Traineeship program
Inner West Council is thrilled to offer an innovative paid trainee, apprentice and cadet program.
Council is committed to Equal Employment, we welcome and encourage candidates from all backgrounds and experiences to apply.
Council is dedicated to reflecting our community and strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people of diverse sexualities and genders, Veterans, young people, and mature aged workers to apply.
This is one of the many reasons why Council was the 2023 AR Bluett Award Winner and recognised as the most progressive council across NSW. We are also the Australian Business Awards Employer of Choice Winner for 2023.
Council are intent on respecting the rights and improving opportunities for people with disability. If you identify as a person with disability and require reasonable adjustments to support you in your application and throughout the recruitment process, please contact Julia Phillips at julia.phillips@innerwest.nsw.gov.au
Council aims to foster the development and growth of our trainees throughout their training with Council.
Council services
Council's expansive services include overseeing local infrastructure, environmental health, community services, sustainability, urban planning, and office support functions. This means our early career opportunities are wide-ranging and diverse.
Our range of services
- Community: Community Centres, Community Venues, Community Wellbeing, Early Learning, Creative Programs and Activation, Libraries and History, Social and Cultural Planning, Sport and Recreation – Aquatic Services, and Properties and Strategic Investments
- Corporate: Finance, Governance and Risk, Information and Communication Technology, Legal Services, People and Culture, Procurement, Service Transformation and Customer Service, and Strategic and Corporate Communications
- Engineering: Engineering Services, Public Trees, Traffic and Transport Planning, Operations – Parks and Streetscapes Operations, Office of Sport and Parks Liaison, Resource Recovery Services, and Fleet, Civil Works
- Planning: Development Assessment, Strategic Planning, Environment and Sustainability, Planning Management, Private Trees, Health and Building, Regulatory Services – includes Parking, Rangers, Companion Animals and Public Trees
- Property and Major Projects: Parks and Public Domain Planning, Property and Major Projects Management, Properties and Strategic Investments, Facilities Management, Parks and Building Capital Works
Council regularly seeks and welcomes trainees to join and develop their career in the industry alongside our professional and skilled staff. You will be provided with on-the-job work experience combined with the completion of a nationally recognised qualification through TAFE or a registered training organisation (RTO).
It is a requirement to have full working rights in Australia (permanent residency or an Australian citizenship) and to not hold a completed identical qualification as part of the apprenticeship or traineeship with Council.
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