City of Ryde Council

Economic Development Project Officer

• Identified role for a person with intellectual disability
• Permanent Part-Time
• You will work 16 hours each week
• You will be paid $33.56 per hour

About Us

City of Ryde is a local government area in the Northern Sydney region in New South Wales. It is home to an inclusive and diverse community of around 130,000 people. City of Ryde has more than 13,000 local businesses, hospitals, and a university. It is surrounded with beautiful bushland, riverfront parks, open spaces, and sport facilities.

Our council delivers many services, projects, programs, and events.

We are a recognised Employer of Choice (Australian Business Awards 2022).

About the Role

The City of Ryde City Economy Team is looking for a person with intellectual disability to join their team.

The job we have is called a Project Officer.

The Project Officer will support the team with things like:

• Making information for the City of Ryde
• Being part of meetings
• Giving support to events the team runs
• Listening to stakeholders
• Thinking of ways to help make things better for the community

We will give you training to learn all the things you will do in the job.

We will support you to do your job well.

What you need for the job

There are things and skills you must have to do this job.

You must have

• At least your Year 10 school certificateOr
• Completed the School Leavers Employment Support program.

You should want to make things better for businesses in the City of Ryde.

You should want to work on projects that do things like:

• Give jobs to people
• Support businesses
• Make town centres more accessible.

You should know a bit about computer programs like Microsoft Word.

You should be able to talk to people in a nice way.

For more information read the attached position description and we have also attached the Easy Read Position Description

How to apply

• Answer the questions on the next pages.
• Send a resume if you have one. 

Closing Date: You must submit your application by Friday, 02 May 2025 at 11:30pm.

You can ask your family member or support worker to assist you to complete the application.

If you have any questions about the application or need a different way to apply, you can contact Michael Galderisi:

E-mail: michaelgal@ryde.nsw.gov.au

Phone: (02) 9952 8102