Job Description

Play a key role in shaping sustainable community outcomes by assessing development applications, ensuring compliance with planning approvals, and providing effective responses to planning and regulatory matters.

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Play a key role in shaping sustainable community outcomes by assessing development applications, ensuring compliance with planning approvals, and providing effective responses to planning and regulatory matters.

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About the role:

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- Assess and coordinate development applications from lodgement through to recommendation for approval or refusal, ensuring compliance with relevant planning legislation, policies and environmental planning instruments.
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- Conduct site inspections, prepare reports and monitor compliance with development consent conditions to support responsible and sustainable development outcomes.
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- Provide professional advice and respond to planning enquiries from residents, developers, consultants, government agencies and other stakeholders.
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- Investigate and resolve planning and regulatory complaints, undertaking appropriate follow-up actions and enforcement activities where required.
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- Prepare high-quality reports, correspondence and briefings for management, Council, committees and external stakeholders, including representing Council in legal and regulatory matters when required.
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What's on offer:

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- a permanent full time position
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- a base salary ranging from $87,689 per annum with competency-based increments up to $103,869 per annum, plus 12% super
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- 70 hour, 9 day fortnight
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- training and development opportunities
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- flexible work options for a healthy work/life balance
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- generous employment conditions
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We are seeking:

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- Degree-qualified in Town Planning (or nearing completion), with a genuine interest in shaping sustainable and well-planned communities.
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- Demonstrated experience or understanding of processing development applications within a local government or planning environment.
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- Sound knowledge of planning legislation, regulations and environmental planning instruments, with the ability to apply them effectively.
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- Well-developed written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to prepare reports and build positive relationships with a broad range of stakeholders.
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- Eligibility for membership with the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) and a commitment to professional development.
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About us:

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- Located on the picturesque far North Coast of NSW, bordering the Gold Coast.
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- The Tweed is a vibrant, diverse location offering a lifestyle near the water, in a rainforest or on a farm.
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- Tweed Shire Council is committed to employment equity and diversity and encourages applications from people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds in both traditional and non-traditional roles. We provide workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options.
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- Join anemployer of choice. Professionals Australia (Local Government Engineers' Association) has named Council the 2021 and 2025 Employer of Choice for our outstanding employment practices within NSW local government.
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Where it's located:

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This position is based in Murwillumbah and can be directed to work from any Council work site.

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Position closes:

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Friday 25 September 2026 at12 noon sharp(NSW time). Late applications will not be permitted.

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Pre-Employment Screening:

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- Pre-employment medical – some roles require a functional (physical) assessment, and all positions are subject to drug and alcohol screening (a positive test result means the recruitment process ends and your application willnotbe considered).
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- Background screening - verifies that the information you have provided throughout the recruitment process is true and correct.
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Reference Checks are undertaken by the panel. Your 2 referees should ideally be your current and most recent supervisors. Your referees are not contacted unless you've been interviewed and are a preferred candidate.

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Thinking of relocating? Eligible applicants can access theWelcome Experience, a free NSW Government service designed to support workers and their families as they move to regional NSW.

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