Services Australia
2021 National Graduate Program - Communication
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Opportunity details
- Graduate Job or Program
- $59,498 - $66,313 / Year
- $59,498–$66,313
- Apply by 26 Jun 2020
Your communication career starts here at Services Australia!
If you want to implement multi-channel communication strategies to deliver engaging and effective messages to our customers and staff, we can get you started.
During our 10 month program, you'll be able to specialise and develop your skills in communication.
We're interested in graduates with degrees focused on:
- communications
- digital and social media
- graphic design
- journalism
- marketing
- media and public affairs
- media arts
- multimedia
- web design
- writing
ABOUT US
Services Australia's mission is simple—to be there for Australians as they progress through life.
We're there to help register the birth of a child. We're there to support job seekers, students, families, and older Australians.
And we're there whenever and wherever Australians need us, be it over the phone, online, or on the ground supporting our communities recover from natural disasters.
You'll be supported and encouraged to explore our vast number of professional roles. We'll rely on you to help achieve our commitment to making every single Australian's experience with government simple, respectful, transparent and helpful.
Join us and help make life better, in big ways and small, for every Australian.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
As a graduate, we'll develop you as a leader who will make a difference in the lives of all Australians. Our National Graduate Program will provide you with unlimited opportunities to kick start your career in the Australian Public Service.
Graduates work in national and regional offices, in teams who work to support our customers. You'll participate in a variety of meaningful work that has a positive impact to many Australians.
We'll team you up with an executive mentor and a graduate buddy. You'll have the support and guidance to help you achieve career and personal objectives.
Our 10-month program offers 2 pathways—Professional and Generalist.
- Professional Pathway–Communication
The Professional Pathway provides a single placement, allowing you to specialise and develop your communication skills.
- Generalist Pathway
Our Generalist Pathway accepts applicants with degrees from all disciplines and gives you broad exposure to the operations of the agency. You'll experience 2 placements, each lasting 5 months. This allows you to participate in diverse projects and learn how different areas operate.
ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible you must:
- be an Australian citizen on 26 June 2020
- be willing to relocate if required
- have completed or will complete an undergraduate or postgraduate degree between 7 February 2016 and 7 February 2021.
To find out more about eligibility go to our website.
Our agency is committed to providing a working environment that values diversity and inclusion and supports all staff to reach their full potential.
Our commitment is demonstrated through workplace diversity and inclusion strategies, policies and initiatives. Our team would be happy to talk with you about our RecruitAbility scheme available to candidates who identify as having a disability.
We have 2 Affirmative Measures recruitment processes: 1 for candidates who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Australians, and 1 for candidates who identify as having a disability.
For more information about the National Graduate Program go to our website and like us on Facebook.
Reviews
- Cannot disclose due to DOD AGSVA policies that is applied to me/
I like how I am given some direction but do have some ability to be creative as long as it follows agency policies, accessibility, human centred design. I do reviews, content creation, research, editing, proof-reading.
I'm a data analyst so I work with data extraction, analysis, visualisation, and interpretation.
About the employer
Services Australia
3.6
1,000 - 50,000 employees
Government & Public Service
We make government services simple so people can get on with their lives.
Pros and cons of working at Services Australia
Pros
The flexibility of Services Australia is one of the great attractions of them.
Very secure job and not worried about redundancy.
The people are great, very helpful, welcoming, and nice.
Knowing that the work I am doing is making a difference in the lives of vulnerable people.
Work-life balance and catering to all kinds of working arrangements.
Cons
It's not the work I'd hoped to be doing, but it's not bad. I would like the work to be more challenging.
Technology is a consistent issue; our hardware does not keep up with the programs and applications we use.
Decision-making processes can be slower due to the hierarchical nature of the organisation.
The worst thing about working at Services Australia is the level of bureaucracy within the organisation.
The recruitment process was long, over 6 months. Communication was lax.