About Inner West Council

Inner West Council (IWC) is among Sydney’s larger local metropolitan local government councils looking after a community of 201,000 people living in some of the inner city’s most vibrant, creative, liveable, and diverse suburbs. As we continue to deliver quality, creative, and inclusive programs and services, we invite you to join in on our journey towards becoming the best council for our community.

The community is at the heart of IWC, and our values of Integrity, Respect, Innovation, Compassion and Collaboration are at the centre of everything that we do.

We offer flexible career life balance with hours that allow you to relax and recharge. We offer a variety of flexible work arrangement options (e.g. flexible hours and working from home) where appropriate giving you even greater quality of work life balance.

Permanent employees benefit from our great value gym membership from $18.65/week giving access to a vast network of gyms in Sydney.

Join Inner West Council as a Heritage Specialist and play a key role in shaping the future of heritage conservation across one of Sydney's most vibrant and culturally significant communities. Working within the Development Assessment team, you'll provide expert heritage advice on a broad range of development applications, pre-lodgement proposals and heritage matters, helping to balance growth with the protection and enhancement of the Inner West's unique character and built heritage.

Reporting to the Team Leader Heritage & Urban Design, you'll collaborate closely with planners, architects, applicants, consultants and community stakeholders to deliver high-quality heritage outcomes. This is an exciting opportunity for a heritage professional with strong statutory planning and development assessment experience to contribute to policy development, complex heritage assessments and strategic projects while acting as a trusted advisor across Council.

You'll bring specialist knowledge of heritage legislation,



conservation principles and development assessment processes, along with excellent stakeholder engagement skills and a passion for preserving and enhancing the Inner West's rich heritage assets. The role also offers opportunities to contribute to planning controls, represent Council on heritage matters and provide expert input on significant development outcomes.

Please read the to familiarise yourself with all the requirements and conditions of the role.

*Please note this role is temporary full-time up to July 2027

$124,670.52 - $146,382.60 + 12% Superannuation + Access to Car Allowance

Some of the required skills, experience and qualifications

- Tertiary qualifications in Architecture, Urban & Regional Planning, Heritage Conservation or equivalent related discipline;
- Extensive experience and knowledge in heritage related matters in the development assessment field;
- A working knowledge of Heritage Act 1977 and related legislation and also The Burra Charter and concepts as they relate to development assessment;
- Demonstrated ability to work within a team and commitment to its functions to achieve outcomes that address current challenges for the IWC and its commitments to the community;
- High level analytical and problem solving skills with the capacity to inspire or support innovative thinking and continuous improvement; and

Enquiries

Sinclair Croft, A/ Team Leader Heritage & Urban Design on 02 9392 5295

Closing Date

Sunday 7 November 2026, 11:30PM

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Council is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all applicants. Please advise us within the application if you need support, reasonable adjustments to participate successfully in the recruitment process.

Eligibility for employment/Pre employment Checks

Successful applicants must be eligible to work in Australia and agree to provide information for pre-employment checks as required for the position. This may include police records checks, certified copies of relevant qualifications, Driver’s Licence and proof of work rights in Australia (please refer to the Position Description for the specific qualifications/requirements for the role). Copies of any sighted documents will be kept by IWC for its records as proof of verification.

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Inner West Council is proud to be an inclusive and equitable employer

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences and are committed to reflecting the diversity of our community. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, LGBTQ+ people, veterans, young people, and mature age workers.

This commitment to diversity and inclusion is one of the many reasons we were named the 2023 AR Bluett Award Winner as the most progressive council in NSW. We’re also proud recipients of the 2023 Australian Business Awards Employer of Choice and the 2025 NSW Local Government Excellence Award for Organisational Diversity and Inclusion.

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