Employment Status: Permanent, full time
Days & Hours of Work: Monday – Friday totalling 38 hours per week
Competitive Salary: Band 6 - $105,907.09 + 12% superannuation
Location: Corporate Centre in Sandringham, with the flexibility to work from home

About Us:

We are a passionate organisation, connected in our shared goal to be ‘sector leading’ in all that we do for the community and each other. Home to over 100,000 residents, Bayside City Council's enduring purpose is building extraordinary places, thriving communities, and better futures.

Bayside Council is an equal-opportunity employer committed to providing an accessible and safe working environment that embraces and values child safety, diversity, and inclusion. Our organisational strategy is made up of three priorities and we consider these in everything we do: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Customer Experience and Results Matter.

We want everyone to be as proud of what we are achieving – and excited about our future – as we are, and we are committed to working together to achieve this.

About the Role:

This role sits within our Amenity Protection team and plays a key role in leading Council's Construction Management Plan assessment function, ensuring construction activities are managed through a consistent, transparent and risk-based assessment framework.

As the Construction Management Plan Assessment Lead, you will establish, implement and enhance the frameworks, processes, standards and governance arrangements that support consistent, transparent and risk-based CMP assessment outcomes across Council. Acting as Council's specialist advisor on construction management matters, you will assess and endorse Construction Management Plans, provide expert guidance on complex issues, and work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to achieve compliant and practical outcomes.

You will be responsible for:

• Leading the development, implementation and continuous improvement of Council's CMP assessment framework, including associated policies, procedures, standards and governance processes.
• Assessing, determining and endorsing Construction Management Plans and associated documentation in accordance with planning permit conditions, Council requirements, Local Laws and relevant legislation.
• Coordinating assessment input across multiple Council departments to deliver timely, consistent and risk-based outcomes.
• Providing specialist advice and recommendations on construction management matters and complex development proposals.
• Preparing reports, correspondence and records that support governance, transparency and informed decision-making.
• Identifying and implementing improvements to assessment practices, service delivery and the overall effectiveness of the CMP assessment function.

Key Selection Criteria:

To be successful in this role, you will bring the following skills and competencies:

• Demonstrated experience assessing Construction Management Plans, development-related applications, traffic management proposals, or similar regulatory documentation within a local government, planning, engineering or development environment.
• Proven ability to interpret and apply planning permit conditions, Council policies, Local Laws and relevant legislation to inform sound regulatory decision-making.
• Demonstrated experience developing, implementing or improving assessment frameworks, procedures, policies or governance processes.
• Strong understanding of construction management principles and the relationship between construction activity, public infrastructure, traffic management and community amenity.
• Highly developed stakeholder engagement, negotiation and communication skills, with the ability to influence outcomes and manage competing interests.
• Well-developed written communication skills, including report writing, preparation of recommendations and stakeholder correspondence.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgement, manage competing priorities and work independently in a complex regulatory environment.
• Experience providing specialist advice and recommendations on complex or sensitive construction management matters.

Mandatory pre-employment requirements:

• Be willing to undergo and complete a satisfactory criminal history check.
• Provide or obtain an employment-based Working with Children check. 
• Be willing to undertake a premedical assessment check (if applicable for the role).

What we can offer you in return: 

• A work life/balance through flexible and hybrid working arrangements.
• Generous leave provisions, including accrued time off, parental leave, three days of wellbeing leave per year, cultural and ceremonial leave, gender affirmation leave, plus the ability to purchase up to four weeks additional leave per year.
• Dedicated Staff Wellbeing programs, events and gym membership discounts.
• Learning and development opportunities so our people can grow and thrive.
• A Parkland surrounded office that is only short 500m stroll to the beach.
• Free onsite staff parking plus hybrid vehicles that employees can book for work related travel.

If you are ready to be part of our incredible organisation, and you think this role is the right fit for you, then we look forward to finding out more about you and what you would bring to this role.

How to apply:

1. To discover more about the role and responsibilities review the Position Description
2. Provide a cover letter addressed John Guilfoyle responding to the Key Selection Criteria and what has motivated you to apply for this role
3. Click Apply to submit your application
4. If you require reasonable adjustment at any point throughout the recruitment process, then please do let us know by contacting the listed Hiring Manager

Applications close: Thursday 10 September, 11:55pm

Please note - Shortlisting will commence prior to the closing date so we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

If you would like to learn more about this opportunity or have any questions, please contact John Guilfoyle, Coordinator Asset Protection on 0418 279 187 or via email JGuilfoyle@bayside.vic.gov.au

Bayside City Council prides itself on its values of Respect Each Other, Own It, Work Together and Find Better Ways.

Bayside City Council proudly acknowledges the Bunurong People of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land, and we pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging as well as all Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community members with us today.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to an equitable, diverse and socially inclusive work environment. We actively encourage applicants with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, people living with disability, LGBTIQA+ people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this opportunity.