Urban Designer

Council Jobs; Geelong; Presencial; AUD 89.000 - 108.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

City of Greater Geelong is seeking an urban design professional to collaborate across the organisation, delivering growth area and infill projects, precinct structure plans and design frameworks that shape our future communities. The role offers a fixed term full-time position (12 months) and permanent ongoing, with a Band 6 classification at $98,633.63 per annum plus super.

Applicants should have tertiary qualifications in urban design, landscape architecture or architecture and several years'

Formación

• Tertiary qualifications in urban design, landscape architecture or architecture.
• Several years of professional urban design experience.
• Ability to critique development proposals and contribute to planning frameworks.

Responsabilidades

• Provide urban design expertise for strategic planning and design projects.
• Develop precinct structure plans and urban design frameworks.
• Prepare strategies, guidelines, policies and initiatives for infill and growth areas.
• Communicate visuals to enable stakeholders to imagine future opportunities for a place or precinct.
• Contribute to cross-disciplinary project teams within the organisation and with external bodies.
• Produce well-crafted briefings, reports and presentations in various formats.
• Undertake evidence-based research and analysis contributing to urban systems knowledge.
• Undertake community consultation and stakeholder engagement.

Conocimientos

Urban design

Communication skills

Project coordination

Educación

Bachelor's degree in urban design/architecture/landscape architecture

Herramientas

ArcGIS

AutoCAD

Adobe Creative Suite

SketchUp

Descripción del empleo

Job no: 500854
Work type: Fixed Term Full Time
Classification: Band 6 - $98,633.63 pa plus super
Categories: Urban Design, Planning & Growth

About the role

In this role, you’ll collaborate across the organisation to provide strategic and creative urban design expertise, helping deliver growth area and infill projects, precinct structure plans and urban design frameworks that shape the City of Greater Geelong’s future communities.

Work type: Fixed term full time (12 months) and Permanent, Ongoing
Classification: Band 6 at $98,633.63 pa plus super

Key responsibilities include:

Provide urban design expertise for strategic planning and design projects, precinct structure plans, urban design frameworks and development applications, ensuring high-quality design outcomes are achieved across all scales.

Research, develop and prepare strategies, guidelines, policies and initiatives to support the delivery of premium high-quality urban design outcomes in infill and growth areas.

Provide visually compelling communication to enable diverse audiences to imagine and realise the future opportunities for a place, neighbourhood, or a precinct.

Contribute to project teams which include colleagues from the department and a range of disciplines from across the organisation and from external organisations and agencies.

Produce well-crafted written, visual and verbal briefings, reports and presentations in online, digital and hard copy formats.

Undertake evidence-based research and analysis that contributes to Council’s understanding of the city’s urban systems and development.

Undertake community consultation and stakeholder engagement in the development of the projects.

Provide support and assistance to project managers in the department, as required, to support the delivery of their project objectives.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have relevant tertiary qualifications in urban design, landscape architecture or architecture and several years’ professional experience in urban design.

Demonstrated experience working as an Urban Designer on a range of projects.

A solid understanding of planning and urban design principles and technical proficiency to apply these principles in practice, including the ability to constructively critique development application proposals and the ability to input into the development of planning and design frameworks.

Some experience in project management, leading the development and implementation of urban design proposals, plans and policy.

Ability to work within prescribed timelines to deliver agreed outcomes, with limited supervision, and the ability to balance both proactive and reactive workload.

Strong communication and interpersonal skills to work with internal and external stakeholders

High level competency in urban and graphic design software (e.g. ArcGIS, AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite and SketchUp) and ability to communicate clear narratives through compelling visuals.

Preferred candidates will be required to undergo a National Police Check as part of the recruitment process (funded by the City).

Child Safety Responsibilities

We are committed to being a child-safe organisation and have zero-tolerance for child abuse. We have specific policies, procedures, and mandatory training in place to support employees, volunteers, and contractors to achieve and adhere to these commitments. Please read ourChild Safe Standards Management Policy.

Diversity and Inclusion

At the City we want a workforce that reflects the community we live in. We welcome and embrace everyone, all people with their own unique experiences, and support and encourage all our employees to do their best work, have equal access to opportunities and a just working environment. For this reason, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from First Nations people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, from the LGBTQIA+ community, people with disability and people of all genders, ages and diverse experience.

We are the City

From parks to offices, childcare centres to works depots, leisure facilities to the Wool Museum and waterfront, our team plays a vital role in shaping our vibrant and growing community. Our community counts on us to get the essentials right while looking for ways to go beyond. By listening, collaborating, and focusing on sustainability, we strive to do the basics brilliantly and create a lasting impact. If you’re ready to be part of something bigger, join us in shaping the future of Geelong.

We support accessibility and encourage discussions about any adjustments or support you may need during the recruitment process.

We collect demographic data to help us learn who our advertisements are reaching and how we can reach an even more diverse audience. We are committed to building a more diverse team. Your responses to our demographic questions are strictly confidential and will not be individually shared.