Urban Designer

About the role

In this role, you’ll collaborate across the organisation to provide strategic and creative urban design expertise, helping deliver growth area and infill projects, precinct structure plans and urban design frameworks that shape the City of Greater Geelong’s future communities.

Key responsibilities include

Provide urban design expertise for strategic planning and design projects, precinct structure plans, urban design frameworks and development applications, ensuring high-quality design outcomes are achieved across all scales. Research, develop and prepare strategies, guidelines, policies and initiatives to support the delivery of premium high-quality urban design outcomes in infill and growth areas.

Provide visually compelling communication to enable diverse audiences to imagine and realise the future opportunities for a place, neighbourhood, or a precinct. Contribute to project teams which include colleagues from the department and a range of disciplines from across the organisation and from external organisations and agencies.

Produce well-crafted written, visual and verbal briefings, reports and presentations in online, digital and hard copy formats. Undertake evidence-based research and analysis that contributes to Council’s understanding of the city’s urban systems and development. Undertake community consultation and stakeholder engagement in the development of the projects.

Provide support and assistance to project managers in the department, as required, to support the delivery of their project objectives.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have relevant tertiary qualifications in urban design, landscape architecture or architecture and several years’ professional experience in urban design. Essential Experience: Demonstrated experience working as an Urban Designer on a range of projects. A solid understanding of planning and urban design principles and technical proficiency to apply these principles in practice, including the ability to constructively critique development application proposals and the ability to input into the development of planning and design frameworks.

Some experience in project management, leading the development and implementation of urban design proposals, plans and policy. Ability to work within prescribed timelines to deliver agreed outcomes, with limited supervision, and the ability to balance both proactive and reactive workload. Strong communication and interpersonal skills to work with internal and external stakeholders High level competency in urban and graphic design software (e.

g. ArcGIS, AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite and Sketch. Up) and ability to communicate clear narratives through compelling visuals. Preferred candidates will be required to undergo a National Police Check as part of the recruitment process (funded by the City). If this sounds like the role for you, then click apply now! A career with us We’d love for you to continue your career with the City and set the benchmark for a sustainable, inclusive and culturally safe workplace.

With a range of benefits, flexible working options, learning and development opportunities, support services and the opportunity to give back to the community, the City has so much to offer! Click https://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/employment/article/item/8d1155a0d84344d.aspx to view all the benefits to you working at the City.

We support accessibility and encourage discussions about any adjustments or support you may need during the recruitment process. Applications and Enquiries Click the Position Description link to view more information about this position. Enquiries: Sabine Provilij (Coordinator Urban Design) | SProvily@geelongcity.vic.gov.

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