Title:  Senior Planner

About Us

We create thriving places and connected communities by bringing together transport, planning, land use, precinct and policy functions in one department to deliver the best outcomes for Victorians.

Together with our portfolio agencies, we are responsible for planning, building, operating, and maintaining Victoria’s transport, planning, and land services for use by all. We foster a safe, inclusive, and constructive workplace.

The Planning and Land Services Group in the Department brings together statutory planning, building policy, land, property, and heritage capability to deliver statewide services. The Group administers statutory planning responsibilities including improvements to planning system and provisions, assessing planning scheme amendments and environmental assessments and planning permits.

The State Planning Division provides development of planning policy, administration of statutory planning processes relating to planning scheme amendments, planning permit applications, and environmental impact assessments including major infrastructure project assessments and approvals and implementation of planning reform.

We foster a safe, inclusive and constructive place to work.

About the Role

Fixed term fulltime - maternity leave cover until 30 October 2026.

The Department of Transport and Planning is seeking skilled professionals to join our team as Senior Planner. In this role you will provide planning assessments and advice for energy projects with a specific focus on the statutory requirements of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 and Victoria Planning Provisions. This includes liaising with stakeholders, negotiations with applicants, preparing assessment reports and briefs to the Minister for Planning and preparing correspondence and inputs for the department’s data and information systems. 

To access the Position Description, please click here.

Key Selection Criteria

To be successful in this role, the ideal candidte will demonstrate:
•Communicate with Impact (Accomplished) - Makes a positive impression on others & comes across with credibility.
•Critical Thinking and Problem Solving (Accomplished) - Takes into account wider business context within business unit when considering options to resolve issues.
•Influence and Persuasion (Accomplished) - Gains agreement to proposals & ideas; Build behind the scenes support for ideas to ensure buy-in & ownership
•Customer Focus (Accomplished) - Identifies and responds to customer requirements; Use understanding of the customers’ context to tailor services and ensure outcomes are delivered. 

Qualifications and Experience

• A relevant tertiary qualification and significant experience in urban planning.
• Demonstrated experience in all statutory planning permit, planning scheme amendment and related processes.
• Demonstrated experience in assessing and managing complex and/or strategically significant development proposals within a Victorian state or local government context

Culture Value

We welcome applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds representing the community that we serve, including veterans, parents, carers, First Peoples, people with disability, multicultural, multifaith and LGBTIQA+ individuals.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to fostering a safe, inclusive, and high-performance culture. Through shared actions and behaviours aligned with our strategy and direction, we empower our people to thrive and meaningfully contribute to the department’s goals.

What we offer

Working at the Department of Transport and Planning provides people with the opportunity to contribute to creating thriving places and connected communities for all Victorians. For further details please refer to Careers at the Department of Transport and Planning.

Pre-employment checks and employment conditions.

All new appointments to the department will be subject to a National Criminal Records Check, Misconduct Screening, and a Qualification Check where there is a requirement for a mandatory qualification. Information provided to the Department of Transport and Planning will be treated in the strictest confidence consistent with the requirements of the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014.

Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa necessary for the nature of the position.

Recipients of Victorian Public Service (VPS) voluntary departure packages should note that re-employment restrictions apply.

Non-VPS applicants will be subject to a probation period of six months.

How to apply

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Applications close at 11.59pm on Tuesday, 21 October 2025.

For more information, contact via email Katherine Morton, Manager Energey Assessement via email katherine.morton@transport.vic.gov.au.

If you encounter any issues, refer to our  Quick Reference Guide  for step-by-step instructions.