There is no better way to help out your local community than by working for your local council — all while earning a living.
Greater Shepparton City Council is one of the largest employers in the region, currently employing over 900 people.
There are plenty of opportunities to work across a range of different fields as council delivers over 100 services, including project management, planning, events, tourism, environmental health, children and maternal health, parks and gardens.
Maya O’Brien completed her Business Administration traineeship in March this year and now has a permanent role with the People and Workforce team at Greater Shepparton City Council as a people and workforce officer.
“I completed my traineeship through the Apprenticeship Factory at the Greater Shepparton City Council,” she said.
"I worked in our Human Resources department and it took a year to complete.“
Ms O’Brien completed a Certificate III in Business while working full time.
“Training was in my own time, I had time during the week of my work to complete my course,” she said.
"It was all in conjunction with my full-time work.
“All of my classes where in person, so if I had any questions I could speak to them directly, which I got a lot of value from.”
Ms O’Brien spoke about how the role appealed to her after she finished her schooling.
“When I applied for the role, it was just advertised as Certificate III in Business,” she said.
“I had only just finished school after having a gap year, so I thought it would be a good opportunity to upskill.
“I had a pre-interview with the Apprenticeship Factory and that is when I found out it was with the council, which really appealed to me, as I thought it would be quite interesting.”
Ms O’Brien spoke about her role at Greater Shepparton City Council.
“I am heavily involved in recruitment, from the start of the process to the finish,” she said.
“Processing changes to work patterns, reviewing applications and advertising jobs etc.”
She said there were plenty of opportunities to upskill and that it was a great working environment.
“It is a very supportive environment, everybody from each department works together pretty well and is supportive,” Ms O’Brien said.
“There are plenty of opportunities to upskill and we have a lot of training for people who want to change roles within council.”