Working at Hastings District Council

Working for your community at Hastings District Council comes with a number of benefits.

Social Club

Hastings District Council's Social Club is a great way for staff to meet other staff that are not in their immediate work group.

Social Club meets every second Friday after work for drinks and competitions. Social Club members go out for meals, enjoy organised events including ten pin bowling, trivia nights, sporting events (including competing for the soccer cup from Napier City Council), concert buses, wine tasting and various other activities during the year.

Te Reo

All staff have the opportunity to learn Te Reo by completing the Te Ara Reo Maori Language Programme. Participating staff learn some basic conversational Maori, and are able to confidently pronounce Maori names and places.

KiwiSaver

After twelve months service, Hastings District Council makes voluntary employer contributions to Kiwisaver of up to 4% of the employee’s salary. Employer contributions prior to the employee being employed for twelve months are as outlined in legislation.

Find out more at www.kiwisaver.co.nz

Gym Group Discount

Hastings District Council has negotiated a group discount scheme with a local gym.

Familiarisation Tour

An Induction Tour introduces new staff to some of the diverse areas of Council not usually open to the public.

An Induction Manual is provided for your personal use during your employment at Council. It has been developed to assist you to learn and understand what Council does as an organisation, and how our people work together to achieve Council's goals.

Training and Development

Council makes sure that every employee has the opportunity to upskill and train to further develop their careers. All staff have access to computer based training courses including Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Frontpage and Powerpoint. Managers and staff are also able to attend external training events and conferences to meet specific individual training needs.