- Fantastic opportunity to provide heritage conservation advice, research and analysis across a broad portfolio
- Apply your hands on multidisciplinary expertise to help shape quality heritage outcomes for Brisbane
- Collaborate with a passionate team focused on achieving best practice for a range of program partners and customers
Personnel Area: City Planning Economic Dev Svs
Branch: City Planning and Design
Salary Range: Band 4 $89,207 - $95,764 + Superannuation (Remuneration stated is for the full-time positions)
Work type: Temporary Full-time
Duration: Up to August 2026 (Extension/s thereafter but not guaranteed)
Location: Brisbane Square
Our Business
Brisbane City Council is one of the largest local governments in Australia, dedicated to creating a city that is liveable, sustainable, and connected. We deliver services and projects that shape Brisbane’s future while preserving its unique character and heritage.
Our Team
The City Planning and Design Branch delivers strategic projects to help create and transform a more liveable and economically viable Brisbane. With a focus on future strategic planning, our people help shape Brisbane through suburban design projects, infrastructure and economic growth.
Committing to this mission requires a diverse team of passionate professionals such as urban designers, architects and heritage specialists.
The Heritage Policy team in particular plays a vital role in protecting Brisbane’s heritage and character. We research, assess, and provide expert advice to ensure the city’s history is respected and integrated into planning decisions. We are a multi-disciplinary team of experts in heritage including historians, planners and architecture and policy specialists, providing strategic planning, policy guidance and advice for the identification, conservation and promotion of heritage places and character areas across Brisbane. Our work helps maintain Brisbane’s identity while supporting growth and development.
The Role
As a Heritage Officer, you will operate both autonomously and in partnership with colleagues to support research, analysis and policy development for heritage places and character areas. With your ability to apply relevant heritage legislation and policy, you will contribute to ongoing assessment, review and implementation of heritage and character best practice, as well as other related projects. Your background may range from history, architecture, planning, built environment, or design and you will have knowledge of ability to combine these related skill sets within the heritage conservation field.
Achieving quality outcomes in this role will see you collaborating effectively with internal and external partners and customers, so your communication and relationship management skills will be well placed. We are committed to continuous improvement, so this is an excellent opportunity to perform, grow and contribute within a diversely skilled and trained team.
This is an opportunity to apply your knowledge of history and heritage in a practical way, influencing how Brisbane grows while preserving its unique identity.
To be successful you will have:
- tertiary qualifications in architecture, history, heritage conservation, or a related discipline
- strong research and analytical skills with the ability to prepare detailed reports
- ability to interpret heritage legislation and apply appropriate policies in a practical context
- excellent written and verbal communication skills to provide clear advice to a wide range of stakeholders
- proficiency in commonly used computer systems and software
- knowledge of Brisbane’s history and development, and familiarity with archival sources and a current ‘C’ class drivers' licence is desirable but not essential.
Benefits of working for Council include:
- flexible working hours, and flexible arrangements
- free gym and wellness centre
- award winning superannuation fund
- generous leave provisions
- competitive salary.
Benefits of working for Council: CLICK HERE
How to apply: Click on the 'I’m interested' button to complete your online application. Please upload your tailored resume and covering letter (of no more than one page) demonstrating your suitability to the position.
*Eligibility for internal only roles includes external applicants who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander and/or as a person living with a disability. Applicants from these groups are required to complete the diversity and inclusion questions on the application form to enable Council to determine eligibility.
This role may require a Criminal History Check to assess your ability to perform the genuine occupational requirements of the role.
For more information: Please call Emily Pickford on 07 3178 2794.
People from diverse backgrounds, including those living with a disability and/or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who may have questions about the recruitment process or working at Council, are encouraged to reach out to the contact above, who can connect you with a member of Council’s Diversity and Inclusion team.
Application Closing Date: Monday 26 January 2026 at 11:55pm AEST.
Brisbane City Council is a multi-award winning accessible and inclusive workplace where our people represent the diverse communities we serve, are supported, and can feel safe. Council has been awarded Employer of the Year at the National Disability Awards and has been recognised multiple times with ‘Gold Employer’ status from the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTI inclusion.
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