- Exciting major development focus and public facing role
- Hybrid and flexible working conditions including a RDO every three weeks
- Annual Salary ranging from $112,947.75 to $146,832.08 plus superannuation

About Us

City of Ryde, just 12 kilometres from Sydney CBD, is a place of unique lifestyle and opportunity. It is home to an engaged and culturally diverse community of around 130,000 people, and a strong and growing Smart City economy including more than 13,000 local businesses, Macquarie Park, world-class hospitals, and a leading university. All balanced with beautiful bushland, riverfront parks, open spaces, and sport facilities.

Our council delivers a broad range of services, projects, programs, and events. We are actively committed to innovation, sustainability, resilience and providing exceptional customer experiences, and this relies on attracting and keeping excellent people. We offer a range of benefits, including flexible work arrangements, health and wellbeing programs, a learning and development program including study support, and a reward and recognition program.

About the Role

Join a high-performing team at the forefront of development in the City of Ryde. This role offers the opportunity to work on a diverse range of planning matters, from local developments through to major State Significant Development projects, while providing expert planning advice to the community, industry professionals and key stakeholders.

Development Advisory and Insights is an integral part of Council's core planning function, providing high-quality planning and development advice together with frontline customer service to both internal and external stakeholders. The Service also delivers a range of specialised functions that make it a unique and highly regarded area of Council.



These functions include management of Council's ePlanning portals, review and lodgement of development and subdivision applications, delivery of formal paid pre-lodgement review services, coordination of Council responses to State Significant Developments (SSD), administration of the Urban Design Review Panel (UDRP), management of the Duty Town Planner enquiry service, and provision of expert advice to internal and external stakeholders.

City of Ryde continues to experience significant growth and investment, with major residential, commercial, health, education and infrastructure projects shaping our future. This role offers exposure to complex and high-profile planning matters that provide excellent professional development and career progression opportunities.

About You

Your blend of strong technical and excellent customer service skills will enable you to work collaboratively with a wide range of community clients and industry professionals. If you enjoy being part of a front of house development advisory service and have experience preparing and/or assessing local development applications and/or State Significant Development applications, this could be your next exciting career move.

Key requirements

- Degree level qualifications in town planning or equivalent
- Demonstrated experience assessing complex development applications and planning proposals.




- Experience preparing submissions and providing advice on major development projects, including State Significant Developments (desirable).
- Ability to interpret and apply NSW planning legislation and policy frameworks.
- Extensive knowledge in the areas of urban planning and development assessment, either in local Development Applications or State Significant Development proposals.
- Sound knowledge of Environmental Planning and Assessment Act and planning systems and Land & Environment Court Appeals process.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and able to converse confidently and professionally with a range of clients including members of the public
- Excellent organisation and time management skills with an ability to undertake a range of tasks and prioritise to meet tight deadlines

Your commencing annual salary will range from $112,947.75 to $146,832.08 + Superannuation dependent on your experience and qualifications.

- Commitment to providing opportunities for work/life balance
- Hybrid work from home and office arrangements available for eligible positions
- Flexibility regarding start and finish times to suit your lifestyle
- Work 37.5 hours and enjoy a rostered day off approx. every 3 weeks
- Long service leave after 5 years, then accrued monthly
- 18 weeks paid parental leave (for eligible employees)
- 3 extra grant days at Christmas to ensure you have time to enjoy the holiday
- Annual performance reviews and Award increases
- Opportunity to sign up as a fitness passport member
- Various health & well-being initiatives (i.e. flu vaccinations, etc.)

Closing Date: 30 October 2026 at 11:30pm

City of Ryde is committed to Equal Employment and Child Safety

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