Senior Landscape Architect Casual

Senior Landscape Architect

Reference number: 10823

Closing date: 11:00pm, Sunday 28 September 2025

• Casual position (12 months in duration) 
• Classified as a Band 7
• $55.08 + 25% casual loading + 12% superannuation

The Opportunity

Our City Futures team is in search of a motivated individual to oversee and coordinate the initiation of public realm projects throughout the municipality. This includes responsibilities such as conducting research, planning concepts, engaging with the community, managing consultants, and developing business cases and funding applications.

Position Objective

• To facilitate, and manage the establishment of public realm projects across the municipality (including research, concept planning, community engagement, management of consultants, development of business cases and funding applications)
• To coordinate multi-disciplinary planning, development and implementation of the open space program, as an integral part of Moonee Valley developing as a City of the Future. Focus will be on the delivery of the capital works program, through providing extensive project management. The projects will activate public open space, enhance the urban ecological environments and ensure sustainable and well considered built form outcomes.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary project teams to plan for renewals and upgrades for open space across the municipality.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to prepare projects up to the point where they are ready for detailed design and construction.

Skills & Experience

• The skills and knowledge needed for entry to this Band are beyond those normally acquired through tertiary education alone.
• Typically, they would be gained through completion of a degree or diploma course with several years of subsequent relevant experience. They might also be acquired through higher formal qualifications either in the field of specialist expertise or in management, together with a shorter period of experience, or they might be acquired through lesser formal qualifications with extensive relevant experience.
• Previous experience working within a multi-skilled, high volume, customer driven environment.
• Degree or Diploma in the discipline of Landscape Architecture, or a different, relevant, Degree with significant experience in open space and public realm planning.
• High level interpersonal skills and the ability to maintain effective relationships with Council, the community, management and staff and the ability to resolve problems innovatively
• High level verbal and graphic presentation skills to communicate to a range of stakeholders
• Extensive experience in public realm design, community engagement, place activation with a proven record of demonstrating flexible and innovative responses in a changing environment
• Project management skills and demonstrated ability to deliver projects and services in a complex political environment on time, on budget and to a high standard
• Advanced use of AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office software
• High level technical skills with the ability to critically review and create guidelines, documentation, and specifications.

Next Steps

Applications must be submitted through our online system and should be in line with the Moonee Valley City Council Application Guide. Applications that do not meet these requirements may not be considered.

For further information, please view the Position Description and or contact Venta Slizys, Coordinator City Design (03) 9243 8750 to seek further insights to the role.

Moonee Valley is a great place to live, work and visit. We are a local government within the north-west metropolitan area of Melbourne, providing a range of services to some 130,000 residents and over 10,000 businesses. 

Our 1,200 employees bring their differing backgrounds, experiences and unique perspectives to our collaborative environment, and are supported to share ideas, initiatives and talent, making a positive impact on our community for now and in the future.

Some of the great benefits of working at Moonee Valley City Council are flexible working conditions, learning and development opportunities, supportive leadership and various staff benefits.

Our Council offices are located in the heart of our vibrant, diverse community with great food, cafes and green spaces nearby. We have excellent public transport at our doorstep as well as cycling access for our employees.

At Moonee Valley City Council, we pride ourselves on having job opportunities which make a real difference in the community and having a workplace which values everyone’s unique skills and attributes.

Our Culture of Inclusion

If you are interested in the role but feel you may not meet the full range of selection criteria, we encourage you to contact us to discuss your experience and application for this position.

We don’t just accept difference - we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our services and our community. With a focus on inclusion, accessibility and flexibility, we'll support you at every stage of your career. We recognise the importance of balance and embrace work agility, understanding that this means different things to each and every one of our employees.

Moonee Valley City Council is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Child Safe employer and we value diversity and encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, people of any age or gender, people identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse, intersex and/or queer (LGBTIQA+) and people with disability. If you have a reasonable adjustment, support or access requirement, we encourage you to let us know through your application or email H2@mvcc.vic.gov.au or call 9243 1122.