**Overview**:
**Work type**:Ongoing - Full Time
**Salary**:$138,631 - $185,518
**Grade**:VPSG6
**Occupation**: Planning
**Location**: Ballarat
**Reference**: 7344
**About the Role**
The Principal Planner will provide high level technical land use planning expertise to inform the delivery of complex planning and priority projects for government. The position will also assist with the delivery of complex planning projects, including scoping, review and assessment of projects. The Principal Planner will mentor, coach and guide project teams.
The Principal Planner will mentor, coach and guide project teams.
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**Position Outcomes / Accountabilities**
- Provide high level technical land use planning expertise to inform the delivery of complex planning projects including mentoring, coaching and guiding project teams.
- Lead and drive the delivery of complex planning projects, including scoping, monitor overall project performance against project plans and ensure that objectives are met.
- Maintain standard practices and processes for managing projects to reduce project related risks and manage costs, in line with departmental or government practices and standards.
- Identify emerging issues and ensure appropriate responses, including risk analyses and the preparation of reports for consideration by the Executive Director, government, management and stakeholders.
- Provide authoritative advice to senior management on complex project issues and solutions and prepare detailed reports, business cases, Cabinet submissions, Ministerial briefings, discussion papers and legislation, on time, and that demonstrate an understanding of the policy, political and legal context.
- Work flexibly and collaboratively across the business to deliver business unit, group and departmental priorities and initiatives as required.
- Practice cultural safety by creating environments, relationships and systems free from racism and discrimination so that people can feel safe, valued and able to participate.
- In line with Section 31A of the Public Administration Act 2004 (Vic) other duties may be assigned consistent with employment classification, skills, and capabilities.
**Qualifications and Experience**
**Mandatory**
- A relevant tertiary qualification in Planning, or a related field, is required.
- A thorough working knowledge of the planning system.
- Proven technical leadership skills and expertise, including demonstrated capacity to provide strategic advice, direction and guidance in a complex business environment.
- Demonstrated experience in the delivery of complex land use planning projects in the public or private sectors
**ROLE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS**
- Driver's License.
- May occasionally involve evening or weekend work during emergencies including occasional overnight, regional and interstate travel.
**What we offer**
- Meaningful work making Victorian communities more accessible and liveable
- Professional growth and development opportunities across the department and the wider Victorian Public Services
- A hybrid working model focused on collaboration and teamwork
- Optimal work-life balance initiatives including flexible working arrangements
- Opportunity to work across multiple urban and suburban hubs
- We prioritise the development of a safe and inclusive culture
**Culture Value**
We are an equal opportunity employer, embracing a diverse range of applicants such as veterans, and people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, LGBTQIA community members, individuals with disabilities and/or health conditions, as well as those from varied faith and cultural backgrounds. At our department, we prioritize the development of a safe, inclusive, and high-performance culture through shared actions and behaviours that align with our strategy and direction. This empowers our employees to effectively contribute to our goals.
**How to Apply**
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Applications close **9pm o**n **Thursday**_, the 5th of June 2025_**.
Applications close Thursday 5 June 2025 at 11.59PM
Posted 23 May 2025