Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can grow and develop while having the benefit of living in an idyllic North Coast location? Here at Clarence Valley Council, we strive to be a progressive employer that offers a rewarding and flexible work environment. Our vision is to create a community full of opportunity and our workforce is where we start to achieve our community aspirations.
Located in the Northern Rivers of NSW, we cover 10,441 square kilometres with the three major community hubs of Grafton, Yamba and Maclean. We are one of the biggest employers in the Valley and can offer you a rewarding career and a new lifestyle. Our goal is to be the employer of choice in the Valley, creating opportunities for those who live here already and for those who want to move here.
We are in an exciting period of transformation with a focus on employee engagement, satisfaction and delivering exceptional services and facilities for the community.
We strive to lead with openness and courage and want you to be part of that journey.
So come and join the team while enjoying all that Clarence Valley has to offer you and your family.
Learn more about living in the Clarence Valley here.
What you need to know...
• permanent full time - 70 hours per fortnight
• the package: $104,669 to $124,820 plus superannuation per annum
• location: Grafton, NSW
• flexible work options for a healthy work/life balance
• enjoy the benefits of flex time
• access to leaseback vehicle
• access to fitness passport
About the role
We are excited to announce a newly created opportunity for an experienced compliance professional to lead and shape the future of Council's compliance and enforcement services. As the Coordinator Compliance, you will be instrumental in establishing and refining the foundational procedures, processes and operating frameworks that will guide this new team. This role offers the unique opportunity to build contemporary compliance practices from the ground up—designing clear procedures, strengthening governance, driving cultural change, and ensuring Council delivers timely, effective and community-focused compliance outcomes across our local government area.
As the Coordinator Compliance, you will play a key leadership role in developing a high-performing Compliance Team that delivers compliance outcomes that are timely, fair, reasonable and built on high integrity across both private and public land. With responsibility spanning development land use and building compliance, ranger and parking services, vegetation clearing, regulated inspections, companion animal management and impounding services, this role offers broad scope for genuine and positive impact.
This is an exceptional opportunity for someone who has strong integrity and provides quality leadership, continuous improvement, and meaningful community outcomes.
To be considered for this position you will need to:
• Address the essential requirements of the role as per position description
• Supply relevant certificates and licences
• Attach a cover letter (2 pages maximum) and an up-to-date resume (5 pages maximum) that clearly details your skills & experience as relevant to this position. You will need to demonstrate how you meet the focus capabilities and how your skills will enable you to achieve the key accountabilities.
• Target questions - answer the target questions
Q1. Tell us about how you have led a workplace team through significant change, implemented new procedures and/or effected culture change.
Please describe the situation, your role, detail how you managed the change process, what was the outcome/s and what would you do differently if you had another chance?
Q2. Describe a situation where you had to make a difficult or contested compliance or enforcement decision.
What made it difficult, what evidence or information was considered, how did you ensure fairness and consistency, and how did you effectively communicate your decision and maintain professional relationships?
Q3. Tell us how you have established workplace goals and/or performance indicators for a workplace team.
What were the goals/indicators, what did you consider in preparing and finalising them, how were they introduced and what was the result?
Contact
Scott Lenton, Manager Environment and Regulatory Services on
Closing date
13 January 2026 at 11.30 pm (NSW time).
Other important information
This position is located at Council's Grafton office, however, this may change should business needs identify other work locations to be more appropriate to deliver our services in the future.
A probation period applies to this position.
How to apply
All applications must be lodged online via Council's website
For further information about the selection process including tips on how to address the selection criteria please refer to the Careers page on the Clarence Valley Council website.
Do you want further information on how to apply under the Capability Framework? Please read our How to apply for a job guide.
Council is an EEO employer and First Nations people are encouraged to apply.
Council also recognises the skills and attributes of veterans and welcomes applications from ex-service personnel.