Benefits

Maroondah City Council is a flexible, progressive organisation that values people and offers both competitive benefits and learning opportunities to attract and retain talented professionals.

Maroondah City Council offers employees the opportunity to:

• work closely with the community and respond to people's needs
• undertake a diverse range of tasks and become multi-skilled through contact and cooperation with other functional areas
• be involved in on-going learning and development
• grow and progress throughout the organisation
• negotiate flexible working arrangements (ie: flexi-time, part time work, job sharing and working from home options)
• take part in employee health and wellbeing programs.

Work life balance and family friendly initiatives

Maroondah City Council is committeed to work-life balance and family friendly policies to ensure employees achieve a balance between their work, family and lifestyle commitments.

At Maroondah City Council these policies include:

• Flexible Working Arrangements
  Maroondah City Council aims wherever practicable to provide flexible working arrangements, which balance service requirements with an employee's personal needs. Flexible working arrangements include flexible starting and finishing times (i.e. Time in Lieu (TIL) and 9-day fortnight.) Currently, 39.8% of Maroondah City Council's workforce is employed on a part-time basis. Council's flexible work practices are encouraging more employees to take up part time employment to achieve a work/life balance.
• 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 is able to provide flexibility around delivery methods to 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 still offering 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 to ensure ongoing active prevention of injury and illness within 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)
• Maternity Leave
  Maroondah City Council offers permanent full-time or permanent part-time employees an entitlement of 52 weeks for Maternity Leave of which 14 weeks shall be at full pay or by agreement 28 weeks on half pay.
• Paternity Leave
  Maroondah City Council offers permanent full-time or permanent part-time employees one week paternity leave paid.
• Salary Sacrifice/Packaging
  Salary Sacrifice/Packaging Council will offer remuneration packaging in respect of salary. The salary packaging will operate in accordance with Council's Enterprise Bargaining Agreement, Taxation Law, individual management contracts and Council Policy.
  An employee may package up to a maximum of 30% 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 recognises the need to support the development of employees and offers paid study leave for the purpose of travelling to or attending approved courses of study or Distance Education.
  Council will pay 50% of the course fees, including any General Service Fee, up to a maximum of $2000. Council will also reimburse the cost of prescribed reference books up to the value of $250, upon successful completion of the study year.
• 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 is subject to the 'Working from Home Policy provisions.

Health and Wellbeing

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

• Health and Wellbeing Committee
  Maroondah City Council's wellbeing committee provides annual voluntary health assessments together with health information sessions and influenza vaccinations.
• Ambulance Memberships
  Maroondah City Council offers employees discount memberships to the Ambulance Service Victoria.
• Employee Assistance Program
  Maroondah City Council believes that personal wellbeing equals a happier and more productive workforce. The 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', under which employees of any type, for a period of six weeks or longer, may be kept informed of developments and opportunities in the workplace.
• Leisure Memberships
  Maroondah City Council offers employees discount memberships to our Major Leisure Facilities (i.e. aquatic, golf and indoor sports facilities)
• Sick Leave/Family Carers Leave
  Maroondah City Council has no separate entitlement for Family Carers Leave, rather it is an employee's sick leave entitlement, part or all of which can be utilised for the purpose of care for family members. Council offers up to 12 days paid sick leave each year to recover from illness or injury, or to care for an immediate family or household member.
• Social Club (Indoor & Outdoor)
  The Maroondah City Council Social Club aims 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 including lunches, BBQ's, raffles, footy tipping and Christmas functions.
• Workplace Giving
  Maroondah City Council promotes Workplace Giving and employees are encouraged to suggest registered charities to benefit from fundraising.
  Current Workplace Giving Program benefits include:
  • Casual dress on the first Friday of each month
  • Pride in supporting charities that help those less fortunate
  • Tax Dedcution Donations
  • Convenient direct payroll debit each fortnight
  • Reduce cost to charities (deductible gift recipients) in processing lump sum donations