Planner | Urban Planning

Company Description

Colliers (NASDAQ, TSX: CIGI) is a leading diversified professional services and investment management company. With operations in 64 countries, our 17,000 enterprising professionals work collaboratively to provide expert real estate and investment advice to clients.

Job Description

At Colliers, we are enterprising. What sets us apart is not just what we do, but how we do it. Our people are passionate, take personal responsibility, and always do what’s right for our clients, people, and communities. We accelerate success by empowering our teams to think and act differently to deliver exceptional results.

Colliers Urban Planning consists of 160+ experts across Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane with a shared mission: to accelerate Australia’s urban transformation. This strategic move enhances our ability to deliver greater value through expanded resources, national reach, and data-driven insights—while giving clients access to Colliers’ full suite of property and advisory services. It’s a powerful combination of local expertise and global capability.

Join a team that’s redefining the urban experience. At Colliers Urban Planning, we don’t just plan cities, we create places where people thrive. We’re looking for a Planner who’s ready to contribute, learn, and make a real impact.

Our Melbourne planning team is entering an existing growth phase, as we expand into new sectors and services. Joining our team as a planner provides you with the opportunity to kick-start your career, working across a diverse range of both statutory and strategic projects. You will work alongside a team of planners, who are not only invested in supporting your technical knowledge growth, but also investing in your career. This role provides the opportunity for an ambitious planner to join a firm surrounding my likeminded professional that can provide a support framework for future growth.  

What you'll do:

• Assist in delivering diverse urban and land development projects across sectors.
• Support client engagement and contribute to project success.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver innovative solutions.
• Prepare planning reports, applications, and documentation.
• Navigate planning frameworks and contribute to strategic outcomes.

Qualifications

• A degree in Planning or a related field.
• 1–3 years of experience in statutory urban planning (consulting or government).
• Strong communication, research, and writing skills.
• A passion for shaping better places and delivering real-world impact.
• Exposure to residential, commercial, infrastructure, or renewable energy projects (a plus).

Additional Information

Why Colliers Urban Planning?

We believe in the power of collective intelligence—bringing together diverse perspectives to solve complex urban challenges. Our culture is collaborative, inclusive, and driven by purpose. Here, your ideas matter, your growth is supported, and your work makes a difference.

We proudly support diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse individuals, and the LGBTIQ+ community.

For more information, please reach out to Jasmine Mims at jasmine.mims@colliers.com.

Please be advised that applications will only be accepted directly rather than via recruitment agencies.