Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development & Cities 2018-19 University Vacation Employment Program
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Opportunity details
- Internship, Clerkship or Placement
- $40,000 - $44,999 / Year
- $40,000 - $44,999
- 15-25 vacancies
- Apply by 31 Aug 2018
Our University Vacation Employment Program is an internship designed to provide an opportunity for university students to experience a taste of Government with placements across areas including maritime and aviation, program management, policy development, national transport systems, finance, communications, human resources, and regional development.
We encourage applications from all disciplines and you can be sure that your work will be contributing to the future productivity, livability and sustainability of Australia.
You will gain valuable, on the job experience, the opportunity to develop networking skills, contacts and social skills required in a professional environment, and the chance to showcase your skills and knowledge in the workplace.
You will work alongside a leadership team with a vast array of subject matter expertise across a range of fields.
This is a paid internship and, if successful, you will be employed on a non-ongoing (temporary) basis and receive a minimum annual base salary of $44,904 per annum (pro rata).
Reviews
As a grad my role and day-to-day responsibilities vary but I have felt like my various teams have given me meaningful work to contribute to their team goals and long term projects.
I have worked in different areas so I am going to summarise them because they have been a mix of more direct and indirect work. I have enjoyed my work because it has given me insight into the challenges that government is working through some of which has been very rapid paced and dynamic and some that has been more removed and observatory. I have felt that as a graduate I was given a mix of diverse work which has challenged me and helped me to understand the type of work that I gravitate to naturally. Some has been business as usual and a bit boring some has had a direct impact on how government makes decision and been very interesting. All of it has been beneficial to learning what I want to do in the aps more broadly and the department specifically.
Changes greatly as we are in our grad year. This keeps my weeks interesting though and I enjoy challenging myself in different environments.
About the employer
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
4.2
1,000 - 50,000 employees
Government & Public Service
Provides policy advice, programs and regulation in many areas such as air, land, the arts, maritime transport and much more.
Pros and cons of working at Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Pros
The flexibility, understanding and openness across the department is amazing.
We have three rotations, and on top of this I have had the opportunity to work in three secondments to broaden my understanding.
The culture here is very good. They emphasize supporting us in our learning, growth, and development.
The leadership are very nice, doesn’t appear too hierarchical.
The flexibility to work from home and work-life balance.
Cons
Sometimes processes are a bit outdated, and there is a lack of synchronisation across all areas of the department.
Pay should be higher and more in line with other departments, some teams work harder than others.
The work can be a bit slow or boring at times.
The Alinga offices feel 30-40 years out of date and the energy and style feels quite suffocating.
The Graduate Certificate in Public Administration/Policy and Data... the units themselves are really poorly run and do not feel applicable to our work.