City Planning Team Lead - Master Planning & Leadership

EBR Ever Better Recruitment; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

EBR Ever Better Recruitment is recruiting a City Planning Team Lead in Sydney, NSW, to drive statutory, master and precinct planning across diverse markets. You will lead a multidisciplinary team, mentor staff, and engage clients to shape development outcomes.

The role requires NSW planning experience, a bachelor’s degree, and a proven ability to deliver high-quality reports while managing risks and relationships with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience in NSW statutory and strategic planning.
• Bachelor's degree in an appropriate field.
• Ability to lead and motivate high performing teams.
• Strong communicator and natural collaborator.
• Current driver's licence.
• Experience navigating DA's, SSD's, or strategic planning at precinct or development scale is highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Leading a team of professionals, including mentoring, coaching and providing technical guidance
• Delivering private sector approvals with diversity of scale across a range of markets
• Engaging with clients to support master planning, precinct planning or regional planning outcomes
• Utilising a strong appreciation of the role infrastructure in land use planning
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary project teams
• Preparing reports to exceptional technical and editorial standards
• Managing commercial risks and opportunities
• Improving or building key client relationships

Skills

Team leadership

Mentoring

Client engagement

Strategic planning

Statutory planning

Communication

Collaboration

Report writing

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Job description

EBR Ever Better Recruitment is recruiting a City Planning Team Lead in Sydney, NSW, to drive statutory, master and precinct planning across diverse markets. You will lead a multidisciplinary team, mentor staff, and engage clients to shape development outcomes.

The role requires NSW planning experience, a bachelor’s degree, and a proven ability to deliver high-quality reports while managing risks and relationships with stakeholders.