Urban Planner - Melbourne, Australia - Development Victoria

Development Victoria

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Melbourne, Australia

2 weeks ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

Location:
Melbourne | CBD

Job type:
Full time

Organisation:
Development Victoria

Salary:
Salary not specified

Occupation:
Construction

Reference: 595

About Us
At Development Victoria, we create places for people.

We reimagine iconic places to transform them for future generations, unlock public land to develop connected and sustainable precincts, and build affordable and diverse homes where they're needed.

We're a government agency delivering places that make a genuine difference to the people of Victoria, and we partner with government, industry, and community to make it all happen.

Our unique and rewarding career opportunities are enhanced by our diverse range of projects that really matter to people and to the future of our state - making every workday worthwhile.

We are proud to support a culture where our people thrive because of the diversity that they bring - this is recognised as key to the success of our organisation.

We respect and value individual talents and contributions and harness those strengths to achieve results we can all be proud of.

About the Role
This is a key role within our Advisory team designed to support our growing planning expertise and capability.

The role will support high quality planning outcomes across Development Victoria's current portfolio of urban renewal projects as well as prospective new projects, through the provision of statutory, strategic and development planning input, advice, and review.

About You

Experience shaping, framing and scope projects through our frontend development advice to set up for project success.
Ability to provide frank, fearless and insightful advice to stakeholders and clients across the full range of DV projects.
Be a collaborator that provides focused advice and services that contribute to the delivery of enhanced project outcomes and seek to maximise value creation opportunities.
Demonstrate strong strategic thinking that supports DV in the development of best practice outcomes.
Be a valued advisor with a strong and wellestablished network across DV and government.
Have a welldeveloped understanding of how government works and can "join the dots" between government, DV and industry.
Help other parts of Development Victoria translate policy objectives into deliverable solutions.
Assist in the preparation of strategic plans and appropriate statutory planning controls and guidelines which implement effective built form and public realm outcomes.
Experience maintaining an awareness of risks relevant to their area of responsibility and implement effective risk management practices.

Key Skills and Experience

Minimum of a Bachelor degree (or equivalent) in urban planning
Good knowledge and/or experience of working within the Victorian Planning system.
Demonstrated experience in planning due diligence activities.
Ability to understand and unpack planning controls and strategic plans, including planning scheme amendments.
Experience working in the public or private sector providing expert advice, evaluation, and assessments of planning and urban design issues.
Experience working in a complex multidisciplinary team to deliver large urban scale development projects
Provide planning input and advice in relation to due diligence undertaken for potential new projects,
Provide strategic and statutory planning advice to support the Civic Projects, Precincts, Property and Commonwealth Games groups.

Desired Skills and Experience:

Our Culture

At Development Victoria we provide unique and rewarding career opportunities, enhanced by our diverse range of projects that really matter to people and to the future of our state - making every workday worthwhile.

We actively encourage sharing of knowledge and best practice across our teams.

We respect and value every individual's talents and contribution and harness these strengths to collectively achieve the kind of results we can all be proud of.

Development Victoria is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to making employment related decisions without bias or discrimination.