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Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA)

4.3
  • 1,000 - 50,000 employees

Science Graduate Program (Jan 2024)

Location details

On-site

  • Australia

    Australia

    • Victoria

      Melbourne

Remote

Metro and regional Victoria

  • Australia

    Australia

    Remote work

    • Victoria

Location

Melbourne, Metro and regional Victoria

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Opportunity details

  • Opportunity typeGraduate Job or Program
  • SalaryAUD 62604 / Year
  • Additional benefitsGenerous program and self-directed learning and development during graduate program
  • Number of vacancies13 vacancies
  • Application open dateApply by 10 Jul 2023
  • Start dateStart date 28 Jan 2024

About us:

DEECA brings together Victoria’s energy, environment, water, agriculture, forestry, resources, climate action, and emergency management functions into a single department to maximise connections between the environment, community, industry and economy.

Our challenge is to improve Victoria’s liveability with a population that is expected to almost double by 2050, while responsibly tackling climate change and protecting our natural environment, infrastructure and heritage for future generations.

The opportunity for you:

The DEECA Science Graduate Program is a two-year learning and development initiative open to recent graduates of science, natural resource management including ecology, conservation, sustainability, geoscience and geology, agriculture, urban and regional planning, computer science, engineering or related fields.

As a graduate, you'll:

  • have diverse roles across the Department.
  • work across metro and regional Victoria
  • enjoy flexible work principles, including start times (7am-7pm) and hybrid work teams (mix of on-site and remote work).
  • commence as an ongoing employee - with guaranteed job at the end of the program
  • upon successful completion of the program, be reclassified to a VPS 3 salary of $74580.
  • be supported with mentors and buddies
  • participate in extensive learning and development - program guided and self-directed!

We recognise the significant responsibility our Department has as land and natural resource manager to support self-determination and create opportunities for Traditional Owners to care for the Country and provide opportunities to enhance First Peoples' connection to the Country. We are committed to creating a culturally safe environment, where individuals feel safe, valued and able to enable their culture, spiritual and belief systems.

Roles available for 2024:

We have 13 exciting postions available in our 2024 intake in Energy, Climate Science, Water, Natural Resource Management, Planning, Regulation, Geoscience and Software Engineering.

  • Position 1. Policy Officer, Renewable Policy (Energy – Energy Strategy)
    Location: All in Melbourne CBD
     
  • Position 2. Policy Officer, DER Markets and Networks (Energy – Distributed Energy Resources Markets and Networks)
    Location: Melbourne CBD / Melbourne CBD / Neg in Grampians region
     
  • Position 3. Climate Science Project Officer (Environment, Climate Action and First Peoples – Climate Science)
    Location: All in Melbourne CBD
     
  • Position 4. Policy and Project Officer, Water Licensing Policy (Water and Catchments - Water Resources)
    Location: Melbourne CBD / Tatura / Warrnambool
     
  • Position 5. Project Officer (Graduate Recruit) (Forest, Fire and Regions – Grampians)
    Location: Ballarat / Melbourne CBD / Neg. Ballarat or Horsham
     
  • Position 6. Planning Graduate (Forest, Fire and Regions – Loddon Mallee)
    Location: All in Bendigo
     
  • Position 7. Project Officer (Forest, Fire and Regions – Hume) 
    Location: Benalla / Alexandra or Marysville / Melbourne CBD
     
  • Position 8. Public Land Management Project Officer (Forest, Fire and Regions – Hume)
    Location: Neg. Seymour, Benalla or Wodonga / Benalla / Melbourne CBD
     
  • Position 9. Fire & Ecology Project Officer (Forest, Fire and Regions – Policy and Planning Division)
    Location: Melbourne CBD / Neg. in Barwon South West Region / Neg. in Hume Region
     
  • Position 10. Science Graduate (Forestry and Resources – Earth Resources Regulation)
    Location: All Melbourne CBD
     
  • Position 11. Resources Planner (Forestry and Resources – Earth Resources Policy and Programs)
    Location: All Melbourne CBD
     
  • Position 12. Geoscientist (Forestry and Resources – Geological Survey of Victoria)
    Location: Melbourne CBD / Melbourne CBD / Melbourne (Werribee)
     
  • Position 13. Geoscience Software Engineer (Forestry and Resources – Geological Survey of Victoria)
    Location: All Melbourne CBD

Next steps:

Applications for the 2024 program open Friday 9 June 2023 and close 5pm Monday 10 July 2023.

Work rights

The opportunity is available to applicants in any of the following categories.

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Australian Citizen • Australian Permanent Resident

Qualifications & other requirements

You should have or be completing the following to apply for this opportunity.

Degree or Certificate
Qualification level
Qualification level
Bachelor or higher
Study field
Study field (any)

Hiring criteria

  • Experience requirementNo experience required
  • Working rights
    Australian Citizen
  • Study fields
    Engineering & Mathematics
  • Degree typesBachelor or higher
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Reviews

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Graduate
Melbourne
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6 months ago

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!

user
Graduate
Melbourne
•
6 months ago

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.

user
Graduate
Melbourne
•
6 months ago

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.

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About the employer

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Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA)

Rating

4.3

Number of employees

1,000 - 50,000 employees

Industries

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

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