Graduate Recruitment

Careers for Graduates

DEST recruits graduates from a wide range of backgrounds and academic disciplines including:

Accounting	Business Studies
Commerce or Finance	Communication
Economics	Education
Industrial/Workplace Relations	Human Resource Management
Information Technology	Law or Legal Studies
Management	Marketing
Public Policy or Administration	Science
Social Sciences	Statistics

Types of Work

Typically, graduates work with other staff on important projects. The types of projects which you could be working on include:

examining university funding and participation in higher education;

working on policy or administrative matters relating to research activities of higher education institutions;

implementing the National Goals for Schooling in consultation with the appropriate authorities;

helping with the implementation of programmes that redress the significant gaps between the educational outcomes of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians;

working on initiatives to improve transitions between schools, tertiary education, training and the world of work;

developing the policy and legislative framework to support the export of Australian education and training services;

working on DEST’s organisational development and design of corporate programmes;

examining science policy issues (including those associated with major science programs and human embryonic stem cell research); or

providing advice on science and innovation to Ministers, the Departmental Executive and other stakeholders.

Qualities We Seek

To be successful in obtaining a position with DEST, you will need to have:

a strong client focus;

a desire to achieve excellence in what you do;

strong research and analytical skills;

a proactive approach to problem solving;

good evaluation skills;

strategic thinking skills;

very good communication skills (both written and oral);

sound team based skills including being able to work effectively with and through other people; and

a commitment to achieve quality outcomes and to improve how things are done.

Our corporate values and leadership behaviours are based on these skills and qualities. Graduates with these capabilities will ensure DEST continues to develop as a dynamic and innovative organisation.

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