Golden Plains Revenue and Competitors

Golden Plains Shire Council is a vibrant and progressive organisation, conveniently situated between Geelong and Ballarat and just an hour from Melbourne. We offer a diverse range of career opportunities, in areas such as engineering, land use planning, children services, home care, environment management, community development, finance, human resource management, information technology, economic development, marketing, events and more.\n\nOur vision is for ‘A healthy, safe, vibrant, prosperous and sustainable community, supported by strong leadership, transparent governance and community partnerships’. For us this means working hard for our communities to continually improve the quality of life for people who live in, work in, or visit Golden Plains Shire. \n\nWe pride ourselves on five pillar values: Honesty and Integrity, Leadership, Accountability, Adaptability and Fairness, and constantly strive to be the very best we can be. \n\nA small rural council, Golden Plains Shire’s population is just over 20,000 people, with our main service centre, Bannockburn, growing by 7.2% per year. \n\nSupporting our 56 diverse communities are hardworking but friendly staff, spread across four directorates, including the Office of the CEO, Corporate Services, Assets and Amenities and Community Services. While each area of Council has specific focus areas, we work collaboratively to ensure we are delivering public value through good decision-making and wise spending. \n\nOver the years, Golden Plains Shire Council has continued to deliver quality services, programs, projects and events. Among these is the award-winning Golden Plains Farmers’ Market, a number of state-of-the-art early years services and meaningful infrastructure projects, such as the Smythesdale Oval refurbishment and upcoming Bannockburn Heart precinct. \n\nOur organisation has three Customer Service Centres, with the majority of staff based at our Bannockburn Customer Service Centre. We also offer customer service at our Linton and Smythesdale offices.\n\nGOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE COUNCIL – A GREAT PLACE TO WORK\nWe are committed to an organisational culture of community focus, innovation and continuous leaning. Staff are rewarded for excellence at our end of year awards, and employees can enjoy access to a wide variety of benefits and flexible working conditions as well. With an active learning and development program and supportive management structure, Golden Plains Shire Council is an organisation where your career opportunities can continue to grow. \n\nGOLDEN PLAINS – A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE AND VISIT\nGolden Plains offers relaxed country living, with the services and attractions of Melbourne, Geelong and Ballarat just a stone’s throw away. With an abundance of events, attractions and activities, as well many great local businesses and breathtaking views, Golden Plains a great place to live, work, invest, taste, see and explore.