**Job Number**:
500106
**The details**:
- Permanent Full Time | 9 day fortnight
- From $79,563pa up to $98,418pa+ 12% super
Qld Local Government Industry Award (Stream A) - Level 3 to 5 of EBA5
- 72.5 hour fortnight
- Hybrid, flexible working environment, including some work from home days.
- Location: Caboolture
Join City of Moreton Bay as a Biodiversity Planner and help shape and enhance our communities for today and tomorrow.
Our challenge is to protect and enhance our lifestyle, while sensitively planning for this anticipated growth. Through the Corporate Plan 2022-2027, our Council has set the aspirational vision for how we want our region to look and feel 20 years from now - _Our Moreton Bay. Amazing Places. Natural Spaces_. This vision is underpinned by goals to support biodiversity due to its importance to our communities and for ensuring a healthy environment and sustainable lifestyle. Further, Council has adopted its Environment and Sustainability Strategy 2042, which provides a roadmap to guide the actions of Council and our communities to deliver our vision and the Our Healthy Environments goal and outcomes.
The Environment and Sustainability Policy and Planning Department sits within the Planning Directorate, part of the City Futures Group, and takes a lead role in developing the strategic environmental and sustainability policies, projects and plans to deliver healthy environments and sustainable outcomes. Its functions are implemented across three branches including Sustainability Planning, Natural Hazards Planning and Biodiversity Planning. Right now, we are looking for a**_ Planner - Biodiversity _**to join the team.
As our Planner - Biodiversity, you will provide routine technical advice on environmental and biodiversity planning matters in accordance with legislative, policy and business requirements.
Additionally, you will:
- undertake allocated planning activities to support the delivery of environmental and biodiversity outcomes and to meet the needs of the organisation and the community within our City
- conduct research and analysis and contribute to the preparation of strategic plans, costings, reports, and associated documents for a range of environmental and biodiversity planning projects
- lead and support the delivery of smaller, less complex environmental and biodiversity planning projects to achieve strategic and business outcomes
**About you**
We are seeking someone with knowledge and/or and experience in either biodiversity planning, environmental planning, strategic planning, project management including relevant qualifications within those fields or similar.
You will have experience in providing technical advice on environmental and biodiversity planning matters, as well as support in the delivery of smaller, less complex environmental and biodiversity planning projects.
You will also have:
- good research and analysis skills to prepare technical reports and documentation.
- excellent time management skills and the ability to manage conflicting priorities and meet deadlines.
- well-developed communication skills with an ability to communicate planning concepts and matters in a simple and concise manner and negotiate sustainable outcomes.
**Position Description**
Position Description_Planner - Biodiversity.pdf
**Why City of Moreton Bay?**
What you do with your life matters. It's the same with your career.
We're the third-largest council in Australia and one of the fastest-growing areas. As Australia's newest city, we're building something that's never been done before: a new kind of city, inspired and empowered by a new kind of council.
This is your opportunity to develop skills and experience in a truly unique place, at a truly unique point in time.
At City of Moreton Bay, we're focused on the vital work we do today. But we're also focused on the future. On what _can be_ - for our city, our Council and your career.
Here's what you'll love about a career with us:
- **See it.** To build a city of the future, first, you have to _see it_. The polycentric city we're building will bring greater prosperity, sustainability and affordability to our region. This is your chance to contribute to something that's never been done before.
- **Shape it.** You'll get hands-on in a rewarding career, serving and strengthening our communities for today and tomorrow. Our work is diverse, interesting and it matters - and it's yours to shape and own.
- **Live it.** Contribute to the city you and your family want to live in and enjoy the lifestyle you deserve. And if you don't live here, you'll still find pride and connection in so many ways with our successful, resilient team.
You'll also enjoy a range of other benefits:
- Find a better work-life balance with a nine-day (72.5-hour) fortnight, plus a hybrid, flexible working environment with some work-from-home days.
- Advance your skills and career through our Study, Training and Research S