From the oval you play sport on, the park you picnic in, the road outside your house, the collection of your household rubbish and the hygiene standards in your local restaurants and shops, all of these things (and many more) are the responsibility of Launceston City Council. It is amazing how many services Launceston City Council provides, and you will be surprised how many different jobs are required to ensure the needs of our community are met.

• Governance Services;
• Infrastructure Services;
• Development Services;
• Resident and Leisure Services;
• Communications and Economic Development;
• Corporate Services; and
• Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery.

• 50/52 Work Arrangements in circumstances where employees need additional leave to manage family/carer responsibilities (e.g. during school holidays) or other special circumstances, they can request an overall adjustment in pay to obtain an extra two weeks leave;
• Parental/adoption Leave;
• Paid maternity/adoption leave is 14 weeks;
• Paid paternity leave is two weeks;
• Emergency leave without pay;
• Working from home;
• In special circumstances, employees may be able to work from home on an ad hoc basis;
• Regular part-time work;
• Opportunities to work part time, particularly around returning to work after the birth of a child;
• Mums who return to work part time can request to have their full-time position preserved until their child's second birthday;
• Flexible work patterns;
• Nine day fortnight in most operational areas;
• Nineteen day month for all other employees (except senior management);
• Annual and long service leave;
• Proactive approach to enabling employees to take annual leave and long service leave entitlements: considered an important health and welfare issue;
• Personal/carer's leave;
• Traditional sick leave entitlements are available for employees to care for dependants and members of their household; and
• An arrangements where one person can have more than one job in two different departments/directorates.