More than 300 temporary jobs are set to open up with councils across the region.
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The six-month jobs are available to people who are currently unemployed and are funded under the state government's Working for Victoria program.
The City of Greater Bendigo has received funding to create 115 jobs, to the tune of about $4.8 million.
Andrew Cooney, the council's director of corporate performance, said the new jobs would cover a wide variety of positions.
He said these included administration jobs, cleaning, tree planting and providing garden maintenance for vulnerable people, among others.
"The real benefit of this is to give 115 people who don't have a job, six months of work," Mr Cooney said.
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But he said the community would also benefit through the work undertaken by these workers.
The funding the City of Greater Bendigo received will see people employed to work between now and February, with each individual job to run for six months.
Other councils in the region involved in the initiative include Mount Alexander, Macedon Ranges, Loddon, Central Goldfields and Buloke shires.
Thirty-nine part-time positions are opening with Central Goldfields Shire Council, mostly in the areas of community development, community services, outdoors operations and economic development.
"The additional staff will not only help us support our community during the social and economic recovery phases of the pandemic, it will also enable us to deliver additional projects for our community that would have been otherwise not possible," chief executive officer Lucy Roffey said.
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Bendigo has also seen cleaners employed in short-term positions directly by the state government under the Working for Victoria program.
They were among 1500 people employed in 36 areas across the state to clean public infrastructure and shopping areas.
The cleaners' work included disinfecting and wiping down such surfaces such as benches, handrails and door handles, traffic light buttons, poles, bicycle stands, and bins.
People who are currently unemployed and interested in taking on one of the new positions with the councils must register online.
Information is available online at the Working for Victoria website.
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Natalie Croxon
Reporter at the Illawarra Mercury, mostly covering social affairs. Previously of the Bendigo Advertiser, Northern Daily Leader and Quirindi Advocate. Our Watch award winner.
Reporter at the Illawarra Mercury, mostly covering social affairs. Previously of the Bendigo Advertiser, Northern Daily Leader and Quirindi Advocate. Our Watch award winner.
