The Community Development 12-month Traineeship is awarded each calendar year to an outstanding, locally-based Year 12 graduating student. Candidates should have an interest in community development, with intentions to progress onto tertiary studies, and a willingness to undertake gap year employment with the Shire.
Purpose
The traineeship provides a training and community development experience to a High School Graduate for one year as a precursor to tertiary studies.
As part of the Community Planning and Development service, the traineeship supports the implementation of plans within the Council’s Community Planning and Development Team.
There is a particular focus on youth, disability, access and inclusion, age-friendliness, arts and culture, and other focus areas, following the Council’s strategic plan, customer service charter and budget provisions.
Previous trainees
Previous trainees of the program are:
- Naomi Godden (2003)
- Roxanne Moore (2004)
- Simon O’Leary (2005)
- Keely Robertson (2006)
- Natasha Dixon (2007)
- Moana Lutton (2008)
- Connor McLeod (2009)
- Amy Burgess (2010)
- Ella Sleegers (2012)
- Jake Graebner-Bond (2013)
- Emma Godridge (2014)
- Molly Ryan (2015)
- Georgina Wilkie (2016)
- Callum Noone (2017)
- Ladriel Hackett (2018)
- Kate Mann (2019)
- Hope Sortras (2020)
- Shannon Walker (2021)
- James Ransley (2022)
- Helena Williams (2023)
- Aloha Fritsch (2024)
- The current trainee is Tully Sowden.
More information and contact
For more information, please contact the Shire on (08) 9780 5255 or email [email protected]