Overview
The City of Kingston is seeking a capable and forward-thinking Principal Strategic Planner to lead complex projects and contribute to the long-term vision for Kingston’s urban environment. Reporting to the Team Leader Strategic Planning, this role drives the development and implementation of key strategies, including the Employment Land Use Strategy and activity centre planning for key precincts such as Mentone. The role involves progressing strategic planning projects through to implementation, managing planning scheme amendments, and facilitating internal collaboration across departments including engineering, infrastructure, and community planning.
The position balances longer-term strategic thinking with practical delivery, ensuring adopted strategies are translated into planning scheme amendments and coordinated with internal specialists and stakeholders. You will connect policy and implementation, guiding changes through formal processes, with opportunities to support advocacy work and represent Council’s interests in regionally significant planning discussions and externally led projects.
Responsibilities
- Lead complex strategic planning projects and contribute to Kingston’s long-term urban vision.
- Progress projects through to implementation and manage planning scheme amendments.
- Coordinate input from internal specialists and stakeholders across departments including engineering, infrastructure, and community planning.
- Translate adopted strategies into planning scheme amendments and guide them through formal processes.
- Represent Council’s interests in regionally significant planning discussions and externally led projects.
Qualifications
- Experience as a strategic planner capable of leading complex projects and delivering high-quality planning outcomes.
- Strong understanding of planning legislation, processes, and implementation pathways, ideally with experience leading planning scheme amendments.
- Ability to interpret and respond to evolving state policy, work with multiple stakeholders, and connect strategic thinking with real-world delivery.
- Collaborative, with integrity, and awareness of the broader impacts of planning work across an organisation.
Application Process
For a confidential discussion, contact Marcel Lafontaine at Public Sector People on or via email at To apply, please submit your resume and a brief cover letter addressing your experience and interest in the role. Applications will close on September 26, 2025.
Kingston City Council is an equal chance employer, committed to reconciliation and being a child safe organisation. We are dedicated to attracting, retaining, and developing people of all genders, ethnicities, sexual orientations, abilities, and ages. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community, and we strongly encourage applications from the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community. We support adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, as well as during employment.
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📌 Principal Strategic Planner
🏢 Public Sector People
📍 Melbourne