Social Planner / Infrastructure Advisor
Urbis
Lead recreation and community engagement projects, advising on infrastructure strategy.
18 days ago ago
Expert & Leadership (13+ years), Intermediate (4-7 years), Experienced (8-12 years)
Full Time
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Hybrid
Company Size
1,000 Employees
Service Specialisms
Urban Planning
Architecture
Design
Environmental Consulting
Project Management
Transport Planning
Economic Development
Landscape Architecture
Sector Specialisms
Industrial
Energy & Renewables
Infrastructure
Residential
Commercial
Retail
Government
Education
Role
What you would be doing
partnerships
project planning
strategic advice
mentoring
engagement delivery
capability building
- Building and maintaining partnerships that enable evidence-based, people-centred outcomes.
- Leading or supporting the preparation of recreation and engagement projects, including needs assessments and service strategies.
- Providing strategic advice to councils and government agencies on recreation priorities and infrastructure needs.
- Mentoring and coaching team members to build capability in social infrastructure and engagement work.
- Delivering engagement around Western Australia relating to Urbis projects to facilitate evidence-based recommendations.
- Contributing to the development of the national social infrastructure and engagement capability.
What you bring
5+ years
stakeholder
authenticity
project management
confidence
innovation
- 5+ years' experience in recreation, open space, or engagement planning (local government experience highly regarded).
- Strong stakeholder and facilitation skills, with a sound understanding of policy, strategy, and infrastructure planning processes.
- Authenticity to foster respect, trust and advocacy in all your work interactions
- Proven ability to manage projects and deliver actionable outcomes that improve liveability and participation.
- Confidence and decisiveness to drive high performance for yourself, others and our clients
- Innovation and creativity when solving complex problems
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Company
Overview
1961
Year Founded
The consultancy was established in 1961 and has been shaping urban environments since then.
- Assists in shaping cities by offering innovative solutions in planning, design, and policy development.
- Works with public and private sector clients, transforming projects that impact communities.
- Focuses on sustainable design, contributing to high-profile developments across Australia.
- Typical projects include city master planning, urban regeneration, transport infrastructure, and environmental assessments.
- Reputation for delivering complex, multidisciplinary projects, bringing together expert teams across various sectors.
- Strong presence across Australia, with offices in multiple major cities.
- Proudly picky in selecting people with passion, potential and talent.
- Value fun, balance and connection through regular social activities, celebratory events and a wellbeing programme.
- Encourage people to connect personal values to the vision of bettering communities via programmes like mentor program, give back committee, national sustainability, reconciliation action plan, sponsorship in leadership, volunteer leave, art committee.
- Support authenticity and diversity of ideas—‘bring your spark’—creating space where everyone feels they belong.
- Offer flexible working options, trusting autonomy and enabling people to live on their terms.
- Collaborative—not competitive—environment where knowledge sharing, communication across service offerings and working as a team is a priority.
Mid-2023 Carbon Neutral
Climate Active Certification
Achieved carbon neutrality for business operations six months ahead of FY23 end.
25% Emissions Reduction
Carbon Reduction Target
Committed to reducing net emissions by 25% by 2029 with a strategic plan in place.
3 GW Renewable Energy
Projects Delivered
Delivered over 3 gigawatts of renewable energy projects through partnerships with public and private sectors.
1.2B People Target
Smart Places Planning
Supports smart places planning for 1.2 billion people by 2030 as part of sustainability services.
- Actions taken include buying 100% renewable energy where available, green building measures in offices, reduced corporate fleet, procuring carbon-neutral products, limiting air travel, and offsetting remaining emissions via projects like Rimba Raya reforestation.
- Supports clients in sustainability through services such as net zero and decarbonisation strategies, ESG advisory and reporting, energy transition advisory, circular economy, sustainable portfolio management, social sustainability.
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