Team Leader Statutory Planning

Department of Transport; Bendigo; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A government transport agency seeks a Team Leader Statutory Planning in Bendigo to provide leadership and support to manage the planning team. The role requires overseeing work activities, ensuring efficient management of planning applications, and fostering a motivated team. Essential skills include strong people-management, stakeholder engagement, and critical thinking. A tertiary qualification in Statutory Planning or Traffic Engineering is mandatory. This full-time position focuses on delivering high-quality outcomes in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Strong people-management skills with effective feedback.
• Ability to develop team capability through coaching.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team to achieve successful outcomes.
• Ensure timely responses to planning application referrals.
• Represent the department at senior meetings.

Skills

People management

Stakeholder management

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Customer focus

Education

Tertiary qualification relevant to Statutory Planning and/or Traffic Engineering

Job description

Team Leader Statutory Planning

Work Type: Ongoing Full Time

Location: Northern Victoria (Bendigo)

Date Posted: 4 Dec

About The Role

This is an ongoing fulltime position based in Bendigo.

The Team Leader Statutory Planning will provide strong leadership, guidance, and support to effectively manage and develop the team, ensuring successful business outcomes.

The role involves overseeing work activities, monitoring team performance, and fostering a motivated and high-performing work environment.

It also includes reviewing and responding to planning applications referred to the department under the Planning & Environment Act, ensuring responses are timely, coordinated, and efficient.

Key Responsibilities

Effectively lead, manage, motivate and develop a team to achieve successful business outcomes.

Ensure the team responds to planning application referrals within the statutory timeframes.

Lead the planning and regulation of new uses and development of land to avoid detriment to, and where possible, enhance the service, safety and amenity of the transport network in the short and long terms in accordance with relevant statutory requirements.

Apply well-developed specialist skills to represent the Department at senior meetings and hearings including VCAT and Planning Panels Victoria.

Negotiate with and influence key stakeholders to achieve successful outcomes, particularly with developments that impact the transport network, and liaise regularly with councils and other relevant internal and external stakeholders.

Key Selection Criteria

To be successful in this role, you must demonstrate strong people‑management skills, clearly communicate role expectations, provide timely and constructive feedback, and understand individual needs to optimise engagement.

You must develop team capability through coaching, mentoring, and learning opportunities, recognising and fostering potential in others to build a high‑performing workforce.

You also need a strong customer focus, understanding client requirements and tailoring services to meet their needs while effectively managing risks to service delivery.

Your interpersonal skills should allow you to see situations from others' perspectives, understand stakeholder motivations, and adapt communication accordingly.

You are required to excel in stakeholder management, identify common issues across clients, build mutually beneficial partnerships, and respond to underlying needs using organisational context.

Critical thinking and problem‑solving are essential; you should consider the wider business context, evaluate options, and integrate solutions to prevent recurring issues.

You should deliver tangible business outcomes by assessing problems from multiple perspectives and implementing effective solutions, demonstrating the ability to innovate, collaborate, and lead teams to achieve high‑quality results in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications and Experience

Mandatory: Tertiary qualification relevant to Statutory Planning and/or Traffic Engineering, and/or extensive relevant experience.

Desirable: Experience relevant to the accountabilities and capabilities of the role; experience in managing planning applications in growth areas.

EEO Statement

We welcome applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds representing the community that we serve, including veterans, parents, carers, First Peoples, people with disability, multicultural, multifaith and LGBTIQA+ individuals.

As an equal-opportunity employer, we are committed to fostering a safe, inclusive, and high-performance culture.

How to Apply

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Applications close at pm on 11 January.

For further information, please contact Martin Ireland, Manager Statutory Planning via email.