Work Experience @ PSC!

About PSC
Port Stephens is known for its incredible natural beauty and vibrant community, covering an area of close to 900 square kilometers and populated by over 75,000 people.

Port Stephens is diverse – with coastal villages, riverside suburbs, rural lands and historic town centres, it’s the ideal tourism and retirement destination as well as a great place to live, work and play.

We acknowledge the Worimi as the original Custodians and inhabitants of Port Stephens. May we walk the road to tomorrow with mutual respect and admiration as we care for the beautiful land and waterways together.

Let’s grow together!
At PSC, we understand the importance of providing opportunity for development and growth for our people within the community when it comes to their career. Work experience is a great option for you to gain invaluable hands on experience in an industry of interest whilst learning from our incredible employees who we consider experts within their space!

As we strive to provide meaningful work experience, we may not always have capacity within our teams to accept all applications. We want your experience to be beneficial and therefore try to work with you through some of our exciting projects and tasks whilst you are with us. All applications received will be assessed in terms of your requested team’s capacity and availability to ensure we can provide you with a meaningful experience.

We encourage applications from all and never discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender identify or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. Should you need adjustments made to the application process, please reach out to our Talent Acquisition Team on 02 4988 0123.

What you’ll need for your application…
If you’re interested in submitting an application to undertake work experience with one of our teams, you’ll need to have the following ready to submit:

• Your resume or cover letter (if you don't have a resume)
• An idea of what team within Council you’d like to undertake work experience in (see list below)
• Preferences of dates/times

The important stuff…

• Applications must be made 2 months prior to the preferred start date.
• If you’re under 18 years of age, you’ll need permission from your parent/guardian.

Our teams…

You’ll be asked to identify which team you would like work experience in within your application. A full list of our teams are listed below:

• General Administration
• Governance (Legal Services, Governance, Work Health & Safety, Enterprise Risk, Catering)
• Financial Services (Revenue, Expenditure, Reporting, Property Investment & Development)
• Community Services (Property & Facilities, Children's Services (OOSH), Library Services)
• People, Process & Technology (People & Culture, Corporate Performance and Improvement, Corporate Applications & Data, ICT Operations)
• Assets (Strategic Waste, Engineering Services, Asset Systems, Civil Projects, Statutory Property, Civil Assets, Community Assets)
• Public Domain & Services (Waste Operations, Parks, Trades)
• Capital Works (Construction, Project Services, Community Infrastructure, Civil Infrastructure including Surveyors)
•  Development Services (Development Engineering, Building & Certification, Development Planning)
• Strategy & Environment (Compliance including Environmental Health, Strategic Planning, Natural Systems, Strategic Projects)
• Communications & Customer Experience (Marketing, Website & Digital Marketing, Communications and Engagement, Customer & Visitor Experience, Events)
• Holiday Parks (Marketing, Grounds, Call Centre, Guest Services, Housekeeping)

How to apply…
Submit an application via the ‘Apply’ button below. If you have any questions regarding our process, you can contact our Talent Acquisition Team on 02 4988 0123. 

PSC values Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) and strives to create an inclusive workplace. We provide fair opportunities for development, progression, and work conditions to all. We celebrate differences in age, ethnicity, gender, religion, language, physical appearance, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, education, and diversity of thought. We’re inclusive and commit to creating a respectful and supportive environment for all individuals and groups, making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process and supportive workplace.