City Economy Lead

Council Jobs; Burwood; Hybrid; AUD 110.000 - 131.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Health & Wellbeing

Fitness Passport

Employee Assistance Program

Flexible work arrangements

Zusammenfassung

Burwood Council is recruiting for a City Economy Lead to place Burwood’s business community and economy at the heart of the city’s transformation. You will build relationships with local businesses, identify opportunities and connect ideas across Council to drive activations, partnerships and grants.

You’ll lead city economy initiatives across placemaking, investment, partnerships, and the night-time economy, working with a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifikationen

• Qualifications in economic development, urban planning, marketing, placemanagement, or related discipline.
• Proven ability to build relationships with businesses and stakeholders.
• Experience delivering economic development, business engagement, placemaking or place-based initiatives.
• Ability to connect businesses to opportunities across Council and work with internal teams.
• Experience delivering city economy or night-time economy initiatives, with Purple Flag accreditation.
• Strong research, analytical and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience identifying and pursuing grants and external funding.
• Ability to translate strategy into practical outcomes and manage competing priorities.
• Must hold a NSW Class C Driver's Licence and be willing to undergo a National Police check.

Aufgaben

• Connect with local business community and build trusted relationships.
• Deliver practical programs, activations, partnerships, grants and initiatives.
• Integrate businesses with opportunities across Council—from placemaking to events and precinct improvements.
• Shape major city economy initiatives, including Burwood’s Special Entertainment Precinct and Purple Flag.

Kenntnisse

Economic development

Urban planning

Marketing

Placemaking

Business development

Relationship building

Stakeholder engagement

Grant acquisition

Ausbildung

Relevant tertiary qualification

Jobbeschreibung

• 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 toturn 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 turningopportunities into action. As part of building this new team, we’re recruitingto 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 andeconomy at the heart of the City’s transformation.

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

You’ll help turn conversations into action, whether thatmeans 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 helpingshape some of Burwood’s most exciting projects across placemaking, economicdevelopment, strategic partnerships and investment, public domain planning,landscape architecture, precinct transformation, the night-time economy andmore.

The City Economy Lead will:-

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

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Relevant tertiaryqualifications in economic development, urban planning, marketing, placemanagement, business or a related discipline.
• A proven ability tobuild strong relationships with businesses and stakeholders, with theconfidence to be visible in the business community, start conversations,understand needs and build support for new initiatives.
• Proven experiencedelivering economic development, business engagement, placemaking orplace-based initiatives, with the ability to turn ideas and feedback intopractical programs, pilots, activations and partnerships.
• The ability to connectbusinesses with opportunities across Council and work collaboratively withinternal teams to integrate the business community into projects, events,activations and other city initiatives.
• Experience delivering orcontributing to city economy or night-time economy initiatives, with theability to lead key programs including Burwood’s Special EntertainmentPrecinct and Purple Flag accreditation.
• Strong research andanalytical skills, with experience using data, audits and stakeholderfeedback to understand precinct performance and translate insights intopractical recommendations.
• Strong stakeholderengagement and partnership-building skills, with confidence working acrossbusiness, government, industry, community organisations and internalteams.
• Experience identifyingand pursuing grants, external funding and partnership opportunities thatsupport economic development outcomes.
• The ability to translatestrategy and policy into practical outcomes, manage competing prioritiesand deliver projects in a collaborative, fast-moving environment.
• Must hold a current NSWClass C Drivers Licence and be willing to undertake a National Policecheck

About us:

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

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

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

• Health & Wellbeinginitiatives (i.e. flu vaccinations, skin checks)
• Access to FitnessPassport membership
• Access to EmployeeAssistance Program (EAP)
• Access to flexibleworking arrangements, including work from home and flexi-time

Enquiries:

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

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

Applications close on Sunday, 18 October 2026, year at 11.59pm.

At Burwood Council we celebrate diversity, value inclusion 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.