About Cumberland City Council
What is Cumberland City Council?
Cumberland City Council serves one of Sydney's most culturally diverse areas — Merrylands, Auburn, Granville, Lidcombe and Guildford — home to more than 240,000 people. Around 1,100 staff run libraries, aquatic centres, planning, IT, procurement and community services.
Where will I work?
From the council's Merrylands offices and facilities across western Sydney.
What is the Cumberland team like?
IT project officers, procurement and fleet managers, planners and community-services staff alongside aquatic and parking operations teams.
Work-Life Balance
Full-time roles are advertised as a "70 hour fortnight with a Rostered Day Off (RDO) per fortnight" — 35 hours a week across nine days — and the aquatic-operations ad refers to it as "Council's 9 day fortnight Rostered Day Off (RDO) arrangement", i.e. a council-wide scheme rather than a per-role negotiation.
Perks and Benefits
- 9-day fortnight — 70-hour fortnight with an RDO
- Access to a range of health and wellbeing programs
- NSW local-government superannuation
- Career development across a large metropolitan council