"To deliver progress and value to our community"

Parkes Shire Council strives to deliver progress and value to our community, while offering diverse and expansive career opportunities. This allows our employees to contribute positively to our local community while building their careers.

Through the Integrated Planning and Reporting Framework, Council and the community establish the vision for the Shire and the future directions which form strategic focus areas to meet the vision.

At Parkes Shire Council we are led by our six core values: community, innovation, integrity, respect, safety and teamwork.

These values were determined by Council employees and therefore reflect Council's personality and form a set of unbreakable rules.

Our values guide the work we do, the choices we make and how we interact with each other and the community. For our employees we provide a positive, creative and fun work environment that embraces new technology with the focus on health, well-being and professional development.

By integrating these corporate values into everything we do, we are able to achieve our mission of delivering progress and value to our community.

It all adds up to a progressive, safe, fulfilling, and enjoyable place to work.

Parkes Shire Council consists of four departments and the Office of the General Manager.

Vision statement for the Parkes Shire

"Connected, vibrant and sustainable. Parkes Shire 2035, it all adds up."

The vision for the Parkes Shire is supported by four themes in our Community Strategic Plan (CSP).

Under each of the four themes, strategies that Parkes Shire Council will undertake to deliver on these objectives are clearly outlined. We have also outlined what individual residents can do to help achieve these objectives, and identified the partners – such as Government agencies, community organisations, service clubs and business groups – who have a role to play in helping us realise our shared vision.