Unsure of what type of career or work you want to get into? Local government is one of the biggest employers in NSW and offers a huge variety of jobs!

Whatever your educational background, whatever your age, whatever your work experience, there are opportunities in local government for everyone.

So what does Local Government do?

In the Environment

Want to make the world a better place? You can have a direct impact in planning and servicing our cities and regions, rivers, coasts, mountains. You can make sure our drinking water is clean, our waste is taken care of and create places where people want to live, work, and visit.

In Community Services

Want to help build a better community? You could be a childcare worker, teacher, work with young people, work in food and health services and work with older people and people with a disability. You can help build community capacity.

In Leisure

Want something for the body or mind? You could be a lifesaver on prime time TV,run a sports centre or pool, manage parks, skate parks, museums and libraries.

In Property

Want to get your hands dirty? You can plan, manage, maintain and build roads, bridges houses, schools, skyscrapers, theatres, and stadiums.

In Support

Want to serve in a cool kind of way? You can work with the media, organise events, concerts, work with computers and numbers and people.

Why work for Local Government?

Lifestyle

You can choose to work close to home or close to your interests be they surfing, skiing,rock climbing, rowing, horse riding, or bush walking,

Flexibility

You’ll find innovative jobs with flexible working conditions which may include days off and flexi time. Council’s can assist in your further education & career advancement through mentoring study leave and reimbursement of fees.

Money

Salaries in local government are competitive with the corporate sector and many councils provide cars, education and other benefits as part of your package.

Diversity

Councils provide a range of employment opportunities in pretty well any career imaginable.

Community

Councils care for their local community, Councils work not only work for their local community, they also work with their local community

Career Mobility

Working in local government means you can work on the coast, in the snowfields, the wheatbelt or the Far West. You can work across a range of professions and you can move around NSW, Australia or the world and still work in local government.

Now that you see what Career's we can offer you, view our Positions Vacant section to see what current opportunities are available!