Property, Procurement & Protective Services (PPP) Graduate Program (Feb 2024)

Our Organisation
Westpac is Australia’s oldest bank and company, one of four major banking organisations in Australia and one of the largest banks in New Zealand. We provide a broad range of banking and financial services in these markets, including consumer, business and institutional banking and wealth management services.

Westpac Group's portfolio of financial services brands and businesses is focused on our purpose which is creating better futures together. It’s what we do, who we are and why we come to work every day.

From ensuring individuals can save, transact and borrow with confidence, to supporting the financial needs of small businesses, multi-national corporates, institutional and government clients, our customers are at the centre of everything we do.

Through our unique portfolio of brands comprising Westpac, St.George, Bank of Melbourne, BankSA, BT and RAMS we support and serve over 12.7 million customers.

When you join Westpac Group, you’ll be empowered to make a difference, speak your truth and discover what success means to you. But best of all you’ll be joining a whole organisation of people who love helping others find their success. 

Our Grad Program
We’re looking to fill our programs with original thinkers and innovators from all degrees of study.  Challenging and rewarding – our programs will get your career off to a flying start.

Eligibility
You must be Australian or New Zealand Citizen OR an Australian Permanent Resident AND be in your final year of study of a university degree OR completed an undergraduate or postgraduate degree no more than 3 years ago.

You’ll need to be available to start with us as a permanent employee in February 2024.

Our Property, Procurement & Protective Services (PPP) Program   

PPP delivers Westpac Group’s property, procurement, and protective security requirements. We provide a unique opportunity to participate in a function that supports the Westpac Group, from its crisis and incident response, the suppliers it does business with, its property footprint and operations and its security strategy (including business continuity).

PPP has a wide remit including managing the Group’s $6b per year supplier spend, our property footprint (branches, corporate sites and data centres) and our crisis response and physical security. 

This is a 18–24-month program with 4 x 6 months rotations (with an option for one of those rotations to take place in a team within our broader Corporate Services division).

You will complete six-month rotations in teams across Group Property, Group Procurement and Group Protective Services.

You may have an opportunity to undertake a rotation in, or otherwise get exposure to and support projects in other areas of Corporate Services, which include: - 

• Corporate Affairs – covering internal communications, Media and Government Relations as well as Community Programs 
• Group Sustainability – setting and monitoring Westpac’s ESG strategy.
• Business Controls & Monitoring – supporting Corporate Services with risk management and control testing.
• Transformation – help deliver transformational projects for the division. 

PPP graduates enjoy a flexible program with support to pursue rotations of interest to them. Given the breadth of PPP, each graduate has had a unique experience and the opportunity to find an area of passion. 

No two days or rotations are the same. One day you may be working through the risks of using a large supplier, the next you might support the Group’s response to a crisis, and another you might be visiting a new corporate site under construction.

In each rotation, you will: 

• Develop professional capabilities to support you throughout your career i.e., negotiation, presentation skills (written and verbal), commercial acumen.
• Develop specialist knowledge in core areas (sustainability, crisis management, business continuity, operational risk, procurement, project management, etc) 
• Develop a basic understanding of the operational risks that can arise within the function and how to partner with our risk teams to resolve. 
• Get exposure to a range of initiatives, programs, and stakeholders across the function as well as the larger Corporate Services division. 

Upon conclusion of the program, we’ll support you with a role within PPP based on your interests and our business needs, as you embark on your Westpac career.

We are building a team with broad skills and capabilities with game-changing attitudes and are we are looking for commercially minded individuals with exemplary critical thinking skills. We welcome graduates from all disciplines to apply.

Our Online Application
Your application will take approximately 10 minutes to complete and must be submitted online. You will need to upload a PDF or Word version of your resume AND a copy of your Academic Transcripts.

IMPORTANT: When completing the application form, please ensure you EXPAND ALL SECTIONS to INCLUDE your EDUCATION details and UPLOAD your RESUME & ACADEMIC TRANSCRIPT.