Join our team and help us better serve our diverse community.
We're committed to ensuring our Yarra continues to thrive as a vibrant, creative, safe and inclusive environment for all of us to live and work.
We have a bold ambition outlined in our Council Plan to make Yarra more climate-safe, equitable and liveable in the future. To achieve our ambition, we need the best people who share our values.
Our values
Accountability
We own what we do and expect others to as well.
Respect
We include all and diversity is our strength.
Courage
We are intentional in our actions and seek the brave path.
If you care about making a real difference and being part of a team that is passionate about building community spirit, supporting diversity, making connections to each other and creating a more sustainable future - then, we want to hear from you!
We offer a range of benefits, and have also made significant commitments to diversity, inclusion and gender equity.
- guaranteed 2% salary increase in 2024
- 17.5% annual leave loading paid prior to Christmas each year
- free professional counselling through a world-class Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- access to health and wellbeing programs, including discounted rates for Yarra aquatic and leisure centres and salary sacrifice offered for Yarra childcare
- discounted yearly Myki card
- hybrid working model
- rostered day off (RDO) for many positions
- 16 days personal leave per year
- 18 weeks parental leave and 3 weeks for non-primary caregivers
- 40 hours pre-natal leave per pregnancy
- 5 days compassionate leave per occasion
- 3 days culture leave per year plus 5 days unpaid leave
- community service and armed forces leave
- up to an additional 10 weeks of purchased leave or career break
- 20 days of family violence leave and 5 days for employees supporting a person affected by family violence
- development programs and resources to grow knowledge and skills
- Education Assistance Program featuring study and exam leave and up to 50% course fee reimbursement
- leadership courses and learning workshops
- opportunities for advancement and secondments into other Council roles
We actively foster an inclusive workplace that celebrates the contribution made by everyone.
This includes people with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, culturally, religiously and linguistically diverse people, young people, older people and people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex or queer.
Our team participates in a variety of Diversity and Inclusion Staff groups, including the Gender Equity Committee, Reconciliation Action Plan Committee, the LGBTIQ Working Group and the Disability Advisory Committee.
We are committed to improving the lives of women, girls and people of diverse genders. The Yarra Council's Gender Equality Action plan has three focus areas:
- apply gender equity and inclusion principles to recruitment, career development and remuneration processes
- ensure a safe, inclusive and respectful workplace
- build organisational capability to embed gender equity and inclusion principles
Reporting on our progress within the Yarra City Council happens every six months, and every two years a public progress report is submitted to the Commission for Gender Equality in the Public Sector.
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