Economic Development Specialist

Do you want to be involved in an exciting opportunity to drive economic development for the Central Coast? Use your economic development skills to attract, connect and enable businesses to build a thriving local economy.

• Work in a dynamic and customer focused team
• Permanent full-time
• Balance your life with a 9 day fortnight 
• Hybrid work conditions - 2 days work from home and 3 days on site 
• Flexible work arrangement options are available
• Vehicle Allowance

About the role

The Economic Development Specialist will play a key role in driving the delivery of Central Coast Council's Economic Development Strategy which incorporates exciting initiatives to attract local investment, stimulate local business growth, generate employment opportunities and build a strong local economy. You will see your days managing assigned projects and activities to ensure these economic development opportunities are maximised.

This role will see you as the conduit between Council and businesses, supporting their journey to success by offering advice on areas such as navigating development approval processes, sourcing business support programs and accessing grant funding. Ideally you hold degree qualifications in Business or Economics, but we are equally interested in your relevant experience in economic development and business engagement.

This position is required to provide quality customer service and create value for the community.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Degree qualifications in Planning, Property Development, Project Management, Business, Economics and/or demonstrate extensive solid contemporary experience in a similar role, combined with ongoing professional development.
• Current Class C Driver’s Licence.
• Experience in providing specialist economic development advice to assess, interpret and formulate recommendations to enable the organisation to achieve quality outcomes.
• Experience in written communications including; newsletter stories, project briefs, formal reports and presentation decks.
• Experience and understanding of Smart Cities innovation and smart technology.
• Experience in delivering economic development projects and new business generation outcomes in a similar role.
• Experience in leading complex projects including management of internal and external resources, budgets, budget and risk management and financial forecasting.
• Experience in developing and managing strong and credible relationships with multiple stakeholders in a complex, political environment; including the proven ability to influence, persuade or negotiate outcomes that add value to the organisation.
• Experience in dealing with complex legislation and practice and proficiency in providing technical expertise, coaching and advice to relevant staff to allow them to effectively undertake their responsibilities and duties.

Our position description provides more information for you to learn more about this role.

Other important information

• The salary range for this position sits between $99,712 - $119,622 plus 11% superannuation
• This is a Permanent full-time role.
• This role will be able to access a 9 day fortnight.
• We are able to offer hybrid and flexible working conditions for this role. 
• This role is located at the Wyong Administration Building.
• A vehicle allowance of $207.31 per week ($10,780 per annum) is applied to this position.

Council will be creating an eligibility list from this recruitment process and may utilise this eligibility list to fill other permanent or temporary vacancies.

Extra benefits

At Central Coast Council we provide team members with a range of extras that help them balance their life when they need it. Fitness Passports give access to a range of gyms. Wellbeing leave can be accessed twice a year to tick off something that means something to you - volunteering, health check ups, a 'me day' to refresh you. And an Employee Assistance Program that offers a range of wellbeing initiatives to help you and your immediate family.

Other extras include:

• Long service leave after 5 years of continuous service
• Free flu vaccination program
• Time provided for you to do annual skin cancer screening, Breast screen and blood donations
• Access to professional development with career development and learning programs through various platforms
• We reward and recognise our staff with our Cheers program
• Novated leasing partnerships. 

Central Coast Council is committed to the goals of equal opportunity employment. We aim to provide a work environment for our employees that fosters equity, diversity and respect.

Council is committed to providing safe environments that protect the physical, emotional, cultural and social wellbeing of children on the Central Coast.

What to know more?

The contact person for this role is Andrew Powrie, Business Economic Development Manager. You can contact on 0439 249 400 or email at andrew.powrie@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au

This position will close for applications at midnight on Sunday, 14 July 2024.

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Location

Central Coast Council is ideally located on the northern fringe of Sydney and just an hour's drive from Newcastle, the Central Coast offers one of the best places in Australia to live and work. The Central Coast is one of the fastest growing regions in NSW, the third largest Local Government Area (LGA) in NSW and the 6th Largest LGA in Australia. 

How to apply

We have put together some additional resources to help you apply for a role at Central Coast Council.

By completing and submitting this online application you confirm that any information that you provide in this application is true and correct and acknowledge that any offer of employment may be withdrawn should the information that you have provided in support of your application be shown to be false. 

You also consent to employment screening checks being conducted where appropriate.  This may include associated checks including reference checks, Working with Children Check, Entitlement to Work in Australia, employment history and an Australian Federal Police Check, as well as substantiation of educational qualifications, industry memberships, previous Central Coast Council employment history and association with professional bodies.

You also acknowledge that you will be required to provide proof of eligibility (including photo identification) to work in Australia if selected for an interview.

To lodge your application, please follow these steps:

1. Answer the on-line questions shown below.
2. Attach your resume 
3. Attach your qualifications and licences.

Once your application is successfully lodged you will receive an automated response sent to your e-mail address. If a response is not received this means that your application has not been successfully submitted and you will need to lodge another application.

If you require assistance to lodge your application please contact our Talent Acquisition team by emailing recruit@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au to discuss what reasonable adjustments you may need. If you are deaf, hearing or speech impaired, you can contact us through the National Relay Service TTY call 133 677 or Speak & Listen 1300 555 727.

Applicants who are selected for interview will be contacted by phone or e-mail. For further instructions please click here. 

You will have the ability to save your application as you go using the 'Save Application' button. You can start an application and return to it later via the automatic follow-up email once you have the time and required information at hand to finalise your application.  

If you don't have access to a computer or electronic device, you can lodge your application at any of Council's Library locations. Pre-book a free 1-hour computer timeslot by contacting your nearest library https://www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/libraries/our-branches or ask at the enquiry counter.

PLEASE NOTE: We will not accept unsolicited resumes or applications being presented by recruitment agencies.