About us

We need a professional planner to help us share the most trusted planning advice to the development industry. Join a boutique, awarding winning consultancy in a leadership position. We are seeking a like minded person who is motivated by the idea of joining a team of high achievers.

The Role

As a principal level stat planner you will enjoy autonomy to provide advice that will shape the built environment of our cities. Your success will expand our reach helping hundreds of exciting development projects come to life by being the expert relied on by a combination of developers and architects. Your goal will to be help advance our professional reputation as industry experts while simultaneously developing your personal brand as an expert in the town planning industry.

Benefits

We are seeking an ambitious professional planner, which is why we offer so much in return:

Autonomy to follow your professional opinion and advice to clients.

No more report writing.

Enhance your professional reputation by joining an award winning organisation and bring your purpose to life through the work that you do.

Professional Development - Paid PD and regular networking opportunities.

Team members are treated like people, not line items, we have a genuine work life balance - we don't expect you to give up your weekends or evenings.

Hybrid working options with remote working up to 2 days per week after completion of a probationary period.

Work on national projects for the biggest land development companies in Australia.

Qualifications & experience

As a principal level planner, here are the skills that are the 'must haves' for the role:

Well rounded, experience with a combination of technical knowledge and client facing experience.

Insightful interpersonal and communication skills - you must be an excellent communicator who understands how to frame a message.

A minimum of 8 years professional statutory town planning experience in local government or private consultancy. A combination of both will be held in high regard.

Demonstrated experience in an SME is critical.

This is a somewhat autonomous position, you should be self - sufficient and self motivated.

Crafting prescriptive professional advice about town planning requirements to a combination of clients, architects and consultants.

Empathic and pragmatic approach to negotiations with a combination of clients, stakeholders, architects and consultants.

Knowledge of local government process' for statutory planning permits and knowledge of the requirements of zones, overlays and particular provisions of planning schemes.

Demonstrated experience in preparation or assessment of statutory town planning applications for a wide ranging number of land use and development applications.

Demonstrated advocacy experience on behalf of clients.

Tertiary Qualification in Statutory Town Planning or a related field.

The below is a list of desirable skills that will be held in high regard:

A gregarious nature for establishing professional working relationships with stakeholders and referral partners.

Enabling junior town planners career growth and knowledge.

Tasks & responsibilities

Crafting professional town planning advice for a combination of architects, clients and professional consultants.

This client facing role requires an ability to establish professional rapport with different stakeholders.

Client management to ensure customer expectations are exceeded to maximise referral opportunities.

Advocacy and negotiaiton.

This role is ideal for someone who has confidence in their technical town planning abilities and values autonomy to set the strategy for successful planning applications.