Cr Ros Heit - Human Resources & MCBF Portfolio Report - 14 December 2016

Mayor’s Community Benefit Fund(MCBF) -  Round 2 - 2016/2017

MCBF Round 2 opens Monday 2nd January closing 20 January 2017. 

MCBF is intended to build the capacity of South Burnett Community Organisations to deliver services, activities, programs for the benefit of the region.  As Chair of the MCBF assessment committee, I encourage local community organisations and service providers to submit applications for round 2 which will focus on programs for the homeless or displaced members of the Community.

Human Resources

The details of the 10 traineeships positions are in the process of being finalised. There will be positions offered in administration, civil engineering, warehousing and horticulture. These positions will be advertised on the SBRC website and in the local media the week starting 9 January. Applications will close late January and after shortlisting, interviewing the appointments will be made with expected start date of early April. I encourage anyone interested in these positions to apply.

Also in the Human Resources sector, numerous drug tests have been administered across the council workforce. To date we are delighted that all tests have come back negative for drugs. We will continue the random drug testing to ensure the safety of both our staff and the community.