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)