City Economy Lead

Careers at Council; Burwood; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Flexi time

Health & wellbeing initiatives

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Job summary

Burwood Council seeks a highly capable City Economy Lead to connect with Burwood’s business community, identify opportunities, and drive practical programs and partnerships that accelerate the city’s transformation. You will work with a multidisciplinary team to deliver placemaking, economic development, and investment initiatives.

The role focuses on strengthening the local economy, building partnerships, and turning conversations into action across precincts and the night-time economy.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in economic development, urban planning or related discipline.
• Proven ability to build relationships with businesses and stakeholders.
• Experience delivering economic development or place-based initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Connect with the local business community and build trusted relationships.
• Deliver practical programs, activations and partnerships that create outcomes.
• Integrate business opportunities across Council initiatives and events.
• Shape major city economy initiatives including precincts and night economy.

Skills

Economic development

Stakeholder engagement

Partnership building

Policy translation

Data analysis

Education

Degree in urban planning or economic development

Tools

GIS

Project management tools

Job description

• Exciting Permanent role with a well respected, forward thinking Local Council
• Annual Salary of $109,596.94 - $131,193.22 + super + flexible work arrangements + flexi time
• Share your passion to connect, deliver, integrate and shape the Burwood Community and its City Economy

Something new is taking shape at Burwood: a team built to
turn great places, strong partnerships and bold ideas into real opportunity.

As our city enters a major period of population growth,
investment, development and transformation, we’re establishing a new Place
& Strategic Partnerships team focused on shaping great places,
strengthening our local economy, building powerful partnerships and turning
opportunities into action. As part of building this new team, we’re recruiting
to three new roles, bringing together people with different skills,
perspectives and ideas who want to make a visible impact on a city.

The City Economy Lead is one of them.

Your mission is simple: put Burwood’s business community and
economy at the heart of the City’s transformation.

You’ll be out in the city building relationships with
businesses, understanding what they need, identifying opportunities and
connecting people and ideas across Council.

You’ll help turn conversations into action, whether that
means a new activation, business program, partnership, grant opportunity,
precinct initiative or a completely new idea we haven’t tried before.

And you’ll work alongside a multidisciplinary team helping
shape some of Burwood’s most exciting projects across placemaking, economic
development, strategic partnerships and investment, public domain planning,
landscape architecture, precinct transformation, the night-time economy and
more.

The City Economy Lead will:-

• Connect – Be Council’s key link
  with the local business community, building trusted relationships,
  understanding business needs and bringing people along on the journey.
• Deliver – Turn ideas and
  business feedback into practical programs, activations, partnerships,
  grants and initiatives that create real outcomes.
• Integrate – Connect businesses to
  opportunities across Council, from placemaking and events to culture,
  precinct improvements and the night-time economy.
• Shape – Lead and contribute
  to major city economy initiatives, including Burwood’s Special
  Entertainment Precinct and Purple Flag program.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Relevant tertiary
  qualifications in economic development, urban planning, marketing, place
  management, business or a related discipline.
• A proven ability to
  build strong relationships with businesses and stakeholders, with the
  confidence to be visible in the business community, start conversations,
  understand needs and build support for new initiatives.
• Proven experience
  delivering economic development, business engagement, placemaking or
  place-based initiatives, with the ability to turn ideas and feedback into
  practical programs, pilots, activations and partnerships.
• The ability to connect
  businesses with opportunities across Council and work collaboratively with
  internal teams to integrate the business community into projects, events,
  activations and other city initiatives.
• Experience delivering or
  contributing to city economy or night-time economy initiatives, with the
  ability to lead key programs including Burwood’s Special Entertainment
  Precinct and Purple Flag accreditation.
• Strong research and
  analytical skills, with experience using data, audits and stakeholder
  feedback to understand precinct performance and translate insights into
  practical recommendations.
• Strong stakeholder
  engagement and partnership-building skills, with confidence working across
  business, government, industry, community organisations and internal
  teams.
• Experience identifying
  and pursuing grants, external funding and partnership opportunities that
  support economic development outcomes.
• The ability to translate
  strategy and policy into practical outcomes, manage competing priorities
  and deliver projects in a collaborative, fast-moving environment.
• Must hold a current NSW
  Class C Drivers Licence and be willing to undertake a National Police
  check

About us:

Recently named Australia’s Coolest Neighbourhood by Time
Out, Burwood is a place on the move.

A diverse, creative and globally connected community,
Burwood is known for its vibrant streets, distinctive public spaces, bold
public art, and one of Sydney’s most exciting food scenes. From cultural
festivals and laneway activations to major streetscape transformations, the
city is constantly evolving.

Behind it all is a Council that believes its people are the
driving force of that momentum. Our team is central to delivering the ambitious
vision set out in the Burwood Community Strategic Plan 2036, shaping how the
city grows, how it is experienced, and how it is seen by the world.

• Health & Wellbeing
  initiatives (i.e. flu vaccinations, skin checks)
• Access to Fitness
  Passport membership
• Access to Employee
  Assistance Program (EAP)
• Access to flexible
  working arrangements, including work from home and flexi-time

Enquiries:

Further information regarding this role can be found in the
Position Description or please contact Holden Frisoli – Manager, Place and
Strategic Partnerships on 02 9911 9*** or **************@burwood.nsw.gov.au.

If you need assistance with your application, any
adjustments to be made to the recruitment process or if you would like to
discuss any accessibility requirements, please contact Lauren Allcott, People
& Culture Advisor on 02 9911 9***.

Applications close on Sunday, 15 November 2026, year at
11.59pm.

At Burwood Council we celebrate diversity, valueinclusion and welcome applicants from all backgrounds, experiences andperspectives. We are committed to creating an environment where every member ofour team feels respected, supported and inspired to contribute their uniqueskills and talents for a better Burwood.In serving our community, we are also proud to be achild safe organisation.