Why work in Local Government?
There are many benefits of working in local government:
- Contribution to the community - providing facilities and services
- Career development - through training, professional development, promotion and EEO
- Job diversity - large range of jobs, vocations and opportunities to multi skill
- Job flexibility - councils have permanent, temporary and casual opportunities part time and job share arrangements and working from home arrangements
- Job security and portability of service - service is recognised between most councils in NSW
- Lifestyle - choose the lifestyle you want; coastal, rural or metropolitan.
Please find below two articles featured in the Sydney Morning Herald "2008 Employer of Choice Magazine":
Blacktown City Council - Employer of Choice 2008 (908KB)
Marrickville City Council - Employer of Choice 2008 (485KB)
Councils respond to skills shortage
A number of councils, faced with a persistent skills shortage, have proactively utilised apprenticeships and school-based traineeships in overcoming this challenge, as demonstrated by the following case studies:
'Not just roads, rates and rubbish': Gwydir Council engages young learners (128KB)
Insulating against skill shortages in Moree (120KB)