Senior Urban Designer

Permanent, Full time Band 7 Salary $ 107,944.11 Super + Flexible Working 19 day month with RDO or 9 day fortnight option, your choice! About Us The City of Whittlesea is one of the fastest growing municipalities in Australia. As a local government organisation, we play a pivotal role in the everyday lives of our community. Our vision is to make Whittlesea 2040: A Place For All by ensuring our residents can enjoy access to local services, facilities and infrastructure. Our staff are passionate, skilled and…

Permanent, Full time Band 7 Salary $ 107,944.11 Super + Flexible Working 19 day month with RDO or 9 day fortnight option, your choice!

About Us The City of Whittlesea is one of the fastest growing municipalities in Australia. As a local government organisation, we play a pivotal role in the everyday lives of our community. Our vision is to make Whittlesea 2040: A Place For All by ensuring our residents can enjoy access to local services, facilities and infrastructure. Our staff are passionate, skilled and diverse, providing a great environment to work in and succeed.

The Role Make a difference in our community! We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Urban Designer with drive and creativity to join our Urban Design and Placemaking Team. With a focus on creating great places for the community, the Senior Urban Designer will undertake a broad range of urban design and placemaking related projects across established, growth and rural areas. Ranging from strategic visioning and precinct planning to supporting capital projects, site development, improving activity centres and neighbourhoods. Projects include preparing development designs and opportunities for feasibility and budgeting purposes, masterplans, guidelines and providing advice on planning applications and policy. The Senior Urban Designer will collaborate internally and externally to improve design quality across the city. 

About you We are looking for a passionate and collaborative Senior Urban Designer to join our team with a minimum 5-8 years experience in Urban Design or adjacent disciplines. You will be able to think strategically but also understand detailed design and implementation. Experience with site development masterplanning and understanding of the development feasibility processes will be highly valued by the organisation. With a personal commitment to design excellence, you will have the ability to navigate competing interests to deliver Council’s vision for our community. Prior experience in local government is not a pre-requisite. If this sounds like you, then you should definitely apply!

Want to know more? For more information about this position please access a copy of the position description via the link below or If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Jarrod Manevski, Acting Unit Manager Urban Design and Placemaking on 9217 2170.

To apply for this position, you must address the Selection Criteria outlined in the Position Description in your cover letter and include a copy of your portfolio. Please note, that applications that do not address the Selection Criteria may not be considered.

 Applications close at 11.45pm on Sunday 11 May 2025

Interviews will take place as suitable candidates are identified.

Please note all applicants must apply online, and no late applications will be accepted. We are happy to take applications from international candidates if you have a valid Visa to work in Australia.

At the City of Whittlesea, we value diversity and appreciate everyone’s strengths. We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects our municipality. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, people with a disability and people identifying as LGBTIQ. The City of Whittlesea is also a Child Safe employer.

Council is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that encourages employees to participate, without discrimination, in both work-related and other activities conducted within a work context, with the support of workplace adjustments. Where possible, the Council will identify and resolve potential barriers to the recruitment and employment of people with disabilities within the organisation.

 If you require a workplace adjustment to support you during the interview process, please email human.resources@whittlesea.vic.gov.au with your request outlining your preferred method of contact. Workplace adjustment (also known as “reasonable adjustment”) is defined as: “Whatever is considered necessary and achievable to enable an employee to perform their job role efficiently and to the best of their abilities”. A Workplace adjustment can be requested at any stage in the recruitment process and/or as a part of the employment of an individual.