Graduate Recruitment

DEST will help you develop your skills and broaden your experience.

Your career in DEST will be:

Challenging

You will be given unique opportunities for challenging and rewarding work within a variety of different work areas such as Higher Education; Schools; Vocational Education and Training; Science; Indigenous Education; International; Research and Evaluation; Communication, Information and Legal; and Corporate Strategies.
As you rotate through different areas of the Department you will experience new challenges, which will help you to develop your potential and learn new skills.

Innovative

You will be part of our organisation that currently leads the world in training and education reforms and science initiatives.
Your work will be helping develop innovative and comprehensive policy solutions which address issues of major importance to Australia’s future.

Continually Developing

DEST encourages people to develop their talents.
You will receive training in, and be working with, leading edge information technology equipment and software.
If you wish to continue formal studies after completing our Graduate Development Programme, DEST has a studies assistance programme, which may be able to assist you.
These programmes are designed to help you continually learn new skills and explore your career options.

Progressive

Our organisation touches the lives of almost all Australians through our programmes and policies. Your work in building foundations for people to realise their potential through education, training or work, will contribute significantly to the long term development and economic growth of the nation.