Executive Assistants/Office Professionals Exchange 9 Feb 2023 

Agenda items discussed during the meeting. 

Nil 

General Discussion 

• Staffing vacancies for a number of EA positions with Councils looking into succession planning. General consensus that EA is a very specificrole and it is not easy to move straight from administration into an EA role. Suggestion made for open EOI and continual advertising. 

• Budget planning period – short timeframes and extra workshops 

• Isaac asked the question regarding the value in Diploma courses through Peak Services for an officer new to local government. 

• Western Downs recently conducted staff survey which resulted in BAP’s for groups and the formation of a Corporate Action Team. They are looking for ways to get the information out to the teams on the ground. 

• Cook moved from Infocouncil to Resolve from Redman Solutions for their meeting management system.  

• Isaac have just recently had LGMA provide report writing training onsite to a number of staff which was well received.