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Work for council
With 79 councils across Victoria, local government is one of the biggest and most diverse sectors to work in. If you're passionate about your community, local government jobs offer you the opportunity to help shape its future./work-for-council -
Spotlight on – Council case studies
Discover a number of case studies about councils initiatives and innovative ways they deliver services to their community./newsroom/resources/case-studies -
Council responsibilities
All Victorian councils broadly have similar roles and responsibilities, and derive their power from the same legislation, however not all municipalities are the same./what-councils-do/council-responsibilities -
Volunteer
Councils greatly value the significant contribution made by community members who volunteer their time. Councils seek volunteers to help provide a wide range of community services./work-for-council/volunteer -
Now you're a councillor
Congratulations! Your community has chosen you to represent their interests as their elected councillor. Adjusting to your new role as councillor is a challenging time. You’ll have to learn the language of local government, pick up new skills, and/stand-for-council/now-youre-a-councillor -
Copyright
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Gender Equality
Domestic violence has far-reaching social costs including family breakdown, housing issues, drug and alcohol issues, as well as many mental and physical health impacts. Victorian local government is a world leader in building momentum with their/equality-and-diversity/supporting-diversity/gender-equality -
Do business with council
Local government in Victoria collectively spends 40 – 60 per cent of their budgets on procurement – that’s more than $4 billion in goods and services each year. Victorian councils have an accumulated annual revenue of greater than $9.9 billion,/work-for-council/do-business-with-council -
Sport & recreation
Councils provide a broad range of sporting, recreational and leisure services at a large range of facilities, parklands and open space areas./what-councils-do/council-services/sport-and-recreation -
Local matters videos
The Municipal Association of Victoria is teaming up with councils across the state to provide video content that highlights the good work that councils do./newsroom/resources/local-matters-videos