Strategic & Place Planning Manager

Job title: Strategic & Place Planning Manager

Company: City of Newcastle


Job description:

• Are you ready to shape the future of Newcastle?
• Permanent Full-time Opportunity
• 35-hour week with flexible working arrangements

Here, your ideas and efforts directly shape the places where you and your community live, work, and play.City of Newcastle is seeking an innovative and experienced Strategic & Place Planning Manager to lead our Strategic Planning and Precinct & Place Planning teams. This pivotal leadership role sits within the Planning & Development Leadership Team and plays a key part in delivering transformative outcomes for our city.This role will offer you the opportunity to apply your strong strategic leadership and expert advice across a broad portfolio, including:

• Strategic land use planning
• Precinct planning and coordination (including the Broadmeadow precinct)
• Affordable housing strategies
• Heritage conservation and planning
• Planning agreements and local infrastructure contributions

You’ll lead the development of policies and frameworks that guide the long-term planning and design of Newcastle’s built environment, ensuring alignment with the vision outlined in our Community Strategic Plan.Find out more about your new career by viewing the position description .Life at City of Newcastle (CN)You’ll get to experience your work up close alongside the brilliant minds of your colleagues who care for one another and the region.You’ll chip away at ambitious plans with a talented, passionate crew alongside you, shaping the very fabric of our community. Showing up for neighbours not shareholders.Every single day offers the chance to think big and act local. Planning and prioritising to achieve the most important outcomes with the community.You’ll add value in the moments that matter. From librarians to lifeguards, in a range of iconic places, we achieve a better Newcastle together.Whether we’re planning to host major events, providing essential services or supporting creative artists, it’s what we do when the cameras aren’t rolling that matters most.And we’ll be there for you in important times in your life. We embrace flexible work arrangements to find a balance that allows us to enjoy the city we shape.Our focus on inclusion and respecting culture, will help you feel a deeper connection with others. You’ll connect with internal communities that will help you to feel a sense of belonging and reflect the diversity of the growing region.You’ll do meaningful work and do it sustainably as you take ideas from plan to play, in your own backyard.With hundreds of different roles, each person adds their uniqueness to our culture and plays their part as we head towards our 2040 vision.With natural assets and a focus on the environment, co-create a sustainable region with us.Why join CN?At CN, we value our employees, and their wellbeing takes priority. We encourage employees to make time for what’s important and provide the benefits to enable a work life balance that allow us to enjoy the city we shape. To read more, visit !

• 35 hour working week with flexible/hybrid work arrangements/model
• 4 weeks of annual leave, 3 weeks of personal leave plus 2 additional paid public holidays
• 17.5% annual leave loading yearly payment
• Paid parental leave for primary carers
• Industry leading employment conditions
• Corporate Fitness program from as little as $12.90 per fortnight
• Access to a range of exclusive CN employee benefits programs including Novated Lease options as well as access to reward and recognition vouchers
• Annual performance development plans and ongoing training and development opportunities
• Leading the CN Way leadership program
• Inclusion, Diversity & Equity (IDE) employee networks and initiatives
• Access to Health & Wellbeing programs including an Onsite Physiotherapist, Yoga and Mental Health Ambassador Groups

We champion inclusion so that everyone is valued, and we encourage innovation and creativity. We are committed to creating a safe and inclusive workplace where different styles, backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, encouraged, and respected.People with diverse lived experiences (including but not limited to, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, people with diverse gender identities and sexualities, people from different cultural, racial, ethnic, religious and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability, carers, and veterans) are encouraged to apply.Don’t just work for the city, co-create it. Join and expand your career at the City of Newcastle.Application Closing Date: Sunday 27 July 2025Remuneration: + 17.5% annual leave loading yearly payment + 12% Superannuation per annum for a 35-hour weekContact: Amy Ryan – Executive Manager Planning & Development – 02 4974 2492If you need any adjustments to be made to the recruitment process or if you would like to discuss any accessibility requirements, please contact for a confidential discussion.You must have the right to live and work in Australia to apply for this job.CN do not accept unsolicited resumes, and we respectfully ask that recruitment agencies do not contact us at this stage.Apply Now

Expected salary: $167473.27 per year

Location: Newcastle, NSW

Job date: Sun, 06 Jul 2025 03:04:14 GMT

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