Labourers - Street Cleaning

North Sydney Council administers the North Sydney local government area on Sydney’s picturesque lower North Shore. Our 400 employees look after 77,000 residents spread across 10 square kilometres of land on the foreshores of Sydney Harbour providing spectacular harbour views, beautiful parklands, and a bustling CBD. Our aim is to ensure North Sydney remains a welcoming, well-designed, safe and beautiful environment for residents, workers and visitors.

The role

We are seeking a number of reliable and hard-working labourers to join our busy Street Cleaning Team on a permanent basis. In this role you will be responsible for maintaining cleanliness and improving the appearance of the beautiful North Sydney Council Local Government Area. Duties will include all aspects of the street cleaning role, including but not limited to; sweeping streets, picking up litter, operating light machinery and driving plant equipment.

The ideal candidate will have demonstrated labouring and/or street cleaning experience, a can-do attitude and a willingness to follow instructions and be a team player.

Essential

• Labouring and/or cleaning experience
• Sound understanding of safety requirements in performing cleansing tasks
• Proven ability to follow procedures and instructions
• Proven ability to communicate with customers on routine matters
• Proven ability to work co-operatively in a team environment
• Physical fitness
• Demonstrated ability to work under minimal supervision
• Basic reading and writing skills
• Current Class C NSW Drivers Licence

Desirable

• Recent experience driving and operating vehicles and sweeping machines
• Demonstrated ability to carry out basic mechanical maintenance tasks
• LR/MR Driver’s Licence

Our culture 

In 2023 we reviewed our organisational structure to increase leadership capacity and streamline decision-making, as well as increasing innovation, collaboration and communication.  Our broader cultural transformation for 2024 and beyond includes a focus on staff engagement, investment in learning and development and improved systems and processes all working together to empower the broader workforce to perform at their best.

Joining North Sydney Council now will enable you to go on this cultural transformation with us and to make a meaningful difference to both the organisation and the community of North Sydney.

Why work at North Sydney Council?

We're committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and positive workplace. Our teams are reflective of the communities in which we operate, and we value the unique contribution each member makes to the North Sydney Council. The work we do makes a real difference to the lives of our residents and contributes to their economic and social wellbeing.

North Sydney Council as an employer offers excellent employee benefits such as:

• Easy accessibility to work with spectacular harbour view work locations
• Access to Fitness Passport
• Excellent work-life balance with a 35-hour working week for indoor employees or fortnightly RDO’s for outdoor employees
• Flexible working hours with access to flexi-time for indoor employees
• Freedom to direct contributions to any compliant superannuation fund
• A holistic health and well-being program offering exercise classes, flu vaccinations, skin checks, and a touch football team
• Health and Well-being programs for all employees such as Yoga, Pilates, Kick Boxing
• Access to employee recognition and reward program
• Weekly fruit baskets
• Free access to counselling sessions through our Employee Assistance Program
• Free financial advice by a certified Financial Planner
• Monetary transport allowance
• Invitations to local government events, training and planning sessions
• Access to corporate social events at picturesque harbour locations
• Close locale to transport options including train, bus, metro and bike ways

Salary from: $60,465.54 to $71,447.80 per annum (inclusive of allowance)  + 11.5% super + $1,000 pa transport allowance + uniform provided

76hr fortnight with a rostered day off

To view the Position Description, Click Here 

How to apply

Applicants are required to submit a resume and answer the selection criteria questions below.

Closing Date: 12 September 2024 - 11.30pm 

North Sydney Council is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity in order to  provide a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. North Sydney Council  also adheres  to the principles of a child safe organisation and is committed to the care and protection of all children and young people. We strongly encourage candidates from wide-ranging backgrounds, identities and experiences to apply.