Employment Conditions
Work for an Organisation that Values its Employees
Sutherland Shire Council provides great working conditions including:
- 4 weeks annual leave
- Generous sick leave and personal leave provisions
- Long service leave payable after 5 years of service
- Long service and sick leave transferable from any other NSW Council provided there is no break in service
- Flexible working hours in many areas of Council such as a 9 day fortnight or 19 day month.
- Staff are paid on a weekly basis
- Various salary sacrifice options
- Annual free flu injections
- Training and development opportunities including access to study assistance with both financial assistance and study leave
- Health and Wellbeing Program
- Employee Assistance Program – professional counselling is available to all staff
- Travel Pass Program where Council will pay the upfront costs to purchase annual train tickets
- Extensive induction programs for new starters
- Internal newsletter called "Detour" to share news and stories between Council staff
Salary sacrifice
Sutherland Council allows salary sacrificing for the following:
- Motor vehicles, if provided as part of the position
- Childcare where council staff have their own children placed in one of Council's eleven Child Care Centres
- Personal membership of Council's Leisure Centre
- Additional superannuation contributions
- Donations
Equal Employment Opportunity - Fair Workplace
Sutherland Shire Council is committed to providing a work environment that respects, protects and promotes the human rights of each individual through its EEO practices.
Sutherland Shire Council places a strong emphasis on the prevention of discrimination, harassment and bullying. We have a range of programs aimed to support diversity in our workplace and ensure that all staff maintain and support equal opportunity practices. Council's EEO Management Plan reinforces these programs.
Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Policy
Council is committed to providing and maintaining work environments and systems of work that are safe and without undue risks to health. Council believes this can be achieved through systematic management of OHS, the identification and control of workplace hazards and by consulting with employees about matters affecting their health and safety.
To view Council's OHS Policy, click OHS Policy.
Workplaces – locations of council work
Council employees may be required to work anywhere throughout Sutherland Shire such as our construction sites, parks and beaches. A few other locations are listed below:
- Administration Centre, Sutherland
- The Central Library, Belmont Street, Sutherland
- Branch Libraries
- Sutherland Entertainment Centre
- Bath Road Depot
- Soils Testing Laboratory
- Ethell Road Depot office and training room
- Child Care Centres
- Sutherland, Caringbah and Engadine Leisure Centres
- Como Swimming Centre
- Council offices in the Kirkby Building, Belmont St, Sutherland
- Cronulla Plaza Management Area
- Cronulla Community Resource Centre
- Hazelhurst
- Council Nursery Office