We offer employees a wide range of attractive benefits including competitive wage/salary rates and remuneration packages, employment initiatives, generous leave provisions, access to facilities and services, corporate rates and memberships.
Work/life balance
Employees have the benefit of flexible work options which enhance their work life balance (where operational requirements permit), including:
- nine day fortnights or nineteen day months may be available.
- flexible work arrangements.
- accrual of banked time to be used as a leave option.
- wide variety of job types/roles across the entire Toowoomba Region.
- 14 weeks paid maternity leave.
- uniforms provided or subsidised.
- active social club.
Salary
- Generous superannuation payment.
- Salary sacrifice provisions.
- 4 weeks paid annual leave per annum with 17.5% loading and a range of other generous leave entitlements.
- Ability to take long service leave pro-rata after 7 years of service.
- Financial planning available through LG Super.
- Reimbursement of relocation expenses.
Vehicles
- Various vehicle allowance and provisions are available for various roles.
- Employees have the option to purchase a vehicle under our novated leasing scheme.
- Car, motorbike and bicycle parking is available.
Health and wellbeing
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - the employee assistance program provides free 24 hour nationwide confidential counselling services for employees and their families going through personal or work related problems.
- Membership discounts at the Milne Bay Aquatic Centre and Highfields Fitness and Recreation Centre.
- Corporate rates for private health cover.
- Free flu vaccinations and skin checks.
Professional development
- Study assistance and the opportunities to participate in learning and development activities.
- Provision for employees to apply for career, study or travel breaks after 3 years’ service.
- Opportunity to apply to a secondment register for professional development within Council.
- Opportunities for advancement and promotion.
