Senior Urbanist (Social Strategy and Stakeholder Engagement)

Company Description

Ethos Urban recently announced they joined Colliers.

The fast-growing team of over 160 talented professionals across Sydney, Melbourne & Brisbane have a proven track record of accelerating Australia’s urbanization and development.

With Ethos Urban under the Colliers banner our planning, urban design, economic & social advisory experts can deliver even more value through expanded resources, data-driven insights, and a strong national presence backed by local expertise.

It also provides these experts with a strong competitive advantage, being able to offer unlock new business opportunities through access to Colliers entire range of property and advisory services.

Job Description

About The Role

As a Senior Urbanist, you’ll be involved in a range of high-profile urban development projects, working alongside some of the brightest minds in planning, design, economics, and engagement. You’ll working as part of a team on large scale complex projects, whilst also managing other social strategy and engagement projects under the guidance of the Project Director. You will be given excellent opportunities to develop your technical expertise, build on your existing project management skills, and cultivate strong client relationships, all while helping shape the future of our cities.

The ideal candidate will

• Be able to work collaboratively across a range of projects, including being part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Have well developed project management skills and the ability to take a key role in preparing planning deliverables including social impact assessment, social infrastructure studies, social research and measurement, community and stakeholder engagement strategies as well as local and state government strategies 
• Be able to liaise well with a range of clients with and provide advice across both private and government authorities.
• Be a team player with the passion and drive necessary to
• work in a high performing environment.
• Have an interest in developing others within the team by sharing your knowledge and collaborative work experiences.

Qualifications

• A Tertiary qualification in Planning/Urbanism/Human Geography/Sustainability/Communications or related degree/discipline. 
• 2–5 years of experience in an urban planning environment
• Knowledge of the NSW planning framework and/or social policy environment
• Well-versed communication skills, and the ability to build rapport with clients and other project team members.
• Excellent writing skills, who can draft efficiently, write accurate and comprehensive reports and prepare external correspondence.
• An understanding of good engagement practices

Ethos Urban is the latest in several successful acquisition’s that Colliers has made in the region. Colliers has a continued focus on diversifying our professional services offering to accelerate our growth and provide a real value proposition for our clients, partners and people. Our diversification means we can provide integrated solutions at any point in the asset or project life cycle.

Additional Information

We foster an environment in which everyone at Colliers feels respected and comfortable bringing their authentic selves to do their best work. It’s our people who set us apart and we actively recruit people who represent the diversity of the communities in which we operate. We take great pride in doing what’s right and operating in ways that benefit the business, our people, our clients, our communities, and the environment.

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