Division: Planning & Place

Business Unit: Strategic & Place Planning

Title: Principal Development Infrastructure Officer, Permanent - Full-time Role, 35 hours per week

Salary Range: $117656.77 to $136737.2 per annum + super (subject to skills and experience)

Who we are:

Stretching from Palm Beach to Manly, the Northern Beaches boasts more than half of all the beaches in Sydney and a population of more than 270,000. Northern Beaches Council strives to deliver the highest quality services to our community.
Join us and you’ll be part of an organisation committed to promoting sustainable growth, leading the community, protecting our environment and creating a great future for the Northern Beaches.

Northern Beaches Council is committed to safeguarding children and young people. Council acknowledges that protecting the safety of children and young people is a whole of community responsibility and is everyone’s business.

Working with us:

Northern Beaches Council provides a comprehensive range of benefits focused on our employees’ lifestyle, health and wellbeing, recognition and career development. In this role you’ll enjoy -

• Flexible hours
• Health and wellbeing leave
• A culture of supporting continuous professional development

Our opportunity:

The key focus areas of this role include:
1) Facilitate the development and management of Council’s development contribution plans, and monitor service delivery of infrastructure identified under contribution plans or Executed Agreements prepared under Part 7 of the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act.
2) Develop and review of policy and procedures for the Contributions Panel.
3) Mentor and develop and build capacity with less experienced staff from across the Planning Division as well as staff responsible for infrastructure planning and delivery

About you:

We’re looking for a collaborative and self motivated professional with demonstrated experience in infrastructure contributions management to join our Strategic and Place Planning team. With exceptional communication skills, your ability to cultivate and foster effective stakeholder relationships internally and externally is crucial as is the ability to balance competing community and Council priorities.

Additional Information:

Position Description

Applications close on: Sunday 13 July 2025

Expected Interview Date: 23 July 2025

Questions? Please call the Hiring Manager: Liza Cordoba on 8495 6277

Northern Beaches Council is a diverse and inclusive employer and encourages applications from differently abled candidates. Reasonable adjustments to the workplace may be made where these are required.

If you would like to contact us to discuss your specific circumstances, please contact the hiring manager for this role. If you do not feel comfortable to do so, please contact HR Services on (02) 8495 5070.