Local Government Managers Australia is conducting a National Workforce Development Research project, examining how councils face the challenge of staff retention.

 

The study is to be based on reports prepared by council teams across Australia and New Zealand outlining issues in retaining staff, describing their current initiatives and procedures, and suggesting new ideas to improve staff retention.

 

LGMA National and the Australian Centre for Excellence in Local Government (ACELG) are now looking to engage a local government practitioner to undertake a review of the responses to the LGMA National Management Challenge.

 

The results will be presented at the 2011 LGMA National Congress and Business Expo on 22-25 May.

 

More information is at http://www.lgma.org.au