Work Experience @ PSC

• 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

As we strive to
provide meaningful work experience, we may not always have capacity within our
teams to accept all applications. We want your experience to be beneficial and
therefore try to work with you through some of our exciting projects and tasks
whilst you are with us. All applications received will be assessed in terms of
your requested team's capacity and availability to ensure we can provide you
with a meaningful experience.

We encourage
applications from all and never discriminate on the basis of race, religion,
national origin, gender identify or expression, sexual orientation, age, or
marital, veteran, or disability status. Should you need adjustments made to the
application process, please reach out to our Talent Acquisition Team on 02

What you'll need for your application…
If you're
interested in submitting an application to undertake work experience with one
of our teams, you'll need to have the following documentation ready to upload:

• 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…

You'll be asked to identify which team you would like work experience in within your application. A full list of our teams are listed below:

• 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…
Submit an application
via the 'Apply' button below. If you have any questions regarding our process,
you can contact our Talent Acquisition Team on

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.