We offer the opportunity to directly contribute to shaping the employment landscape through our policies and programs. Our diverse and inclusive workplace encourages different perspectives, a sense of belonging and the exchange of expertise between peers.
Our entry level programs give you a strong foundation and the necessary skills to kick start your career. You’ll build on your technical and communication skills, as well as your strategic and innovative thinking, problem solving skills, stakeholder engagement skills and research capabilities. You will gain experience in the processes of government and work within legislative frameworks.
For more information on entry level programs, visit our website.
We are the department that helps job seeking Australians find safe, secure, and well-paid work while we ourselves strive to be a model employer. We provide the framework for fair and productive relationships between employers and employees.
We also oversee skills development and training initiatives to support those entering the workforce or retraining to take advantage of emerging employment opportunities.
Secure jobs are vital—driving future economic growth and providing people with certainty. We focus on connecting Australians who are starting, advancing, or changing their career with the relevant skills, knowledge and experience to gain or regain employment.
Our work directly contributes to shaping the employment landscape. It is our unique purpose to help people realise their potential and we want you to be part of it.
Underpinning our important work is our focus on culture. We recognise that how we do things is equally important as what we achieve. Our workplace is one where different perspectives are encouraged, people feel a sense of belonging and draw on the expertise of their peers. Our people demonstrate the APS Values, which includes being open, thoughtful, curious and candid. We also value employee wellbeing and developing leadership through investment in capability.
Diversity and Inclusion
We recognise that our people are our greatest strength. We strive to create an inclusive workforce that reflects and understands the diversity of the Australian community that we serve. We foster a work environment that is culturally safe, respectful and underpinned by integrity. We do so through the delivery of dedicated diversity and inclusion strategies, plans, programs, events and other initiatives.
We are committed to the attraction, retention and positive workplace experience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, people with caring responsibilities, people who identify as LGBTQIA+, people from cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people who identify as neurodivergent.
We are committed to actioning the APS-wide Commonwealth Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Workforce Strategy 2020-2024, the Australian Public Service Disability Employment Strategy 2020-2025, and the APS Gender Equality Strategy 2021-2026.
Diversity and Inclusion Networks
Our employee-led networks are an essential part of our inclusive and diverse workplace. They offer a way for employees to connect with, find support, and thrive with others in the department.
The networks help to actively drive and promote diversity and inclusion initiatives, celebrating days of significance such as: NAIDOC Week, Reconciliation Week, Pride Month, International Day of People with Disability (among others) with events, engagement activities and other opportunities to get involved.
Career development
We create opportunities for our people to define a range of career paths for themselves through learning, development and professional growth. We offer a range of professional and personal development opportunities, including participation in the Jawun Secondment Program, mentoring programs, professional leadership programs and more! We aim to grow visionary leaders at all levels and empower them to make decisions about their work and where they want to go in the future.
Social Club
Taking charge of the department’s good vibes is the employee-led Social Club. The Social Club regularly hosts happy hours, the end of year party, pilates and sporting activities, as well as fundraising opportunities. Anyone can join and all ideas for future activities are welcome!
Reward and recognition
We are committed to rewarding our employees for their contributions through formal awards and informal recognition. We host an annual Secretary’s Awards which formally recognises our colleagues who have made a significant contribution to the work of the department, both in how we work and what we deliver.
Connect with us
We work collaboratively with other APS agencies to recruit talented individuals through other specialty graduate and entry level programs. These speciality graduate programs are co-ordinated centrally by the Australian Government Graduate Program (AGGP).
Applying to one of these speciality streams means you only have to go through the application and selection process for your selected speciality stream once. This streamlined process enables you to be considered for a range of Australian Government agencies.
We are a participating agency in the Economics, Legal, Accounting, Human Resources, Digital (including ICT), Data, Generalist, and STEM Streams, and the Indigenous Graduate Pathway.
To be eligible for our Graduate Program, you will be required to:
We offer excellent employment conditions with competitive remuneration, superannuation, and employee entitlements. Most of these are outlined in our enterprise agreement, and a career with us allows you to many benefits including:
Finance Graduate at Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR)
Doctoral Degree in Finance and Accounting at Charles Darwin University (CDU)
Graduate in Structural Adjustment Team at Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR)
Bachelor of Arts, Major in Modern History at Macquarie University
Graduate in Structural Adjustment Team at Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR)
Bachelor of Arts, major in Modern History at Macquarie University
Bachelor of Business at University of Technology, Sydney (UTS)