vaccination status you may be required to comply with certain restrictions that apply at the time and as required by Council Policy or COVIDSafe Plan.

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With a cohort of approximately 400 permanent (full time and part time) employees, we consider ourselves not too big, not too small - just right! At North Sydney Council we're committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and positive workplace. Our teams value the unique contribution each member makes, and genuinely strives towards making North Sydney Council a fun place to work! The work we do makes a real difference to the lives of our residents and contributes to their economic and social wellbeing. Our commitment to our staff at North Sydney Council is: To optimise employee performance in an enjoyable, safe, fair and equitable workplace