Executive summary

Wagga Wagga City Council serves more than 66,000 residents every day. This is possible due to the contributions of our people undertaking diverse roles across the organisation to deliver high quality services for the communities in which we live.

With unprecedented investment, construction and development activity throughout the region drawing on traditional skills base of local government, the pressure for already stretched and areas of skill shortage means workforce planning must be forward thinking and applicable to a changing approach for service delivery. Council’s Workforce Resourcing Strategy 2022-2026 focuses on culture, capabilities and leadership required across our organisation to deliver the objectives of the Community Strategic Plan 2040 (Draft CSP 2040). Specifically, it examines how we can enable our employees to deliver outcomes and programs of work that have been developed in consultation with our community while addressing current and future opportunities and issues that could impact on planning and delivery. Our workforce resourcing strategy is built upon six strategies which align and further support the objectives detailed within the Community Strategic Plan. These objectives flow through to Council's Delivery Program 2022-2026 and Operational Plan 2022/23. These include: 1. Develop and implement a resourcing strategy to support the delivery of the Community Strategic Plan. 2. Facilitate a culture that empowers our people to demonstrate positive leadership. 3. Establish an engaged, diverse and inclusive workforce that makes people feel more connected to each other and to the vision and purpose of the organisation. 4. Invest in the capabilities of our people to ensure they are appropriately skilled to deliver positive outcomes for our community. 5. Develop and implement strategies and plans to support our people to embrace a values-based organisational culture. 6. Ensure the safety, health and wellbeing of our people.

The Workforce Resourcing Strategy 2022-2026 also partners with various plans that further drive workforce initiatives including Council’s Corporate Training Plan; All Abilities Inclusion Action Plan; Equal Employment Opportunity Management Plan; Health & Wellbeing Strategy; and Reconciliation Action Plan.