Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Dentsu Mitchell on behalf of Federal Government
About the Department of Education and Training
The Australian Government Department of Education and Training is responsible for national policies and programs that help Australians access quality early childhood education, school education, higher education, vocational education and training, international education and research.
We are committed to providing easy and informative access to our services and support programs and work directly with our clients and stakeholders to ensure expectations are met.
We are a dynamic, people-focused organisation where workplace diversity and inclusion is vitally important to us in creating a productive and harmonious environment for people to work. We recognise and embrace the diversity that each employee brings to the workplace, creating an environment of trust, mutual respect and appreciation.
The department promotes a culture where Indigenous business is everyone’s business―across its work practices, values and business. All employees are supported through the provision of a number of learning opportunities to build their cultural capability.
We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature-age people and people with disability, regardless of sex, sexuality or gender identity.
The Department of Education and Training prides itself on being an agile organisation, promoting the Australian Public Service philosophy of one APS career, thousands of opportunities.
Job Overview
The Department of Education and Training Graduate Program commences in February 2018 and concludes in December 2018.
Graduates will participate in work placements across the whole of the department and are encouraged to seek diverse work placements to assist them to understand our core business and to find the type of work that best suits their skills and interests. At the end of the ten month program, graduates who successfully complete are eligible for advancement to the APS 4 level.
The Position
The Department of Education and Training is looking for people who believe that opportunity comes through learning’.
The Department of Education and Training is looking for recent university graduates who:
- Have an interest in contributing to the work of the Australian Government
- Are passionate about education and want to make a difference to the lives of all Australians
- Are motivated and have personal drive and integrity,
- Embrace diversity and value the contributions of people with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives
- Are able to demonstrate they share the values of the department.
Our Graduate Program provides:
· An opportunity to grow your career through diverse experiences and exposure to our business and our people; with access to professional development and on-the-job learning activities
· A workplace culture that is supportive, flexible and rewarding; offering the opportunity to participate in multiple employee networks, peer support and mentoring relationships
· Excellent employment conditions with competitive remuneration, superannuation and employee entitlements; supporting you to work in an environment that recognises and appreciates your lifestyle.
In 2018 we will offer three pathways: Generalist, Data Science / Analyst and Information Communication Technology (ICT).
The Generalist Pathway
The Department of Education and Training is seeking to recruit talented graduates in a variety of roles. Generalist graduates will have the opportunity to work across the department in roles that may relate to policy development and advice, project and contract management, program implementation, finance and governance, human resources and communications.
The Generalist pathway is suited to graduates from a diverse range of academic backgrounds, including (but not limited to):
· Communications/ Marketing
· Commerce/ Accounting/ Business
· Economics
· Human Resources
· Law
· Political Science
Our Legal areas may fill some positions with a corporate legal focus. Please indicate on the application form if you would like to be considered for a corporate legal position.
The Data Science / Analyst and ICT Pathways
The department is seeking to recruit talented graduates to join us as we transform our approach to data, analytics and ICT.
The skills and capabilities we require may be provided by graduates from a range of academic backgrounds including:
· Economics/econometrics
· Statistics
· Information technology
· Mathematics
· Computer science
· Software engineering
Data Scientists/Data Analysts/Data Governance
The Department of Education and Training is seeking to recruit talented graduates who can understand and provide meaning to and bring together diverse datasets and then explore it to find patterns, trends and insights. Graduates will then apply what they have learned to inform the department’s policy agenda and develop evidence-based solutions.
The department is moving from traditional data statistical and analytics to Datafication – the ability to transform non-traditional information sources such as text, images, and transactional records into data will allow quantitative analysis to influence policy decisions more deeply than ever before.
To support this move to datafication, the department is also seeking graduates with the data governance skills and knowledge needed to support establishment and development of data management practices and processes including logical analysis of taxonomies, data and metadata.
You will have the opportunity to participate in cutting edge and emerging data linkage and data integration initiatives across government.
You will need:
- Strong analysis and validation capability of significant volumes of data including the ability to discover and quantify patterns and trends
- good communication skills to explain the implications of your findings to business executives
- demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical concepts verbally and in writing
- ability to engage and collaborate with other government agencies and the community on new and existing approaches to using data to build insights which to inform government policy
- capability to develop statistical models and design reports to shape understanding and inform current and future policy development.
Individuals selected for these roles will be able to work across the organisation as it seeks to build its capability in this area into the future.
Information Communication Technology (ICT)
The Department of Education and Training is seeking talented graduates to fill a range of ICT roles including business analysts, solution and system design, data management and analytics, user research, vendor management and project management to support development and implementation of a range of ICT projects, program initiatives and other business objectives. The Information Communication Technology (ICT) Graduate will use their broad understanding of ICT to support the department’s ICT and data transformation.
ICT graduates will undertake user research, data analysis and investigate solution design to provide advice and contribute to the design and development of ICT solutions to support a wide range of government ICT programs and initiatives.
You will need:
- the ability to investigate and analyse business problems and then design a feasible solution
- a mix of business and technical knowledge, and the ability to engage collaboratively with business areas
- to have the capability to identify opportunities for improvement to processes and business operations using information technology, analysing user needs and gathering and documenting requirements
- to apply project management skills to create project plans and manage delivery of outcomes
- to undertake user research and user centred design
- to plan effective data storage, sharing and implement data management structures and processes.
Source: Uniting News