Community Facilities Planning Officer

We are seeking an enthusiastic and skilled officer to join the Community Facilities Planning (CFP) team for a 6‑month secondment. This role will support key strategic and operational planning activities currently underway across the organisation, with a particular focus on community infrastructure planning, capital project engagement, and CFP business improvements.

We are seeking an officer who brings:

• A background in social planning, community infrastructure planning, urban planning, or a related field
• An understanding of community facility operations, user needs and service delivery considerations
• Strong organisational skills, excellent coordination capability and high attention to detail
• The ability to work confidently with internal stakeholders across Infrastructure Planning (IP), Project Planning and Delivery (PPD) and Cultural, Community and Environmental Services
• Experience or strong interest in planning, social research or community infrastructure

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About the Role

Over the six‑month secondment, the officer will:

Support Network Planning

• Lead research, planning, analysis and documentation.
• Lead project coordination and support development of planning outputs.
• Lead stakeholder engagement with internal staff and external partners.

Support Capital Projects and Design Engagement

• Work collaboratively with Infrastructure Planning (IP) and Property & Project Delivery (PPD).
• Provide input to ensure community facility operational requirements are at the forefront of planning, design, and delivery.
• Review concept designs, feasibility considerations, and facility functionality.

Support CFP Business‑as‑Usual (BAU) and Process Improvements

• Identify and lead improvements to CFP processes, templates and internal workflows.
• Prepare high‑quality reports, briefings and planning documents, consistent with the PD responsibilities.
• Strengthening internal stakeholder relationships and enabling consistent planning practice.

Why City of Moreton Bay?

What you do with your life matters. It’s the same with your career.

We’re the third-largest council in Australia and one of the fastest-growing areas. As Australia’s newest city, we’re building something that’s never been done before: a new kind of city, inspired and empowered by a new kind of council.

This is your opportunity to develop skills and experience in a truly unique place, at a truly unique point in time.

At City of Moreton Bay, we’re focused on the vital work we do today. But we’re also focused on the future. On what can be – for our city, our Council and your career.

Here’s what you’ll love about a career with us:

• See it. To build a city of the future, first, you have to see it. The polycentric city we’re building will bring greater prosperity, sustainability and affordability to our city. This is your chance to contribute to something that’s never been done before.
• Shape it. You’ll get hands-on in a rewarding career, serving and strengthening our communities for today and tomorrow. Our work is diverse, interesting and it matters – and it’s yours to shape and own.
• Live it. Contribute to the city you and your family want to live in and enjoy the lifestyle you deserve. And if you don’t live here, you’ll still find pride and connection in so many ways with our successful, resilient team.

You’ll also enjoy a range of other benefits:

• Advance your skills and career through our Study, Training And Research Scheme (STARS).
• Make your pay go further with salary packaging options on novated leases, superannuation payments, smartphones and devices.
• Prioritise your health and wellbeing with discounted health insurance, free annual flu vaccinations and our Fitness Passport Program.
• Get support when you and your family need it most with our 24/7 confidential counselling service, leader support hotline and Mates in Construction program.

Ready for a career that matters?

Join City of Moreton Bay, and help shape our city of the future.

Click on the 'Apply Now' button below to complete your online application. Please upload a current resume that demonstrates how you meet the requirements for this role.  You will also have the option to add a cover letter should you wish.

As part of the recruitment process, applicants will be required to undergo a National Criminal History Check.

To obtain further details please contact our Careers team at [email protected]. 

City of Moreton Bay extends across the traditional lands of the Jinibara, Kabi Kabi, and Turrbal peoples, and we acknowledge and pay respects to our Traditional Custodians. We believe diversity of thought, background and experience creates better outcomes for our people and communities, and we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people of all ages, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.

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Your Future City.
See it. Shape it. Live It.

*Applications will close 11:55pm Sunday 15 February 2026.