Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE)
The Department of Education, Skills and Employment is seeking expressions of interest for their 2021 Graduate Program. The department will commence recruitment and assessment processes from July 2020 that will offer opportunities for career pathways including generalist, economics, data, ICT, legal and human resources, however with COVID-19 impacting people around the country this may change. We recommend expressing interest to receive an automatic update when our 2021 Graduate Program recruitment process goes live.
Further updates are available on our website https://www.dese.gov.au/graduate-and-entry-level-programs
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- Business & Management (english) +more
- Bachelor or higher
About the employer
Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE)
3.9
1,000 - 50,000 employees
Education & Training
We are a dynamic, people-focused organisation. We recognise and embrace the diversity that each employee brings to the workplace.
Pros and cons of working at Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE)
Pros
Having the opportunity to engaging in international multilateral fora on behalf of the Australian Government.
Engaging work that shapes national education policy in Australia, and touches the lives of most Australians.
Having the opportunity to work on interesting projects and being given responsibility for work.
Acknowledgement of diversity, work conditions.
The people.
Cons
No opportunities outside of Canberra.
Overly bureaucratic and hierarchical processes can be challenging to work with.
Poor recruitment practices, poor communication about change/ organisational restructure.
Too far removed from client for me.
It can be tricky to move from one project/area to another (from observations not experience).