City of Rockingham

Planning Administration Officer

Temporary Job Share (up to 3 months)

Part time (20.5 hours per week)

The City of Rockingham is an award winning local government located 40km south of the Perth CBD and is known as the place where the coast comes to life.  One of the fastest growing local governments in the south metropolitan area, we are responsible for the provision and delivery of high quality services, facilities and events that meet or exceed community expectations.  Providing a safe and healthy workplace for our employees is important to us and we are committed to employing team members who share the City’s Values of Recognition, Ethics, Service, Professional Development, Empowerment, Communication and Teamwork – RESPECT. These Values are incorporated into all aspects of employment at the City.

As a key member of the Planning and Development Services team, you will primarily assist the public with general town planning enquiries and provide administrative support across the various planning teams. Reporting to the Manager Statutory Planning, this role provides administrative support for a range of application types and development approval stages managed by technical officers.

You will thrive in a fast-paced, high-volume, and change-driven environment.   You will possess excellent written and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders. You take pride in your high attention to detail, have strong time management skills, and demonstrate sound computer literacy.

Ideally, you will bring experience within a Local Government environment or have a good understanding of statutory planning processes; however, this is not essential.

This is a temporary opportunity for up to three months, with the potential for extension subject to organisational requirements.

As part of the online application process you will be required to respond to the following selection criteria:

• Highly developed written and verbal communication skills
• Developed customer service and interpersonal skills
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload
• High level of keyboard/computer literacy skills
• Sound knowledge of MS Office suite of products and administrative procedures
• Current “C” Class driver’s licence

This position offers a gross salary of $86,797 per annum (pro-rata for part-time hours) and in addition we offer:

• 12% superannuation with the option to co-contribute up to a further 5% - that’s a total of 22%
• A variety of health and wellbeing programs including a physical health reimbursement subsidy payment of up to $200 per annum, free flu vaccinations, free skin cancer checks, mental health programs and Employee Assistance Provider (EAP) services
• A culture of learning with training/development opportunities including paid study leave and study fees
• Salary packaging opportunities for motor vehicles with novated leasing.

This is a part-time job share position of 20.5 hours per week. The working hours are initially Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday for training and office coverage and then changes to Wednesday (4 hours), Thursday (8.5 hours) and Friday (8 hours).

An information package, including the position description, is available on our website.

Applications will close without notice when the City considers it has a suitable pool of potential candidates or at 4pm, Friday 3 July 2026 – whichever occurs first.  If you are interested and have the right skills for the position, we highly recommend you apply as soon as possible.  Now is good!

This process may be used to fill future similar permanent or fixed-term positions that may become available in the City during the next 12 months.

If you identify as a person with disability and require adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process please contact the Recruitment Team via email at [email protected] or phone 08 9528 0333. We’re happy to discuss options to assist you e.g. we can provide alternate formats for application forms, or alternate methods of applying. 

The City of Rockingham encourages applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds, including First Nations people, people living with disability and people who speak a first language other than English.

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