City Significant & Strategic Planning Manager

• Newly created leadership opportunity
• Hybrid working model and flexible work arrangements
• Play a key role in achieving CN's 2040 Newcastle Community Strategic Plan

With a focus and commitment to continually increasing our internal capability and in alignment with the Newcastle 2040 Community Strategic Plan, a newly created key leadership opportunity exists for a City Significant & Strategic Planning Manager to join our evolving Planning, Transport & Regulation (PTR) team.

Reporting directly to the Executive Manager Planning, Transport & Regulation, you will lead our City Significant and Strategic Planning team and play a key role in CN's PTR executive leadership team.

As the City Significant & Strategic Planning Manager, you will provide strategic leadership and advice, to ensure the delivery of effective strategic land use planning, precinct planning, heritage planning, design excellence, and the assessment of state, regional and city significant development applications. 

The City Significant and Strategic Planning team are responsible for several key deliverables including the development of policies and strategies for land use, heritage conservation and planning, local infrastructure contributions, urban design and design excellence, and precinct planning. In addition, the Unit ensures that state, regional and city significant development is consistent with relevant legislation and planning instruments.

As the Leader of the City Significant & Strategic Planning team, you will play a key role in the development transformation of the city and to ensure the planning and design of the built environment of the City is achieved as envisioned in CN's Community Strategic Plan Newcastle 2040 - City of Newcastle (nsw.gov.au)

What’s it like working at the City of Newcastle?

We are focused on making a real difference in our community and achieving our vision of creating a smart, liveable, and sustainable global city.  We are proud to deliver services valued by our community.  People come first at the City of Newcastle, which means providing employees with meaningful work and capacity for work life balance. As a large local organisation, CN offers opportunity to develop in your current role, grow into future opportunities and reach your full potential.  

Our organisation’s values are Cooperation, Respect, Excellence and Wellbeing which are underpinned by our behaviours of courage, trust, and pride. Together, our values and behaviours support our decision making, our day-to-day interactions and everything we do. 

We value diversity of thought, and we focus on equity in the workplace. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace culture where everyone feels respected, safe, and valued so they can be themselves and fully contribute their opinions and perspectives to the success of the organisation.

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What are the benefits?

• 35-hour working week with flexible work arrangements including a hybrid working model to ensure you can find the right balance between your personal and professional life!
• Flexible work arrangement options
• 4 weeks of annual leave
• 3 weeks of personal leave each year
• A 17.5% annual leave loading yearly payment  
• Paid parental leave for primary carers
• 2 additional paid Public Holidays
• Additional paid leave days including Health & Wellbeing, NAIDOC, and Community Volunteer leave
• Access to a range of exclusive CN employee benefits programs including Novated Lease options as well as access to reward and recognition vouchers
• Annual performance development plans and ongoing training and development opportunities to ensure you continue to evolve and grow your career ambitions
• Corporate fitness program from as little as $4.30 per week that will give you and your immediate family members access to a wide range of fitness and aquatic centres

Interested to know more?

Find out more about your new career here.

Our people are valued and have access to a range of benefits that help balance life at work and at home. These include flexible working arrangements, professional development opportunities and health and wellbeing programs.

CN proudly promotes the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and fosters a culture of diversity and inclusion to represent the community of our Local Government Area. All candidates will be assessed against the essential criteria outlined in the position description. Suitable candidates may be placed on an eligibility list for future identical positions for a period of 12 months.

We are committed to creating a safe and inclusive workplace where diverse styles, backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, encouraged, and respected. People from diverse backgrounds (including but not limited to, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, people with diverse gender identities and sexualities, people from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability, and veterans) are encouraged to apply!

If you need any adjustments to be made to the recruitment process or if you would like to discuss any accessibility requirements, please contact recruit@ncc.nsw.gov.au for a confidential discussion.

You must have the right to live and work in Australia to apply for this job.

If you are short-listed, the next stage of the recruitment process will call for you to present a 100-day plan to our Planning & Environment Executive Management team.

Application Closing Date: Sunday 19 March 2023.

Remuneration: $151,637.91 + 10.5% Superannuation per annum for a 35-hour week.

Contact: Sherelle Charge - Acting Executive Manager Planning, Transport & Regulation - 02 4974 2874.

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