Our workforce
During 2015-16 Toowoomba Regional Council employed
over 1,750 staff across the region in over 200 different
professions and roles. The number of staff employed
at Council remained stable throughout the year and is
forecasted to remain the same throughout 2016-17.
Organisational Development
Chart 1: Breakdown of Council staff by employment type
In addition to the coordination1of the entry-level
programs at Council including the Generator Program,
Traineeships, Apprentices and5work experience
the team has undertaken a review of Human
25commenced
Resource policies and procedures and
implementation of organisational initiatives including:
Council’s continued effort to build capacity and
capability has led to the establishment of the
Organisational Development Team within the People
and Organisational Development Branch.
Permanent Full Time 1,266
Permanent Part Time 84
Secondment 104
49
• Diversity and Inclusion planning – in particular,
preparation for Gender Balance Initiatives
Temporary Full Time 102
Temporary Part Time 32
50
• Pilots to support Workforce Planning
Casual 326
• Scoping the Capability Framework to inform the
Learning and Development Plan
Apprentice & Trainees 38
0
50
• Creating succession planning initiatives for Council.
1400
Future-proofing
our workforce
Gender in the workplace
1200
Toowoomba Regional Council strives to build an
organisational culture that supports
gender equality.
Permanent Full Time 1,266
Council continuously seeks opportunities to build and
Permanent
Part Time 84
sustain a fair workplace by involving
staff, engaging
leaders and involving both women
and men in
Secondment
104
initiatives designed to attract and retain women in our
Temporary Full Time 102
workforce, including non-traditional areas like maleTime 32
dominated field-based operationsTemporary
and otherPart
traderelated positions. The below graph
indicates
Casual
326 the gender
breakdown of staff.
1,216 to providing mutually beneficial
Council is committed
1000
opportunities
to our staff to further develop their skills
through
training and professional development that
800
ultimately
provides improved services 736
to our community.
600
Council continually provides entry-level opportunities
400 accelerated career progression pathways, including
and
a200
range of undergraduate scholarships, internships
cadetships
and graduate programs known as the
0
‘Generator Program’.
to invest in the
Male Council is proudFemale
next generation of professionals, develop the skills of our
locals and promote the professional development of our
region.
478
500
466
5
25
0
36-40years
53
21-25years
49
2
Male
Female
3.000
2.500
500
466
478
2.000
1.500
408
1.000
329
0.500
0.00
available 4
Internship positions filled 8
89
Internship
positions
Internship
positions
available 8available
100
265
Cadet
positions
filled 6
Cadet
positions
377
2008 2009
2009 2010
169
8
filled 6
46
Cadet positions available 7
Cadet positions
available 7
0
20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-65 Over 65
Graduate
positions
filled 10
Graduate positions available 10
Graduate positions 1072
filled 10
Under
0-5years
0
3.500
0
Internship positions filled 8
6-10years
2
200
200 available 4
Scholarship positions
11-15years
0
Workers Com
Com
400
Scholarship
positionspositions
filled 4
Scholarship
83
16-20years
6
736
600
Scholarship positions filled 4
26-30years
4
800
300
36
2
1,216
1000
400
11
31-35years
0
1200
30-39
In200
entry
169
1addition to the Generator Program, Council’s
Over 65
49
level programs include our trainee and
apprenticeship
Under
30
60 -65
5
offerings.
During
supported
89 the 2015-16 year, Council
50-59
50
18100
apprentices,
five
existing
worker
apprentices,
one
40-49
25
46
hosted apprentice, 23 trainees and 10 existing
worker
30-39
trainees,
as 49
well as numerous151
work experience
students
0
Under 30
Under
20
20-29 30-39
40-49 50-59
60-65
Over 65
across
a
variety
of
branches.
By
investing
in
the
50
100
150
200 region’s
50
youth we aim to develop a robust talent pool of skilled
151
professionals for the future.
46-50 years
2
0
50
100
150
200
Generator
Program
Positions - Available and Filled
41-45 years
4
Apprentice & Trainees 38
Breakdown of gender in the workplace
1400
408Council employed
At the end of the year,
Over 10
65graduates,
400
six
cadets, eight interns and four scholarship interns,
60 -65
329but also
predominately in Engineering,
in the Information
50-59
Communication
and
Technology,
Human
Resources and
300
Finance areas.
40-49
1
100
0
4
4
200
6
6
400
8
8
600
10
10
800
1000
1