Senior Town Planner

Tract Consultants; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development

Mentoring

Parental leave

Scholarships

Income protection

Employee assistance

Wellbeing program

Job summary

Tract Consultants is seeking a Senior Town Planner to join our Victorian team. The role combines statutory and strategic planning with exposure to diverse sector projects across Victoria.

The successful candidate will have a tertiary qualification in town planning and 3–5 years' post-graduate experience within the Victorian planning system, along with strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Qualifications

• A tertiary qualification in town planning is required.
• Strong understanding of the Planning and Environment Act and Victoria Planning Provisions.
• 3–5 years postgraduate experience in the Victorian planning system.
• Experience in statutory and/or strategic planning projects with stakeholders.
• Understanding reforms recently introduced into the Planning Scheme.
• Enthusiastic, proactive and commercial attitude.
• Ability to build rapport with clients and stakeholders.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Genuine passion for planning.

Responsibilities

• Work on statutory and strategic planning projects across sectors.
• Highlight key project experience and sector experience in submissions.
• Collaborate with clients and stakeholders to deliver outcomes.

Skills

Planning knowledge

Stakeholder engagement

Client relationships

Oral and written communication

Commercial mindset

Team collaboration

Sector experience variety

Education

Tertiary qualification in town planning

Job description

The Role

Tract is seeking a capable Senior Town Planner to join our Victorian team. This is both a statutory and strategic planning role and the successful applicant will be exposed to projects across a range of sectors. Your submission should highlight your key project experience and describe the sectors where you have the most experience.

A successful applicant will have:

• An appropriate tertiary qualification in town planning
• A solid understanding of the Planning and Environment Act, Victoria Planning Provisions and associated policies
• 3-5 years post graduate experience in the Victorian planning system.
• Demonstrated capabilities in statutory and/or strategic planning projects of various complexities and dealing with a variety of stakeholders
• An understanding of the range of reforms that have been recently introduced into the Planning Scheme.
• An enthusiastic, proactive and commercial attitude
• The ability to build rapport with clients and stakeholders
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• A genuine passion for planning.

Working at Tract

Be part of a design-focused firm with a national presence, working alongside our wonderful urban design and landscape architecture teams, all the while with a people-oriented environment, backed by supportive teammates.

It’s all about diversity. We support our staff by offering the flexibility to partly work from home, in the office and on a part-time arrangement. In this role you will gain exposure to a mix of high-profile projects and a range of sectors across Victoria, including:

• infill and mixed use
• masterplans and development plans
• new communities
• renewable energy
• industrial and commercial
• tourism
• strategic planning project work with state and local government
• a multitude of other opportunities.

Tract also offers a wide range of benefits to staff including:

• Professional development - opportunities to attend conferences / seminars / courses, and working with in-house, design-based disciplines
• Mentoring - work alongside and learn directly from well-known leaders in the industry
• Paid parental leave, scholarships, income protection insurance, employee assistance program
• Free access to a health and wellbeing program comprising general practitioners, psychologists, dietitians and health coaches.

Conveniently situated opposite Flinders Street Station in Southbank, our contemporary office has an open plan arrangement, sweeping city and river views and state-of-the-art end of trip facilities for those wanting to ride, run or walk to work.

At Tract, we believe in celebrating and advocating for diversity within our team. We are committed to a culture that is inclusive, respectful and reflects the strengths of diverse thoughts, ideas and experience. We encourage applications from Indigenous Australians, people of all sexual orientations and gender identities, people with disability, people from all cultures, backgrounds, and life experiences.

For more information about Tract visit www.tract.com.au