Federation Council 2020/21
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HUMAN RESOURCES Recruitment Federation Council Human Resources Team has facilitated 57 recruitments in 2020/21; this includes permanent, part time and casuals. The opening of the Corowa Aquatic Centre in April 2021 has increased the number of positions undergoing recruitment, with more services being provided in our community that were not available previously. Recruitment again this year during COVID-19 has been a challenge, but Council continues to focus on being innovative and implementing change management strategies to fill most vacancies. As with all Councils we have a small amount of applicants in some areas that have a shortage of skilled and experienced people across the country. Council’s strategy for this is to provide Traineeships and Apprenticeships in these positions within our critical service areas where possible, which also provides employment opportunities to our local youth and community. A number of employees completed their traineeships and were successful in obtaining ongoing permanent employment within Federation Council and outside of Council, using their newly acquired skills.
Training Federation Council continues to support, deliver and offer training opportunities to all its employees. Annually there is always a large amount of compliance training that is mandatory and legislated, which is a priority for Council. Council also supports a number of career development training opportunities throughout its large workforce to provide a career path within Federation Council. Council works collaboratively with schools in the area to provide work experience wherever possible and is looking at the potential for facilitating school based traineeships and apprenticeships in the future. This year due to COVID 19, most training providers were not facilitating any training in the beginning. Most providers are now either providing an online service or a restricted numbers training in accordance with the COVID 19 guidelines. Unfortunately some training had to be cancelled or postponed due to lockdowns or changes in the Public Health Orders.
