JOB NO: BC3278LOCATION: BLACKTOWN, NSW

Blacktown City is a growing and thriving city, located halfway between Sydney City and the Blue Mountains. With 450,000 residents, we are the largest and most diverse city in NSW, spread across 54 suburbs. Blacktown City is vibrant, dynamic and multicultural, home to a large First Nations community and people from more than 180 different birthplaces and languages.
With $24.8 billion regional economy, Blacktown City is also home to 35,000 businesses. Working at Blacktown City Council provides widespread, exciting professional opportunities. Our Council is leading the transformation of Blacktown City and Western Sydney. We are implementing a vision for a modern city, full of opportunity for our residents and businesses.
Our Council is led by highly skilled and experienced professionals, working with talented and passionate teams across a diverse range of business units. We are delivering high quality, customer-focused services, experiences, and facilities, and leading a program of strategic planning, activity and investment.
Blacktown City Council strives to be an inclusive workplace for all people. We welcome applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, the LGBTIQ+ community, veterans and people with disabilities.

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

A permanent, full-time opportunity exists for a motivated and experienced Town Planner who is seeking a varied role in Council’s Development Assessment unit.
We are seeking a Town Planner with experience in the assessment of development applications of varying complexity and typology, including subdivisions.

You will be required to assess development applications for proposals in the Blacktown Local Government Area that will help shape our City’s built environment completing duties that include but are not limited to:

• assessing applications for development
• preparing notices of determination
• providing planning advice to the community and Council stakeholders
• undertaking site inspections and any other statutory planning functions as directed by authorised employees.

• assessing applications for development
• preparing notices of determination
• providing planning advice to the community and Council stakeholders
• undertaking site inspections and any other statutory planning functions as directed by authorised employees