Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA)
Science and Planning Graduate Program (Jan 2022)
Melbourne
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Opportunity details
- Graduate Job or Program
- $60,000 / Year
- 12 vacancies
- Apply by 9 Aug 2021
- Start date 23 Jan 2022
As a graduate, you will be part of an award-winning program designed to provide you with varied and meaningful development experiences to kick-start your career. You'll gain a mix of field and policy work, exposure to research, and be involved in community engagement activities.
About the Program
During the two year program you'll get:
- varied rotations across Victoria to develop your skills and explore different areas of the business
- a starting salary of more than $60,000
- learning and development opportunities tailored to your career goals
- flexible working arrangements
- a promotion and pay rise to more than $72,000 at the program's end
- mentoring
- an excellent social and networking base with other graduates
Where you'll work
Graduate roles are available all over Victoria. When applying for the program, you can tell us your role preference.
What we look for
We're less interested in your university grades and more interested in who you are. We look for candidates who are motivated to work in our Departments. We look for strengths in:
- Verbal and written communication
- Critical thinking and problem solving
- Innovation and continuous improvement
- Flexibility and adaptability
- Integrity
Roles available for the 2022 Intake
Graduate roles are varied. We have listed the roles we are recruiting for below. You can read more about them at www.vic.gov.au/SciencePlanningGrads.
Roles at DELWP
Position 1. Project Officer (Forest Fire and Regions - Grampians)
Rotation locations: Negotiable within Grampians Region / Knoxfield / Grampians Region
Position 2. Bushfire Risk and Evaluation Officer (Forest Fire and Regions โ Loddon Mallee)
Rotation locations: Epsom / Ballarat / Epsom
Position 3. Science Graduate Officer (Forest Fire and Regions - Hume)
Rotation locations: Ovens / CBD / Benalla or Wodonga
Position 4. Fire and Ecology Project Officer (Forest Fire and Regions โ Gippsland)
Rotation locations: Bairnsdale / CBD / Bairnsdale
Position 5. Environment and Sustainability Officer (Forest Fire and Regions โ Port Phillip)
Rotation locations: Knoxfield / Geelong / Knoxfield
Position 6. Project Officer (DELWP Forest Fire and Regions โ Barwon South West)
Rotation locations: Geelong / Knoxfield / Geelong or Anglesea
Position 7. Forest Fire Policy and Planning Officer (Forest Fire and Regions โ Policy & Planning Division)
Rotation locations: CBD / Bairnsdale / Irymple
Position 8. Environmental Planner - Assessor (Planning โ Planning Facilitation)
Rotation locations: CBD / CBD / Benalla (TBC)
Position 9. Planner (Planning โ Planning Reform)
Rotation locations: CBD all rotations
Position 10. Policy Officer (Environment and Climate Change - Biodiversity)
Rotation locations: CBD / Heidelberg / TBD within Gippsland Region
Roles at DJPR
Position 11. Environmental Scientist - Graduate (Rural and Regional Victoria - Resources)
Rotation locations: CBD / CBD / Regional (TBC)
Position 12. Policy and Planning Officer - Forestry and Climate Change
Rotation locations: CBD all rotations
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- Engineering & Mathematics +more
- Bachelor or higher
Reviews
As a graduate officer in Forest Fire Management I have been working across many different aspects of the planning and delivery of fuel management programs. The variety of work means no two days are the same so it's always interesting!
In this grad program, I'm lucky to be able to ask to work on projects that I want to work on, whether they have direct relevance to my usual role or not. Often the projects work towards helping the environment, or communities interact safer/better with the environment, which I find really satisfying. I like the mixture of office and field roles, sometimes you can work on five-year-long projects, and sometimes your tasks can be down to three minute daily tasks. The variability means you can really find something that suits you.
I feel that my work is interesting and important to issues that I care about. However, the incredibly slow pace of the public service and the depth and confusion of our poor record-keeping has made me bored and frustrated with too high a regularity.
About the employer
Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA)
4.3
1,000 - 50,000 employees
Government & Public Service
Join our DEECA Science Graduate program supporting thriving, productive and sustainable communities, environments and industries.
Pros and cons of working at Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA)
Pros
For me, it has been an incredibly supportive working environment. The workplace is casual and friendly, yet professional and concerned with results
The freedom and flexibility to work in different fields, on different projects and with thousands of different people is a huge bonus
Flexible work and work-life balance arrangements
The variety of work means no two days are the same so it's always interesting
There is much opportunity for training on the job, formally in the classroom, shadowing executives, and talking to others
Cons
Sometimes progress in Government can be slow
There is quite high turnover, both voluntarily and structurally
There is a great deal of anxiety about increasing job insecurity
The interview process can be long and drawn out
I am living paycheck to paycheck, especially given recent rent rises