Australian Government Graduate Program

One application – many opportunities!

Led by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), the Australian Government Graduate Program HR Stream is recruiting for over 50 HR graduate roles in more than 20 Australian Public Service (APS) agencies. Submit one application to be considered for all participating agencies.

HR experts across the APS have designed and support our program with your career in mind. In our program, you will get hands-on experience and develop your professional capabilities. You will attend events with senior leaders across the APS to expand your HR networks.

We are committed to ensuring the HR workforce reflects the diversity of the Australian community. We are active in fostering a safe and inclusive environment that values differences and enables everyone to perform their best.

Who can apply? 

To be eligible for the HR Stream, you must have completed a major in HR. Degree areas may include:

• Human Resources
• Business
• Psychology
• Psychological science
• Commerce
• Arts.

Our HR graduates will:

• have an interest in undertaking meaningful work serving the Australian community
• contribute to a professional, respectful and positive workplace
• comply with the Australian Public Service Values and the Australian Public Service Code of Conduct
• look after their health and well-being to achieve a healthy work/study/life balance.

What is on offer?

Our program will launch your career by giving you a professional advantage. Benefits include:

• specialised learning and development, designed and delivered by HR experts
• flexible working arrangements and future mobility opportunities
• Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI) membership and mentoring program
• APS HR Professional Stream Network membership, connecting you to thousands of HR professionals
• networking and development opportunities with HR graduates and professionals across the APS.

Agencies and departments may offer different employment conditions and graduate program features.

HR graduates can work in a variety of roles in our partner agencies including but not limited to:

• Recruitment
• Learning and Development
• Workplace Health and Safety
• Diversity and Inclusion
• HR Policy
• Industrial Relations
• Business Partnering.

Candidates with a disability

We encourage all eligible candidates to apply for our program. If you indicate on your application form that you have a disability we will contact you. We have a range of reasonable adjustment methods available throughout the selection process.

Information about RecruitAbility, Affirmative Measures and support for jobseekers with a disability is available at the Australian Public Service Commission website: https://www.apsc.gov.au/working-aps/joining-aps/cracking-code/6-people-disability-cracking-code

Opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates

We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander graduates who have an eligible degree to apply for our program. Generalist graduate positions are also available by applying for the Australian Government Graduate Program - Indigenous Graduate Pathway.

Diversity

We encourage applications from all backgrounds. These include, but are not limited to:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• LGBTIQ+
• those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
• Carers
• mature age people
• people with lived experience of disability.

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