The Western Australian Government has launched a new toolkit aimed at assisting the State’s local government sector address the ‘increasing and diverse’ challenges faced in providing services to their communities.

 

State Minister for Local Government, John Castrilli, said the toolkit will assist in helping councils meet the challenges faced by the local government by helping councils better incorporate workforce planning into their strategic and corporate planning processes.

 

“The Workforce Planning Toolkit was developed in partnership with local government representatives and aims to assist councils to develop a workforce capable of meeting community aspirations now and into the future,” Mr Castrilli said.


“To achieve this, local governments need to incorporate workforce planning into their strategic and corporate planning processes.” 

 

The Minister will launch the Workforce Planning Toolkit at the Local Government Workforce Planning forum which will be attended by local government chief executive officers, managers, mayors, presidents and elected members.

 

The forum will provide attendees with information needed to successfully implement workforce planning in their organisations.

 

The toolkit will also be sent to all local governments in the State and will be available on the Department of Local Government’s Integrated Planning website at http://integratedplanning.dlg.wa.gov.au


During September and October, follow-up training workshops will be conducted in metropolitan and country areas for elected members and local government staff on how to undertake workforce planning.


Mr Castrilli said grant funding would also be made available to eligible country local governments to support workforce planning.