Urban Forest and City Greening Planner

Brimbank City Council is seeking a Full-Time Urban Forest and City Greening Planner to enhance urban greening and protect significant trees. The role involves strategy development, stakeholder engagement, and collaboration with the Tree Services team. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and experience, along with strong interpersonal skills. Benefits include flexible work options, a monthly rostered day off, and professional development opportunities. The position is based in Sunshine, VIC, Australia.
Exciting opportunity to join one of Melbourne's largest municipalities.

Located in the centre of Melbourne's growing west, Brimbank City Council is a local government that is welcoming, diverse and proud - just like the community we serve.

Being community first underpins everything we do. We work and advocate for our community, being innovative, future-focused and responsive and apply these same principles to the way we work with each other every day.

Every person working for Brimbank City Council shares our aspiration to make our City the best it can be!

We are currently seeking a Full Time Permanent staff member to join our team based at our offices in Sunshine.

The role

Are you a self-motivated, value oriented individual who thrives to build a healthy communities and resilient environment?

Reporting to the Public Space Coordinator, we are seeking a committed and skilled individual who can bring their skills and experience for:
• Developing and implementing strategies that enhance urban forest and city greening.
• Establishing and managing systems and processes to protect the City's privately owned Significant Trees.
• Providing advice to stakeholders on the protection of trees, and how to achieve Council's goals to expand canopy cover and green infrastructure.
• Work closely with the Tree Services team to plan and prioritise future tree planning initiaitves.
• Presenting council in external working groups such as Greening the West.

To be considered you will have:
• Tertiary level qualifications in, urban planning, landscape architecture, or a closely related discipline; or less formal qualifications with significant/demonstrated professional experience in the field.
• Minimum five years' experience in development and implementation of strategies, policy and plans, as relevant to the role.
• Highly developed interpersonal and engagement skills with ability to liaise with variety of stakeholders, including highly developed conflict resolution skills.
• Current Victorian Driver's License
• Current Working with Children Check
• Local government experience is desirable.

Benefits of working at Brimbank include:
• Monthly rostered day off
• 36 hour working week
• Inclusive work environment with flexible work options, including remote work and flexible hours
• Diverse professional development courses
• 16 days of personal leave per year (FTE)
• 16 weeks paid parental leave (FTE)
• 3 weeks partner leave
• Work in a meaningful workplace within a value-oriented organisation
• 5-minute walk to Sunshine train station
• Make a positive impact to your local community

To view a full list of employee benefits, please view Council's Employee Value Proposition

To view a copy of this Position Description, please go to https://www.brimbank.vic.gov.au/careers and click on the Job Listing. To apply, please include your Resume and a Cover Letter of no more than 2 pages, outlining how you can deliver on the key aspects of the role and how you will assist Brimbank in 'becoming the best it can be'.

Brimbank City Council actively encourages applicants from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, people living with disability, and LGBTQIA+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to explore the opportunity of a career at Brimbank.

If you have any support or access requirements, or would like to speak to someone about employment process please contact People Culture and Wellbeing on 92494000.

Brimbank City Council is a Child Safe organisation and endeavouring to promote child safe, child friendly practices.

To be eligible for employment at Brimbank City Council you must be an Australian citizen, permanent resident of Australia or be legally entitled to work in Australia.

All applications should be submitted online by clicking on 'Apply' link.

Direct any queries regarding the role to: Mahin Shirazi - MahinS@brimbank.vic.gov.au

Don’t meet every single requirement for this role? Studies have shown women and those of underrepresented groups are less likely to apply for roles unless they meet every criterion. At Brimbank City Council, we recognise that different experiences make for great community outcomes. If you are excited about this role, but your experience doesn’t perfectly align to the criteria we encourage you to click the APPLY button now and submit your application.

If you want to know more about what we do or why you should work for Brimbank City Council check out our web page: https://www.brimbank.vic.gov.au/careers

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