Council will soon be recruiting for 14 traineeship roles at the beginning of 2025. Current 2024 traineeship roles range from libraries to civil construction to animal care to horticulture.
A traineeship program offers an opportunity for successful applicants to gain 12 months employment to entry level pathways into council and obtain a national qualification.
Council encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply. We have a Cultural Mentoring Program; offer meaningful participation in council’s NAIDOC week celebrations; the opportunity to be involved in council’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employee Working Group initiatives; and Cultural, Ceremonial and NAIDOC Leave.
Keep an eye out on the Careers@Ipswich page of the Ipswich City Council website so you can apply for the traineeships as soon as they are advertised early January 2025.
Alternatively, sign up via the button below to be the first to know once traineeships open.
Eligibility criteria
As the traineeships are under a state funding program, funding eligibility requires trainees to be:
- Aged 15 years or older and no longer at school; and
- Able to meet citizen, residency and visa requirements to undertake a traineeship
The funding also states that you must fall under an identified disadvantaged group:
- Young people (aged 15-24 years), including those in and transitioned from out-of-home care
- Long term unemployed job seekers
- Mature-age job seekers (aged 45 years or older)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- Migrants and refugees from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
- People with disability
- Displaced workers
- Women re-entering the workforce
- Veterans, ex-ADF personnel and their families