About us

Appreciate a flexible work life balance with an adventure, nature and foodie lover’s paradise on your doorstep. Enjoy the rural lifestyle and be welcomed by a friendly community who love where they live. Apply today, to join us in delivering meaningful work with dedicated people.

How you’ll make a difference

At Alpine Shire Council, we’re constantly looking for new ways to deliver the best possible outcomes for our community. You will help us to achieve this by drawing on your professional experience and excellent communication skills. You will work with all stakeholders to achieve exceptional outcomes through the delivery of Council and planning projects, and ensure that the requirements of the Alpine Planning Scheme, the Local Government Act 2020, the Planning and Environment Act 1987, and other related legislation are met for all strategic planning matters. 

Your enthusiasm and confidence will have a positive influence on those around you, and your professionalism will enhance Council’s reputation as a responsive and efficient organisation.

Your duties will include:

• Ability to work with technical information or data, and a wide range of engineering / planning or related disciplines to provide high level development / planning / strategic transport / urban design advice to deliver projects.
• Drive project outcomes with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders.
• Willingness to learn, and interest or experience in planning, urban design or a similar field.
• Lead projects in coordination with the Strategic Planning Coordinator and provide administrative, technical and advisory support to the Strategic Planning Team.

Our Strategic Work Program is full of interesting projects and, as a Strategic Planner, you will get to meet and learn from everyone at Council. You will have lots of opportunities to broaden your knowledge of strategic planning and local government.

Enjoy our lifestyle

You will be based in our modern open plan office in Bright, but this is a role that will work right across our shire and our community: one day you could be in Myrtleford and the next in Mount Beauty! You will live and breathe in the amazing landscapes of Alpine Shire.

You will work flexibly on many different projects and get to see how Council serves our community every day!

Our ideal candidate

At Alpine Shire Council, we are constantly looking for new ways to deliver the best possible outcomes for our communities.

With your excellent communication and interpersonal skills, you will be able to work with your colleagues and staff to ensure positive outcomes. You can multi-task, prioritise, meet deadlines, and use technology and software solutions to get your job done well. 

You will be well organised and value attention to detail. With your excellent communication skills, you will be able to develop positive relationships that result in better outcomes. As an industry professional, you will have a good working knowledge of the applicable legislation and an understanding of enforcement and prosecution procedures.

You will also have:

• Qualifications in town planning or a related discipline;
• Experience in a similar role;
• Driver’s licence; and
• An energetic and engaging personality.

For a fantastic career change and lifestyle opportunities beyond comparison, don’t miss this opportunity to work for a high performing organisation in a spectacular part of Victoria.

We are open to meeting those with transferable project management skills and we have the flexibility to shape a role to suit the strengths of a successful candidate. We are looking for a candidate with that slight edge that helps our organisation realise its ambitious strategic work program, too.

Apply now

• Full-Time permanent position based in Bright, Victoria.
• Flexible options, such as starting early or late or working some days from home, are available.
• Salary negotiable for the right candidate, based on Band 6 classification, from $88,761  per annum inclusive of 11% Superannuation and leave loading.
• Alpine Shire Council welcomes people from a diverse range of backgrounds. People of all genders, ages, abilities and cultural backgrounds are encouraged to apply. 
• Contact Emma Chadwick, Strategic Planning Coordinator, for further information on 0428 645 576.

For a fantastic career change and lifestyle opportunities beyond comparison, don’t miss this opportunity to work for a high performing organisation in a spectacular part of Victoria.

For more information and to apply, visit www.alpineshire.vic.gov.au/employment.