Benefits

For ambitious people with a desire to enhance the lives of people and communities, Maroondah City Council offers an enviornment of challenge, growth and broad experiences that can benefit your career and lifestyle.

Work life balance and family friendly initiatives

Maroondah City Council offers a range of family friendly working arrangements to assist employees to balance work and lifestyle commitments, these include:

• Flexible Working Arrangements
  Maroondah City Council aims wherever practicable to provide flexible working arrangements, which balance service requirements with employee needs. Flexible working arrangements include flexible starting and finishing times (i.e. 19-day month and 9-day fortnight).
• Job sharing
  Maroondah City Council aims wherever practicable to offer job-sharing to assist employees achieve a balance between work and other activities, including family responsibilities. Job-sharing is an arrangement in which two or more people share one full-time job, each working part-time on a regular ongoing basis.
• Learning and Development
  Maroondah City Council is committed to providing employees with learning and development opportunities to further develop their capabilities and knowledge.
  Through a combination of both 'traditional' learning and 'e-learning' methods (blended learning) Council can accommodate individual learning styles.
• Leave without Pay
  Maroondah City Council offers employees leave without pay for periods of up to 12 months. Leave without pay enables employees to pursue personal interests, participate in community activities, undertake further education or travel, whilst ensuring career stability and security.
• Occupational Health & Safety
  Maroondah City Council is committed to fulfilling both its legal and moral responsibility in providing and maintaining a safe and healthy work environment for employees, contractors, volunteers, customers and visitors. Council works actively to promote and a culture of health and safety in the workplace.
• 48/52 and other models of employment (i.e. 46/52, 47/52, 49/52, 50/52, 51/52)
  Maroondah City Council offers 48/52, which provides a condition whereby a full-time employee, receives an additional 4 weeks unpaid recreational leave in addition to their normal 4 weeks paid annual leave. The employee receiving this benefit will receive an annual salary derived by multiplying their ordinary rate of pay by 48 and dividing this figure by 52 (eg. $40,000 pa X 48/52 = $36,923pa).
• Parental Leave
  Maroondah City Council (in accordance with Award entitlements) offers permanent full-time or permanent part-time employees 52 weeks of parental leave of which sixteen (16) weeks paid at full pay or by agreement thirty-two (32) at half pay.
• Paternity Leave
  Maroondah City Council (in accordance with Award entitlements) offers permanent full-time or permanent part-time employees two (2) weeks paid paternity leave.
• Salary Sacrifice/Packaging
  Maroondah City Council allows employees to salary sacrifice up to 100% of the applicable salary into a non-salary fringe benefit. The following benefits may be packaged: Superannuation Contributions, Relocation Expenses, Self-Education, Loan Repayments, Non Investment and Income Protection/Disability Insurance.
• Study Assistance
  Maroondah City Council offers employees paid study leave for the purpose of attending approved courses of study or distance education.
• Working from Home
  Maroondah City Council considers requests for working from home on a case-by-case basis, depending on the nature of the work and operational impacts.

Health and Wellbeing

Maroondah City Council's employee health and wellbeing programs seek to optimise the health and wellbeing of employees and improve motivation and performance.

• Health and Wellbeing Programs
  Maroondah City Council offers a range of health and wellbeing programs including annual health information sessions and influenza vaccinations.
• Ambulance Memberships
  Maroondah City Council offers employees discount memberships to the Ambulance Service Victoria.
• Health Insurance
  Maroondah City Council offers discount health insurance premiums for employees to help them proactively manage their health and wellbeing.
• Employee Assistance Program
  Maroondah City Council’s Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is a free, confidential counselling service for employees and their nominated family members. Employees can voluntarily access offsite counselling at their discretion.
• Keep in Touch Program
  Maroondah City Council has a formal 'Keep in Touch Program', where employees on extended leave may be kept informed of developments and opportunities in the workplace.
• Leisure Memberships
  Maroondah City Council offers employees adiscount memberships to our Major Leisure Facilities (i.e. aquatic, golf and indoor sports facilities)
• Sick Leave/Family Carers Leave
  Maroondah City Council offers paid sick leave each year to recover from illness or injury, or to care for an immediate family or household member.
• Social Clubs (Indoor & Outdoor)
  Maroondah City Council Social Clubs aim to improve employee morale and create a cooperative work environment. For a nominal fee, employees are able to join the Social Club and access a wide range of subsidised social and recreational activities.
• Workplace Giving
  Maroondah City Council promotes Workplace Giving and employees are encouraged to suggest registered charities to benefit from fundraising.