New recruits to reinvigorate city, says RDC boss

Rotorua District Council Building

The Rotorua District Council's chief executive says quality recruitments made through the realignment process were set to reinvigorate the council.

Geoff Williams said interest in roles at the council had been fantastic. "It's an exciting time for the organisation with some really talented individuals emerging through the recruitment phase to secure roles, all bringing fresh skills, ideas and enthusiasm to our city."

The recruitment process attracted hundreds of applications and several hundred interviews were conducted, Mr Williams said.

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Recruitment of 100 staff for new or altered positions had been a major task, conducted in two phases during the last two months.

Interviews for internally advertised positions open only to current staff were completed in early July while those for externally advertised roles, open to both current staff and external applicants, will finish this week.

Mr Williams said high calibre external candidates from across the country applied for positions.