ACT Government
2025 Graduate Program (Feb 2025)
Canberra, Canberra
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Opportunity details
- Graduate Job or Program
- AUD 84061 / Year
- 50-90 vacancies
- Apply by 28 Apr 2024
- Start date 5 Feb 2025
Be part of something bigger and turn your ambition into action.
The ACT Public Service is a professional, diverse and progressive organisation. Our work directly serves the needs of the Canberra community. Working with us, you can make a difference to peopleโs lives every day.
Join our 2025 ACT Public Service Graduate Program and we can support you to develop skills, knowledge and networks to build an exciting and rewarding career.
We offer you:
- A competitive salary (starting at $84,061) and accelerated opportunity for promotion.
- A 10-month development program, including role rotations, designed to support you to establish and grow your career in the ACT Public Service.
- Flexible work arrangements and a healthy work/life balance.
- Financial support for relocation to Canberra to join the ACT Public Service.
- An unrivalled range of career paths, including but not limited to:
- Finance and Commerce
- HR and Business
- Engineering
- Environmental Science
- ICT
- Legal Policy (non-practicing roles)
- Arts and Humanities
2025 ACT Public Service Graduate Program Eligibility, You must:
- Be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or currently hold Australian Permanent Residency,
- Have completed a tertiary qualification in the past five years, and
- Be available to commence with the Program in early February 2025.
ACT Public Service is an inclusion-focused employer:
The ACT Public Service actively supports workforce diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, neurodiverse people, culturally diverse people and those who identify as LGBTQIA+ are encouraged to apply.
How to Apply:
- Applications should be submitted via the Apply Now button
- As part of your application you will need to submit:
- Your current curriculum vitae (CV),
- University transcript, and
- Proof of residency.
- A video pitch is required as part of your application. Separate instructions are provided in the Application Package to assist with this submission.
Questions? Weโd love to hear from you!
Our friendly Graduate Recruitment Team are happy to assist. Please contact us with any questions, including relevance of your qualification, eligibility, adjustments or support through the recruitment process, future workplace adjustment requirements or to discuss the benefits of our program in more detail.
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- Australian Citizen +more
- Business & Management +more
- Bachelor or higher
Reviews
Day to day responsibilities vary on the project that you are assigned to, but I will give an example of the last project that I was on which was in the manufacturing space for a poultry factory. General day would begin with grabbing coffee with the team before heading to site. After we arrive at site we would have a 15-30 min check in and refresh to see where everyone is at with their responsibilities and if they required any support throughout the day. After that I would probably go onto the shopfloor to conduct a line study or just take observations for a specific trial that the team have scheduled, or just purely to touch base with a few of the key stakeholders on the shopfloor. Throughout my day I would also spend some time attending various meetings, such as supply reviews / demand review and take minutes when necessary. A large part of the role is also analysis and crafting your insights into recommendations for the client, so I would say a significant portion of my day is spent sourcing or creating data to support the various workstreams we have across the project. This may be through excel analysis, interviews, studies and or general stakeholder management.
Throughout the grad program, my role and day-to-day responsibilities have changed dramatically. I have worked from developing internal strategic approaches to organising external contracts and arranging ministerial briefs. This has all been good experience to gain and to be a part of.
Due to caretaker, I haven't been given any tasks yet (three weeks in)
About the employer
ACT Government
4.1
1,000 - 50,000 employees
Government & Public Service
The ACT Government is a professional, diverse and innovative public service. Our work is interesting, meaningful, challenging and fulfilling.
Pros and cons of working at ACT Government
Pros
Flexible work arrangements, interesting work, good workplace culture, ability to try di๏ฌerent roles within a short timeframe.
The values of the government permeate entirely through, leading to conditions, environments, and working relationships that are respectful, supportive, and purpose driven. Flexible working arrangements including time and place. Strong opportunities for professional development and career growth.
Progressive and dynamic culture. WFH ๏ฌexibility. Training experiences. Cultural experiences.
The rotation structure has absolutely worked in my favour and to my bene๏ฌt. I have enjoyed the range of experiences that I have had a chance to be involved in. It has allowed me to think about future career movements and areas of Government that I would consider working in.
Welcoming and respectful environment.
Cons
Not having much say about the roles we are placed in during the graduate program having to do 3 PDPs in each role (3 months), and doing 3 rotations.
Having to pay for parking in order to attend work. Itโs basically a pay cut.
Limited progress on your career path due to the diversity of the Graduate Program, but this could be beneficial as well.
Lack of clear and consistent procedures on how to complete work, timesheets and breaks.
Sometimes team members not going to o๏ฌce often to meet.