Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR)
2021 Graduate Program - Expression of Interest
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Opportunity details
- Graduate Job or Program
- AUD 65,000 - 69,999 / Year
- $AU 65000 - 69999
- 50 vacancies
- Apply by 31 May 2021
The Department of Education, Skills and Employment is seeking expressions of interest for their 2021 Graduate Program. The department will commence recruitment and assessment processes from July 2020 that will offer opportunities for career pathways including generalist, economics, data, ICT, legal and human resources, however with COVID-19 impacting people around the country this may change. We recommend expressing interest to receive an automatic update when our 2021 Graduate Program recruitment process goes live.
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I manage my team's email folder and task schedule, check and summarise internal government policy submissions and assist in the budget processes.
Economist - economic/labour market analysis, data and statistics.
Policy development e.g. developing policy, advising on other policies, conducting research to build an evidence base
About the employer
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR)
4.0
1,000 - 50,000 employees
Government & Public Service
Our purpose at DEWR is to support people to have safe, secure and well-paid work with the skills for a sustainable future.
Pros and cons of working at Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR)
Pros
I still access to flex hours... work between the hours of 7am-7pm if needed on an ad hoc basis, along with working from home one day a week.
Seeing the direct positive impact my work has done in improving the lives of people.
In the right areas - everyone is incredibly genuine and helpful. There is a real camaraderie and team spirit to achieve a collective goal.
It is expected that graduates will move from APS levels 3 to 5 during the year-long program with opportunities to progress to level 6.
$500 for 'health purchases' (unmonitored) is nice.
Cons
Government administration can be terribly slow and painful to deal with. Red tape is a big problem.
Sometimes ridiculous expectations that we should be on-call on weekends or nights when work gets busy.
We are no longer given the opportunity to study a graduate diploma in public administration at University.
Colleague socialisation exists but is limited outside of among the graduate cohort.
Very lengthy, tedious, and bureaucratic... the hoops to jump through and requirements were very demoralising.