Work Experience at Newark and Sherwood District Council

Newark and Sherwood District Council offers unpaid work experience and graduate placements across a range of departments. These placements are designed to give students and graduates practical insight into local government work, with opportunities available in areas such as leisure centres, human resources, community safety and asset management.

Each placement includes a structured work programme to make the experience interesting, worthwhile and rewarding.

Priority is given to students who live or attend school in the Newark and Sherwood district. Applicants need to complete an application form and send a brief letter and CV by email, setting out what they are studying, their interests, the department they would like to join and the dates they would prefer.

Successful applicants must complete a disclosure of convictions form before starting, and students aged 17 and under are risk assessed before placement begins.