Join Richmond Valley Council and start your career!
Our YES program is open to people of all ages; whether you are leaving school, looking to re-enter the workforce or are wanting a change of career. We are now welcoming applications for our 2025 intake.
We are committed to creating employment opportunities in our community and are proud of the people we have brought through the YES program. We have had over 100 school-based trainees, trainees, apprentices and scholars.
Local government has a variety of exciting industries to work in and provides an opportunity for you to kick-start your career.
A bit about the role:
The role of a Business Trainee is interesting and varied and provides a great foundation to business processes and experience in many areas of how a local council operates. A core part of this role is to prepare, collate, record and maintain information relating to council business and support our Roads and Drainage Team to deliver their outcomes.
In a trainee, we look for:
Good communication skills
Someone who enjoys working on a computer
Good organisation skills and attention to detail
What you can learn:
Assist in the preparation of documents
Create, input and retrieve data using MS Office
Operate office equipment
Update and maintain databases
Assist coordination of outdoor and indoor team
The qualification completed in this role will depend on the applicant.
A Certificate III in Business (Administration) is a one (1) year training/employment term.
A Certificate IV in Business (Administration) is a two (2) year training/employment term.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Sam Schrader on (02) 6660 0246
Applications will close - 11:30pm Sunday, 29 September 2024.
About Richmond Valley
The Richmond Valley LGA is the base of the Northern Rivers region of NSW. The area is around three hours from Brisbane and less than an hour to Byron Bay. Richmond Valley and our surrounding areas are some of the most beautiful and desired in the country. Your "office" will range from beautiful coastal villages and country towns to vast fertile farmlands.
Richmond Valley has a generous Leave Management Policy including three weeks sick leave, compassionate leave, and volunteer leave to name a few. Our Health & Wellbeing Program includes Fitness Passports, free yoga each week, free meditation and a fun Health & Wellbeing Day alongside many other initiatives.
We are a strong believer in developing those who want to learn more, master their field or enter a new one, our Learning & Development strategy supports professional growth that aligns to organisational need.
Our Values
Integrity and Passion
The Way We Do Business
We lead by example. We take responsibility. We do what we say. We embrace change. We are community focused. We are in this together.
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