Experience

Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage

• Government Administration
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Project & Research Officer/Contracts Coordinator

  • 2006 - Present

• Project & Research Officer

  • 2005 - Present

  • Undertaking research to address strategic infrastructure and land use planning matters;• Procurement of goods and services and payment of invoices;• Maintaining budget records and tracking expenditure;• Administration of branch contracts;• Preparation of spreadsheets and PowerPoint documents;• Arrange information material and prepare for publication;• Assist with drafting reports and correspondence;• Preparing meeting agendas, reports and general correspondence;• Provision of administrative support to the team to facilitate the coordination and delivery of strategic infrastructure matters;• Organising seminars, workshops and staff training where required;Process statutory planning referrals;Arrange appointments and meetings, including diary management and maintaining arrangements including travel;Maintain records for the branch;Cross-departmental liaison to formulate Ministerial responses.Assist with submissions and discussion papers. Show less



Department of Planning

• Senior Planning Support Officer

  • Mar 2016 - Present

  • Undertakes a lead role within and across Planning Support Office teams, providing direction, support and assistance to team members and escalating complex matters to the Team Leader as required. • Oversees the Structure Plan processes (metropolitan and country areas. • Attends to general day to day planning enquiries from Local Government, the public, team members and other planning staff in respect to process, systems and documentation requirements. • Researches, reviews and manages new Structure Plan applications ensuring the correct recording within systems ensuring determinations are accurately and expeditiously disseminated. • Assesses and ensures statutory requirements are met. • Corresponds with relevant agencies about a variety of matters and prepares standard responses to other government agencies, local governments, consultants and the public, in relation to planning matters. • Maintains and updates information relating to Structure Plan applications in appropriate planning systems, verifies all forms and ensures that timeframes are held. • Maintains office systems and procedures. • Assists with review of statutory services where required. • Monitors and reports workload and coordinates the assessment of Structure Plan applications in accordance with time frames. • Mentors new planning staff in general planning operations of the office and trains new staff in statutory support systems. • Maintains awareness of relevant trends and issues in planning matters pertaining to the Department’s responsibilities. • Operates within the Department’s corporate governance framework, policies and procedures. • Undertakes other duties as required. Show less