Unit Manager Strategic Planning - Coburg, Australia - Merri-bek City Council

Merri-bek City Council

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Coburg, Australia

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Key Leadership role:

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Full time permanent role (based on 38 hours per week):

SEO position with an attractive remuneration package:

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Ability to transfer or take LSL (Long Service Leave) within Local Government

About Merri-bek City Council:

Merri-bek City Council is a progressive council of 175,000 residents: one community, proudly diverse.

Our council area sits within the banks of the Merri Creek and the Moonee Ponds Creek, and includes Brunswick, Coburg, Fawkner, Glenroy, Gowanbrae, Hadfield, Oak Park and Pascoe Vale.

Our city is vibrant and energetic, known for its active community, cultural diversity, creative industries and the arts. Our long-term vision has ambitious goals for environmental sustainability, social justice, community wellbeing, and creating great places.

With the Civic Centre located in Coburg, 8 kilometres north of Melbourne's CBD, there are excellent public transport options and great food and cafés right at the doorstep.

Merri-bek Council strives to be a contemporary, innovative and collaborative organisation with a deep commitment to engaging and supporting the Merri-bek community.

Our organisational vision is to be one team, brave and diverse, making a difference.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and welcoming workplace. We offer flexible and hybrid work options and genuinely care about providing our staff work/life balance.

With the Civic Centre located in Coburg, 8 kilometres north of Melbourne's CBD, there are excellent public transport options and great food, cafés, parks and a cinema right at the doorstep.

Merri-bek is a great place to live, work and play.

About the role:

Council's strategic planning team sits withing the City Strategy and Economy Branch and facilitates sustainable land use and development outcomes across the city, delivering innovative and complex strategic planning projects and amendments.

The Unit Manager Strategic Planning is focused on forecasting Merri-bek's short, medium and long-term needs for planning policy and land use strategies and changes to the Merri-bek Planning Scheme, with an in depth understanding of the current and emerging challenges facing inner urban areas of metropolitan cities.

The Unit Manager Strategic Planning has a role in delivery of the Council Plan, is responsible for managing the Unit's budget and supervises 6 staff members directly.

As part of Council's leadership network, the role is key to driving a team culture that aligns with the organisation vision.

Skills and experience require to perform the role:

A relevant tertiary qualification and leadership experience in a public sector or commercial environment or substantial experience in a public sector or commercial environment at a senior level.
Experience operating within a complex political and social environment.
Experience in building intraorganisational relationships and relationships with external agencies.
A comprehensive understanding and demonstrated practice of current strategic / urban planning principles and practices including an excellent knowledge of procedures and relevant legislation / Practice Notes for processing Planning Scheme Amendments.
Experience in the drafting of best practice planning scheme provisions and advocacy submissions that are accurate, clear, concise and deliver intended sustainable land use and development outcomes.
Experience preparing, implementing and monitoring continuous improvement initiatives including developing and implementing new systems and procedures to ensure high level of performance / motivation from Unit staff and service delivery.

What the role can offer:

Extensive opportunities for training & career development
Salary sacrifice options
A real sense of worklife balance & flexible work options
Employersupported study assistance schemes
Wellness programs

Further support offered for our staff:

Up to 20 weeks primary & up to 5 weeks secondary parental leave
Purchase leave
Ceremonial leave
Gender affirmation leave
Family violence leave

For further information about this position please contact Narelle Jennings, Manager City Strategy and Economy on

Applications close: 11:30pm, Thursday, 23 May 2024.

How to apply:

Please note that some documents relating to this position may reference Moreland City Council. We are in the process of updating the councils new name of Merribek City Council.

Merri-bek is focused on diverse representation of the community we serve.

With this we value lived experience that could contribute to the shaping of this role and in turn will continue to provide representation and growth of safe and inclusive work culture.

Our Commitment:

In May 2021, Merri-bek Council adopted a revised Statement of Commitment to Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung People and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities of the municipality.

The statement recognises the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung