At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a team shaping Sydney's Inner West while preserving its unique heritage.
- Company: Join Inner West Council, a progressive and inclusive local government.
- Benefits: Flexible work hours, gym membership, and a supportive work-life balance.
- Other info: Diverse workplace committed to inclusion and community representation.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on urban design and community development.
- Qualifications: Tertiary qualifications in relevant fields and strong leadership skills required.
The predicted salary is between 129388 - 155168 $ per year.
Inner West Council (IWC) is among Sydney’s larger local metropolitan local government councils looking after a community of 201,000 people living in some of the inner city’s most vibrant, creative, liveable, and diverse suburbs. As we continue to deliver quality, innovative, and inclusive programs and services, we invite you to join in on our journey towards becoming the best council for our community. The community is at the heart of IWC, and our values of Integrity, Respect, Innovation, Compassion and Collaboration are at the centre of everything that we do.
We offer flexible career life balance with hours that allow you to relax and recharge. We offer a variety of flexible work arrangement options (e.g. flexible hours and working from home) where appropriate giving you even greater quality of work life balance. Permanent employees benefit from our great value gym membership from $18.65/week giving access to a vast network of gyms in Sydney.
About the role: Lead a specialist team at the forefront of shaping the future of Sydney's Inner West while protecting and enhancing its rich heritage character. Reporting to the City Architect, the Team Leader - Heritage & Urban Design provides expert leadership, guidance and strategic direction across a broad range of heritage conservation and urban design matters, ensuring high-quality development outcomes for the community.
In this influential leadership role, you will oversee the delivery of expert heritage and urban design advice, support complex development assessments, and work closely with internal and external stakeholders to achieve innovative, sustainable and place-based outcomes. You will lead a team of professionals, drive a culture of excellence and continuous improvement, and play a key role in maintaining the unique character, liveability and design quality of the Inner West.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced heritage, architecture, urban design or planning professional who is passionate about city-shaping, people leadership and creating high-quality urban environments while balancing heritage conservation with future growth.
Some of the required skills, experience and qualifications:
- Tertiary qualifications in Architecture, Urban & Regional Planning, Urban Design, Heritage Conservation or equivalent related discipline;
- Extensive experience and knowledge in heritage and urban design related matters in the development assessment field;
- A working knowledge of Heritage Act 1977, Environmental Planning and Assessment Act and related legislation, The Burra Charter and concepts as they relate to development assessment;
- Demonstrated ability to co-ordinate, supervise and lead a team and its functions to achieve outcomes that address current challenges for the IWC and its commitment to the community;
- Demonstrated ability and commitment to deliver and embed a culture of excellent customer service and improvement within a team;
- Strong interpersonal communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills including negotiation, mediation, facilitation skills;
- Current Class C NSW Drivers licence.
Enquiries: Rory Toomey, City Architect on 02 9392 5***
Closing Date: Sunday 15 November 2026, 11:30PM
Eligibility for employment/Pre-employment Checks: Successful applicants must be eligible to work in Australia and agree to provide information for pre-employment checks as required for the position. This may include police records checks, certified copies of relevant qualifications, Driver’s Licence and proof of work rights in Australia.
Inner West Council is proud to be an inclusive and equitable employer. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences and are committed to reflecting the diversity of our community. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, LGBTQ+ people, veterans, young people, and mature age workers.
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