Graduate Communications (Feb 2024)

Our communications professionals use both traditional communication skills and new digital platforms to tell compelling stories that shape our brand across various channels. 

You will learn to use your influence to minimise reputational risk, advance business interests and persuade customer behaviours through strategic communications.

You will create customised, interactive, tailored, and engaging content to strengthen our relationship with our customers.

Available roles

We have 2 roles available in Nerang (Gold Coast)

Qualification required: 

• Bachelor of Communication

About us

Transport and Main Roads, as part of the wider Queensland government, connect to communities across the state to improve economic well-being, safety, and accessibility and protect our quality of life.

We are looking for employees with a connection to the community and country to contribute to protecting our great lifestyle and growing in a sustainable way. TMR is looking for applications from students who listen, learn, and will embed their experience into local projects.

What’s on offer:

• Competitive salary starting from $67,800 – with automatic pay rises
• Desirable per-hour rate with a guaranteed 36.25 hour working week, allowing excellent work/life balance
• Professional development events coupled with a tailored technical program of work, including coaching, mentoring, and regular feedback from your supervisor
• Exposure to a wide variety of projects, subject matter experts, and roles to help you find the career pathway that fulfills you, and delivers for Queensland
• A permanent role in TMR

About you

We're investing in people who are:

• lifelong learners: someone who is innovative, future-focused and willing to engage and contribute to our capabilities.
• Purpose-driven: someone who has a strong sense of purpose and are engaged in performance conversations and career planning
• agile and mobile: someone that can easily adapt as they progress through their career and across the organisation
• capable: someone who considers the customer, risk, and outcomes when making a decision
• safe healthy, and resilient: someone who takes the time to connect and contributes to the wellbeing of yourself and others

The diversity of Queensland makes us stronger.

It's important to us that our graduate program reflects the community we serve. This means creating an inclusive culture that promotes the skills and insights of our people of all genders, ethnicities, generations, sexual orientations, abilities and lived experience. We recognise teams with diverse members are better able to contribute to our organisation’s goals and outcomes through enhanced creativity, innovation and improved problem solving. 

At the Department of Transport and Main Roads, we want people of all abilities to have an equitable experience. We encourage you to share with us any adjustments you may require to participate equitably in the recruitment process, and when you commence in the workplace as a successful candidate.

If you have accessibility requirements or require alternative formats for the recruitment process, please contact TMRGraduates@hudson.com for further information or to arrange a confidential discussion.