Thank you for your interest in applying for a position with Cessnock City Council.
Before you start your application for a vacant position please read through the following steps to ensure you make the best application for the position.
Also make sure you read the position description carefully to ensure you are aware of the selection criteria and address all the criteria by stating how your experience, qualifications and skills satisfy the criteria.
Cessnock City Council is an equal employment opportunity employer and applies merit based selection techniques to ensure that the best person for the position is selected. All applicants must provide the information requested by Council by completing the Cessnock City Council Job Application Form. You are most welcome to provide any additional information to support your application.
Council will treat your application and the information you have provided in the strictest confidence with only those staff involved in the recruitment process accessing the application information.
Provide a covering letter to briefly introduce yourself. Details may include a brief overview of your work history and the reason that our position is attractive to you.
This form is to be completed for all positions vacant. It contains 8 parts which must be completed
Please ensure you complete all the information required including a contact phone number which is best for you to be contacted through the day as applicants shortlisted for interview are contacted by phone.
You must refer to the relevant position description to provide information on part B & C of the application. The position description contains the selection criteria both essential and desirable. Shortlisting for interview is based on how well you address this selection criteria.
When addressing the selection criteria it is not sufficient to state that you meet the criteria, you must demonstrate how you meet each criterion by using relevant examples to support how you have gained the skills in the statement. As a guide, each statement should be no more than 2 or 3 paragraphs and please make sure you identify each criterion by using the numbers provided in the position description or by writing out each criterion.
Your employment history should have the employers listed in date order with the most recent employer listed first. Also include any relevant voluntary work experience.
Please provide a listing of your relevant tertiary and/or secondary qualifications you have completed or currently studying. The second section in Part E refers to providing a listing of any relevant licences including any applicable expiry dates. In the third section of this part please provide details of any relevant professional development or training you have undertaken.
Please provide only copies of any of the qualifications you have mentioned in your application. Council will require to sight the originals of certificates or academic transcripts at a later stage of the recruitment process.
This is to be completed for any professional memberships you may have that relate to the position.
Council requires at least three recent referees who can comment on your work performance and work history. Your referees must be people who have supervised your work. In submitting this application you are providing authority for Council to contact your referees. In cases where you do not want your current employer to be aware of your application and can not provide a current supervisors name, please make a note of this on your application form. Contact will be made with you if Council requires a current supervisor referee.
Reference checks are only made with those people you have nominated and will only be contacted if you have been interviewed and your application is being seriously considered for appointment.
Applicant Declaration – before signing this Part, please make sure you have completed all the Parts of the application.
You are most welcome to submit any other relevant information that is not covered in your application.
For further assistance in how to apply please do no hesitate to contact our Human Resource Section on (02) 4993 4230.
Council will accept applications electronically marked with Position Name and Number only in the subject line and sent to:
or hard copies of your application marked and send to:
Job Application – “Private and Confidential”
General Manager
Cessnock City Council
P O Box 152
CESSNOCK 2325
