Join Richmond Valley Council and start your career!

Previous applicants need not apply

Our Youth Employment Strategy supports individuals who are beginning their careers. Applications for the 2026 intake are now open.

We are proud to foster meaningful employment opportunities within our community and celebrate the success of those who have participated in the YES program. To date, we’ve supported over 120 school-based trainees, trainees, apprentices, and scholars.

Local government has a variety of exciting industries to work in and provides an opportunity for you to kick-start your career.

A bit about the role:

The role of a Trainee is interesting and varied and provides a great foundation to business processes and experience in many areas of how a local council operates. A core part of this role is to prepare, collate, record and maintain information relating to council business and support our Roads and Drainage Team to deliver their outcomes.

In a trainee, we look for:

• Good communication skills
• Someone who enjoys working on a computer
• Good organisation skills and attention to detail

What you can learn:

• Assist in the preparation of documents
• Create, input and retrieve data using MS Office
• Operator office equipment
• Update and maintain databases
• Assist coordination of outdoor and indoor team

About the role

A Trainee Administration Officer is full time employment for two (2) years, and the proposed study will be a Certificate IV in Business Administration.

Fixed term: 70-hour fortnight (Term Contract - 2 years)

Salary: Based on the Local Government Award + 12% super

Role Description: Click Here

Closing date: 11:30pm Sunday, 7 December 2025

Contact: Isaiah Freeburn, Acting Coordinator Roads and Drainage - 0447 275 881