Planning Assistant – Statutory Planning

Careers at Council; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 75,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work from home

Leave benefits

Training & development

Health & wellbeing programs

Competitive remuneration

Job summary

City of Canada Bay Council is offering a student town planning role in a dynamic statutory planning team. You will review planning applications for completeness via the NSW Planning Portal and provide admin support to the team, helping to streamline processing times while maintaining quality outcomes.

The role emphasizes attention to detail, customer service, and the ability to work in a diverse team. Hybrid work options and ongoing development are available.

Qualifications

• Pursuing or enrolled in town planning or a similar degree.
• Strong organisational and customer service skills.
• Experience working in a diverse administrative team.
• Confident engaging with the public and tactful.

Responsibilities

• Review planning applications for completeness via NSW Planning Portal.
• Provide administrative support to the Statutory Planning Team.
• Help improve team procedures to reduce processing times.
• Monitor and update development information on Council website.
• Use Council systems to track applications and data.

Skills

Town planning

Organisational skills

Customer service

Team environment

Public interaction

Education

Town planning degree (or similar)

Job description

• Participation in Council's 9-day fortnight scheme

The City of Canada Bay is a thriving, vibrant community, surrounded by the beautiful bays of Sydney Harbour. The area is also known for its parklands, cycle paths and walkways. City of Canada Bay Council’s values underpin how we operate:

We act with integrity| We empower our people| We are respectful| We work together| We innovate.

About the role

Are you currently enrolled in a town planning degree course or a degree course in a similar discipline and able to take on full-time work in conjunction with your studies? Or do you have a keen interest in development and planning related issues and would like to pursue a career in planning? Would you like to work alongside a team of energetic and enthusiastic statutory planners? If the answer is yes, then keep on reading as we have the job for you!

Working as part of our statutory planning team, your responsibilities are varied in this strong customer focused role. Using your excellent attention to detail, you will check and review all planning applications as they are lodged via the NSW Planning Portal for completeness and accuracy and provide administrative assistance to the Statutory Planning Team in relation to the monitoring and processing of development and other applications. You will also assist the Manager and the Coordinators in developing efficiencies and improvements to the team’s procedures with the aim of reducing processing times whilst maintaining quality assessment outcomes.

Your role also includes monitoring and updating development assessment related information on Council’s web page and using Council’s computer systems for the tracking of applications and to achieve process improvements.

About the Person

To be successful in this role you will have:

• A commitment to town planning as a career path
• Strong organisational and customer services skills
• Experience in working in a diverse team in an administrative/organisational capacity
• Confidence in dealing with the public and a tactful approach.

What’s on offer

We are offering a remuneration between $74,785-$86,003 per annum plus Super.

The City of Canada Bay also offers excellent employee benefits which include:

• A range of flexible work arrangements including hybrid work from home arrangements
• A supportive, energetic, and passionate team
• Significant leave benefits
• Continuous training, support, and leadership development
• Health and Wellbeing programs (Yoga classes, Fitness Passport, Flu vaccinations, Skin Cancer Checks)
• And much, much more!

Want to know more?

Further information regarding the requirements of this role can be found in the attached Position Description, alternatively for a confidential discussion please contact Stuart Ardlie, Coordinator, Statutory Planning at 02 9911 6*** or via email at *************@canadabay.nsw.gov.au

The City of Canada Bay Council is a Child Safe Organisation that recognises and advocates for the rights of Children and Young People and are committed to a Safe Workplace.

The City of Canada Bay Council is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer committed to maintaining, growing and supporting a diverse, respectful, collaborative & inclusive workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from diverse community groups and ages including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, LGBTIQA+, people with disabilities, and other diversity groups.

Formal offers of employment are subject to standard Council pre-employment checks including medical and other background checks.