Work Experience @ Psc
1 week ago
**Work Experience at Port Stephens Council (PSC)**
**About PSC**
Port Stephens is known for its incredible natural beauty and vibrant community, covering an area of close to 900 square kilometers and populated by over 75,000 people.
Port Stephens is diverse - with coastal villages, riverside suburbs, rural lands and historic town centres, it’s the ideal tourism and retirement destination as well as a great place to live, work and play.
We acknowledge the Worimi as the original Custodians and inhabitants of Port Stephens. May we walk the road to tomorrow with mutual respect and admiration as we care for the beautiful land and waterways together.
**Let’s grow together**
At PSC, we understand the importance of providing opportunity for development and growth for our people within the community when it comes to their career. Work experience is a great option for you to gain invaluable hands on experience in an industry of interest whilst learning from our incredible employees who we consider experts within their space
- Your Student Placement Record (for high school students only) or a letter from you educational institution that indicates work experience is a requirement of your course (for uni students only)
- Your resume
- Parent/guardian permission (if you’re under 18 only)
- An idea of what team within Council you’d like to undertake work experience in (see list below)
**The important stuff**
- Applications must be made 2 months prior to the preferred start date.
- If you’re under 18 years of age, you’ll need permission from your parent/guardian.
**Our teams**
- General Administration
- Governance (Legal Services, Governance, Work Health & Safety, Enterprise Risk)
- Corporate Services (Corporate Reporting)
- Financial Services (Revenue, Expenditure, Reporting, Acquisitions)
- Holiday Parks (Marketing, Grounds, Call Centre, Guest Services, Housekeeping)
- Organisation Support (Human Resources, Workplace Development,, Business Excellence, Corporate Systems & Applications, ICT Maintenance & Support)
- Community Services (Waste Management, Volunteers Support, Children’s Services, Emergency Management, Contracts and Services, Library Services)
- Assets (Engineering Services, Asset Systems, Civil Engineering, Fleet Management, Community Assets)
Capital Works (Construction, Project Support, Community Infrastructure, Civil Infrastructure)
- Public Domain & Services (Roadside & Drainage, Roads Maintenance, Parks, Building Trades)
Development and Compliance (Rangers, Environmental Health, Waste and Compliance, Building & Certification, Development Planning, Development & Compliance)
- Strategy & Environment (Strategic Planning, Natural Systems, Vibrant Places)
- Communications & Customer Experience (Marketing, Website & Digital Marketing, Communications and Engagement, Customer & Visitor Experience)
**How to apply**
PSC values Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) and strives to create an inclusive workplace. We provide fair opportunities for development, progression, and work conditions to all. We celebrate differences in age, ethnicity, gender, religion, language, physical appearance, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, education, and diversity of thought. We’re inclusive and commit to creating a respectful and supportive environment for all individuals and groups, making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process and supportive workplace.
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