Senior Development Compliance Officer

Newcastle City Council; Newcastle; On-site; AUD 101,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

35 hour week with flexible/hybrid work

4 weeks annual leave

12% Superannuation

Onsite health & wellbeing programs

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

City of Newcastle is seeking a Senior Development Compliance Officer for a 12-month fixed-term role starting January 2027 and ending December 2027. The position involves applying advanced compliance and development knowledge to ensure planning control is upheld and development is delivered responsibly, including training and mentoring of the team.

Based in Newcastle, you’ll work a 35-hour week with flexible/hybrid arrangements and contribute to CN’s customer-focused compliance processes.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of planning controls and building regulations.
• Experience delivering investigation and assessment services with evidence-based approaches.

Responsibilities

• Apply advanced compliance and development knowledge to deliver investigation and assessment services relating to planning and building regulations, including unauthorised development and non-compliance with approvals.
• Provide training, coaching and mentoring to enhance the team’s skills and promote compliant processes.
• Support management and the Development Compliance Team to ensure efficient, customer-focused service delivery.

Job description

Play a key role in shaping your community’s future 12 month fixed term opportunity starting Jan 2027 and ending Dec 2027 35 hour working week with multiple flexible working arrangements Here, your ideas and efforts directly shape the places where you and your community live, work, and play. Through your work, you’ll have a behind the scenes pass to Newcastle's evolution as you shape our future as a liveable, inclusive city. City of Newcastle is committed to delivering high-quality, sustainable development that meets the needs of our communities. Our Planning & Development team plays a crucial role in shaping the future of our LGA, and we are now seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Development Compliance Officer to help us ensure planning control is upheld, and development is delivered responsibly. As the Senior Development Compliance Officer, you will support both our Management and the Development Compliance Team by applying your advanced professional compliance and development knowledge and technical expertise to deliver evidence-based professional, objective, investigative and assessment services relating to planning and building regulations, including (but not limited to) unauthorised development and non-compliance with planning approvals. This role will provide training, coaching, and mentoring to enhance the team’s skills and capabilities and promote CN’s compliance processes as being customer-focused and best practices. Find out more about your new career by viewing the position description here .

Life at City of Newcastle (CN)

You’ll get to experience your work up close alongside the brilliant minds of your colleagues who care for one another and the region. You’ll chip away at ambitious plans with a talented, passionate crew alongside you, shaping the very fabric of our community. Showing up for neighbours not shareholders. Every single day offers the chance to think big and act local. Planning and prioritising to achieve the most important outcomes with the community. You’ll add value in the moments that matter. From librarians to lifeguards, in a range of iconic places, we achieve a better Newcastle together. Whether we’re planning to host major events, providing essential services or supporting creative artists, it’s what we do when the cameras aren't rolling that matters most. And we’ll be there for you in important times in your life. We embrace flexible work arrangements to find a balance that allows us to enjoy the city we shape. Our focus on inclusion and respecting culture, will help you feel a deeper connection with others. You'll connect with internal communities that will help you to feel a sense of belonging and reflect the diversity of the growing region. You’ll do meaningful work and do it sustainably as you take ideas from plan to play, in your own backyard. With hundreds of different roles, each person adds their uniqueness to our culture and plays their part as we head towards our 2040 vision. With natural assets and a focus on the environment, co-create a sustainable region with us.

Why join CN?

At CN, we value our employees, and their wellbeing takes priority. We encourage employees to make time for what's important and provide the benefits to enable a work life balance that allow us to enjoy the city we shape. To read more, visit here !

• 35 hour week with flexible/hybrid work arrangements/model
• 4 weeks of annual leave, 3 weeks of personal leave , plus 2 additional paid public holidays
• 17.5% annual leave loading yearly payment
• Paid parental leave for primary carers
• Industry leading employment conditions
• Corporate Fitness program from as little as $18.00 per fortnight
• Access to a range of exclusive CN employee benefits programs including Novated Lease options as well as access to reward and recognition vouchers
• Annual performance development plans and ongoing training and development opportunities
• Leading the CN Way leadership program
• Inclusion, Diversity & Equity (IDE) employee networks and initiatives
• Access to Health & Wellbeing programs including an Onsite Physiotherapist and Psychology, Yoga and Mental Health Ambassador Groups

We champion inclusion so that everyone is valued, and we encourage innovation and creativity. We are committed to creating a safe and inclusive workplace where different styles, backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, encouraged, and respected. People with diverse lived experiences (including but not limited to, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, people with diverse gender identities and sexualities, people from different cultural, racial, ethnic, religious and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability, carers, and veterans) are encouraged to apply.

Don’t just work for the city, co-create it. Join and expand your career at the City of Newcastle.

Application Closing Date: Tuesday 10 November 2026

Remuneration: $111,979.96 + 17.5% annual leave loading yearly payment + 12% Superannuation per annum for a 35 hour week

Contact: Jake Curley - Development Compliance Section Manager - 02 4974 5082

If you need any adjustments to be made to the recruitment process or if you would like to discuss any accessibility requirements, please contact [e-mail] for a confidential discussion.

You must have the right to live and work in Australia to apply for this job.

CN do not accept unsolicited resumes, and we respectfully ask that recruitment agencies do not contact us at this stage.