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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":

Download Employer_of_Choice_Advert.pdf Blacktown City Council - Employer of Choice 2008 (908KB)

Download EOC_Advertorial_-_Marrickville_Council.pdf 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:

Download gwydir-council_case-study_101208.pdf 'Not just roads, rates and rubbish': Gwydir Council engages young learners (128KB)

Download moree-council_case-study_101208.pdf Insulating against skill shortages in Moree (120KB)