$87,916 + 9.5% superannuation

Temporary Full Time, up until 18 February 2019

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We have a fantastic 12 month opportunity for proven built environment professionals to contribute to the strategic design of a thriving and resilient City! 

Join our Urban Strategy Branch in the City Strategy and Place Group, which drives planning, improvement and project delivery to better prepare Melbourne for the future. Contribute to the design and planning of our future city so that it is thriving and resilient, and enables all communities to flourish. 

How this position makes the difference to City of Melbourne…Reporting through to the Team Leader Urban Design and Design Review and working in a team of six, the Urban Designer will collaborate across the branch and organisation to provide strategic, creative and spatial design thinking and expertise to areas of significant change in the city. You will contribute to urban design reviews, built form advice, streetscape improvement plans and masterplans that shape our city. You will work closely with planning professionals and other disciplines to produce integrated design and planning solutions.

Key to the success of this role will not only be your urban design expertise and demonstrated experience, but also your skilled communication, stakeholder engagement and graphic design skills. You will be confident in making logical, informed and supportable urban design decisions and exercise discretion in the delivery of projects.

You can bring… (Selection criteria)

• Ability to demonstrate and display City of Melbourne values – accountability, integrity, courage, respect for self and others, and striving for excellence

• Relevant tertiary qualification in architecture / landscape architecture, and either professional qualifications or practice experience in urban design 

• Previous experience in providing clear and effective design critique and commentary on development proposals, including negotiating high quality design outcomes with development groups

• Ability to input into the development of planning policy (strategic and statutory), including the analysis and testing of built form proposals that can support planning scheme amendments

• Ability to propose imaginative and deliverable urban design strategies that respond to community needs, urban trends, spatial context and history of place (including indigenous cultural history)

• Well-developed verbal and written communication skills, high level graphic competency, including hand drawing and digital graphics (3D, Adobe Creative Suite), and the ability to propose clear narratives and presentations.

Desirable

• Previous relevant experience in both government and private sectors

• Knowledge of residential apartment design and the Better Apartment Design Standards

• Knowledge of the history and contemporary context of the City of Melbourne including the spatial composition and an understanding of current development activities and trends.

How to apply…  

As part of the online application form you are required to: 

• attach your resume
• attach a separate cover letter
• respond to the selection criteria, in a separate document (no more than two pages), as listed above under ‘You will bring…’

Please address your covering letter to Simon van Wijnen, Senior Urban Designer.

The position description for this role will not be provided at this stage of application.

The Advertised Close Date and other important information can be found on www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/careers.

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