The Mornington Peninsula is located just over an hour’s drive away from the city and is often described as Melbourne’s playground. It is the most popular informal recreation area in Victoria.
If you are considering a change of career, a role at the Mornington Peninsula Shire may be the diverse offering that you’re looking for. Our council is a mixture of urban areas, resort towns, tourist destinations and rural land. There are many benefits of working at the Mornington Peninsula Shire.
To learn more about working at the Shire, please visit our website www.mornpen.vic.gov.au to view our current vacancies. You will be amazed at how many services we provide, and surprised at how many different jobs are required to ensure the needs of the community are met. This may be your chance to really make a difference – Sea for yourself!
Our Traineeship Program
Are you seeking practical on-the-job work experience and a certificate-level qualification?
The Shire allows you to improve lives and shape your career in an exceptional place through their dedicated traineeship program!
As a trainee, you’ll work at the Shire for a 12-month program offering learning and development opportunities to expand personal and professional capabilities while completing a Certificate IV in Business – a formal and recognised qualification, through a Registered Training Organisation.
Who Are Traineeships for?
The Shire’s Traineeship Program provides flexible employment and training opportunities for people wanting to build careers. The program is aimed at attracting:
School leavers
Adults entering or returning to the workforce, reskilling, or seeking a career change.
What You Can Expect
Participants in the program are supported every step of the way with opportunities to learn and grow on the job while completing a Certificate IV in Business – a formal and recognised qualification.
You’ll gain:
Huge Opportunities
Benefit from the wide and varied work that the Shire offers, making it easier to find your perfect fit.
Support & Guidance
Trainees receive a circle of support, including your Program facilitator, supervisor, mentor, study provider and the Australian Apprenticeship Support Network.
Diversity & Inclusion
We celebrate an inclusive workplace culture that promotes and values diversity. Our employees feel empowered to share their experiences and ideas.
Skills for Your Future
Gain a nationally recognised Certificate IV in Business qualification by combining employment (real wages) and training (formal study).
Make a Difference
Spend your working hours doing something that improves your local community.
Health & Wellbeing
We are committed to providing and maintaining a safe and healthy work environment with programs that seek to optimise the health and well-being of its employees.
Explore your future – gain hands-on experience in local government!
Our Work Experience Program gives high school students the chance to get a real taste of working in local government. It’s a great way to explore different career paths, build confidence, and develop valuable skills – all while contributing to your community.
Placement Opportunities
We offer placements in a variety of areas, including:
Community Animal Shelter
Visitor Centre
Libraries
Information Technology
Whether you’re into tech, nature, hospitality, or community connection – there’s something for everyone.
Please note: While we do our best to accommodate all students, placements are limited during peak periods.
Our Organisational Values
The Shire is committed to the highest standards of performance, behaviour and service.
Our Core Values set the framework for how we work together to achieve outstanding outcomes for our
customers and our community. We have five CORE values that are integral to everything we do
Integrity: We take ownership and responsibility for our decisions; Keep our promises, and hold each other accountable to the highest standards of performance.
Openness: We share knowledge and learning for the benefit of all; actively engage with our community, and are transparent in our decision-making.
Courage: We give honest advice; make tough calls with conviction; stand by our decisions; admit if we get it wrong, and challenge ourselves to explore new ways of thinking.
Respect: treat everyone with dignity, fairness and empathy: look out for our safety and wellbeing; and nurture positive and inclusive relationships.
Excellence: We provide exceptional customer service; strive for innovative team outcomes for the betterment
of our community; and step up to lead where we recognise an opportunity for improvement.
Our values guide us in clearly defining and communicating:
How we do things at the Shire;
How we make decisions in the best interests of the community we serve; and
How we hold ourselves and each other accountable to the highest standards of performance and conduct.
Our Values set our organisational culture and articulate the shared behaviours we are all required to live by when making decisions in the course of our work. In living our values, we build a collective culture committed to high performance and send a clear message to our colleagues and our community about how we go about our business.
Our Vision: To value, protect and improve the unique characteristics and way of life on our peninsula. “Valuing our unique peninsula”.
Our Mission:
Providing effective leadership and representation by democratically elected councillors
Listening and reflecting your collective aspirations in our plans
Helping you create a resilient, inclusive community that can respond to challenges
Bringing new ideas to discussions that create new opportunities
Encouraging you to get involved in your community
Working hard to provide the best possible service and value
Keeping you up to date with what is happening across the Shire in an open and direct way
Gender Equality within our Shire
As we pave the way to Gender Equality at the Shire, we are committed to our obligations under the Gender Equality Act 2020 to:
Create a Gender Equality Action Plan (GEAP) every 4 years
Report on our Gender Equality Progress every 2 years.
The Shire’s Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2030 aims to improve gender equality and prevent violence against women within the Shire’s workforce and community, and through the design and delivery of the Shire’s services and programs. The Strategy uses a primary prevention approach (based on the OurWatch National Framework), which means the focus is on stopping violence before it starts. View the OurWatch ‘Change the Story’ video to learn more.
Progress highlights from our Gender Equality Strategy include:
Over thirty gender equity actions have been achieved or progressed over six key settings to increase gender equity where we live, work, learn and play. Highlights include:
Upstander training was delivered to upskill community members on how to safety call out disrespectful behaviours as part of 16 Days of Activism campaign.
The Shire has developed a Fair Access Plan to improve access to and use of community sport infrastructure for women and girls. Gender Equality Training was held with local Sports Clubs to assist them with developing their own Gender Equality Plans.
A Men’s Health Network has been established and runs events for Men’s Health Week covering themes such as mental health, suicide prevention, respectful relationships and healthier masculinities.
International Women’s Day was celebrated by sharing sharing local women’s stories – HERstory podcast series.
Our Workplace Gender Equality Action Plan (GEAP) includes a set of targets, strategies and measures to promote and achieve gender equality within our organisation. Our next GEAP is in development, co-created by our Diversity and Inclusion Workplace Group and Gender Equity Allies Group.
The development of the GEAP is informed by our Gender Equality reporting. Key highlights in our 2023 reporting included:
Our gender pay gap was reduced by 12% – from 24.3% to 12.4%
The gender composition of our Management Team is now 50/50
We’ve seen an increase in people working part-time at the top three levels of the organisation, from 0 to 9 people
We had an increase of 5% in formal flexible work arrangements.
We have two diversity and inclusion strategies to support our work internally and in the community. The We All Belong Strategy24-29 supports our community to be a place where people of all ages, abilities, cultures, genders, and sexualities are welcomed, celebrated, and provided opportunities to thrive and reach their full potential. Within our workplace, the Together We Thrive: Our Workplace Diversity and Inclusion Plan 24-27 outlines clear commitments and actions to advance our cultural maturity over the years to come.
Free from Violence in our workplace and community
The Free from Violence Local Government Program contributes to the Victorian Government’s vision to create a Victoria where everyone experiences equality, respect and lives free from violence.
The Program’s objectives are to:
Increase awareness and understanding across Victorian councils of the drivers of family violence and all forms of violence against women, and how to stop this violence before it starts in Victorian communities.
Support Victorian councils to promote positive attitudes, behaviours and culture change in their workplace and through the programs and services they deliver, to prevent family violence and all forms of violence against women.
During the first year of the program, the Shire:
Developed and implemented a Family Violence Support Policy and online Family Violence Support Hub for our staff
Held training sessions for staff on coercive control, recognising family violence, responding to disclosures and referring to support services
Expanded our Family Violence Prevention Collaborative group, and
Launched our internal Gender Equity Allies group.
We have a number of education programs in our community, including:
Training for Youth Services, Library and Early Years staff in gender equality and early intervention
Sports Club education and awareness campaigns to ensure they are inclusive
Arts and Culture Programs that promote women’s voices.
Cultural Diversity
Creating inclusion and belonging in our workplace and community
Our Diversity and Inclusion Vision at the Shire is to “Create a workplace where diversity is embraced and celebrated, where everyone feels valued for their unique contributions and together, we thrive.” Our Together We Thrive: Workplace Diversity and Inclusion Plan 24-27 outlines our commitment to actions that advance our cultural maturity over three stages, led by our internal Diversity and Inclusion Workplace Group. Our commitment to celebrating diversity and promoting equality is also documented in our We All Belong Strategy 24-29.
Our stage one highlights include:
Rollout of diversity and inclusion training for staff during their onboarding process
An annual diversity and inclusion calendar, recognising and celebrating 20 key dates
Establishment of 4 diversity and inclusion staff ally groups
Equity Impact Assessment and update of our Recruitment and Selection Policy and Enterprise Agreement
Implementation of a ‘diversity profile’ for staff reporting.
Our five organisation values are integral to everything we do. One of these values is ‘Respect’ where, “We treat everyone with dignity, fairness and empathy; look out for our safety and wellbeing; and nurture positive and inclusive relationships.”
You will see us proudly supporting diversity and inclusion through the display of our flags and stickers throughout our publications and Shire offices. These symbols demonstrate that our organisation is welcoming and acknowledge our commitment to disability; LGBTIQA+; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
There are currently no jobs available
Unfortunately there are currently no positions available at Mornington Peninsula Shire Council, please check back soon.
