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Administrative Officer - Development Assessment

Tweed Shire Council
Murwillumbah, NSW
A$62,124 p/a +12% super.
Administration & Office Support → Administrative Assistants
Full-time
On-site

Posted 10 days ago

We are seeking an experienced Administrative Officer to join our team in a permanent full-time position.

As part of the Development Assessment and Compliance team, this role will put to use your administration experience to ensure a high level of customer service to the team and our internal and external clients.

The role lodges development applications, sub-division work certificates, strata applications and includes preparing the notices of determination for development applications and associated ancillary applications.

The position requires excellent organisation skills and an ability to prioritise a busy workload and manage conflicting tasks. You will have advanced attention to detail and excellent communication skills in order to build strong relationships and collaborations with our stakeholders.

What's on offer:

  • a base salary ranging from $62,124 per annum with competency-based increments up to $71,178 per annum, plus 12% super
  • 70 hour, 9 day fortnight
  • training and development opportunities
  • flexible work options for a healthy work/life balance
  • generous employment conditions (we have too many to list - click here for more).

We are seeking:

  • TAFE certificate studies or equivalent
  • competence in Microsoft office suite and record management and finance systems
  • competence in a range of administrative support activities
  • proven capacity to manage workloads and competing priorities

About us:

  • Located on the picturesque far North Coast of NSW, bordering the Gold Coast.
  • The Tweed is a vibrant, diverse location offering a lifestyle near the water, in a rainforest or on a farm.
  • Tweed Shire Council is committed to employment equity and diversity and encourages applications from people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds in both traditional and non-traditional roles. We provide workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options.
  • Join an employer of choice. Professionals Australia (Local Government Engineers’ Association) has named Council the 2021 Employer of Choice for our great employment practices within NSW local government.

Where it's located:

This position is based in Murwillumbah and can be directed to work from any Council work site.

Position closes:

Friday 5 September 2025 at 12 noon sharp (NSW time). Late applications will not be permitted.

SK97188A

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About Tweed Shire Council

Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia
Administration & Office Support

Tweed Shire Council is the largest council on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia. Covering an area of 1300 square kilometres, the Tweed adjoins the local government areas of Byron, Lismore, Kyogle, Scenic Rim and Gold Coast, with the NSW–Queensland border to its north where it divides the twin towns of Tweed Heads and Coolangatta.

Council is the largest employer in the Tweed with a workforce of more than 750 employees across a wide range of professions. Through a budget of about $256 million, Council delivers more than 50 services to 41,500 ratepayers and almost 100,000 residents who call the Tweed home.

In late 2021, Council was named Employer of Choice by Professionals Australia (Local Government Engineers’ Association) for its great employment practices within NSW local government.

Professionals Australia recognises what workers throughout the region already know – people choose to work at Tweed Shire Council when presented with other employment opportunities due to its:

employment terms

great workplace culture

amazing location.

Aboriginal Acknowledgement – Tweed Shire Council wishes to recognise the generations of the local Aboriginal people of the Bundjalung Nation who have lived in and derived their physical and spiritual needs from the forests, rivers, lakes and streams of this beautiful valley over many thousands of years as the traditional custodians of these lands.

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