Arts & Humanities Graduate Program (Feb 2025)

Apply for the 2025 ACT Public Service Graduate Program today! 

Be part of something bigger and turn your ambition into action. 

The ACT Public Service is a professional, diverse and progressive organisation. Our work directly serves the needs of the Canberra community. Working with us, you can make a difference to people’s lives every day. 

Join our 2025 ACT Public Service Graduate Program and we can support you to develop skills, knowledge and networks to build an exciting and rewarding career.

We offer you:

• A competitive salary (starting at $84,061) and accelerated opportunity for promotion. 
• A 10-month development program, including role rotations, designed to support you to establish and grow your career in the ACT Public Service. 
• Flexible work arrangements and a healthy work/life balance.
• Financial support for relocation to Canberra to join the ACT Public Service.
• An unrivalled range of career paths, including but not limited to:
  • Finance and Commerce
  • HR and Business
  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science
  • ICT
  • Legal Policy (non-practicing roles)
  • Arts and Humanities

2025 ACT Public Service Graduate Program Eligibility - You must:

1. Be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or currently hold Australian Permanent Residency, 
2. Have completed a tertiary qualification in the past five years, and
3. Be available to commence with the Program in early February 2025.

ACT Public Service is an inclusion focussed employer:

The ACT Public Service actively supports workforce diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, neurodiverse people, culturally diverse people and those who identify as LGBTQIA+ are encouraged to apply. 

How to Apply: 

1. Applications should be submitted via the Apply now button below.
2. As part of your application you will need to submit: 
   • Your current curriculum vitae (CV), 
   • University transcript, and 
   • Proof of residency. 
3. A video pitch is required as part of your application. Separate instructions are provided in the Application Package to assist with this submission. 

Applications close Sunday, 28 April 2024; 11:59pm AEST

For more information, please contact GraduateRecruitment@act.gov.au

Questions? We’d love to hear from you!

Our friendly Graduate Recruitment Team are happy to assist. Please contact us with any questions, including relevance of your qualification, eligibility, adjustments or support through the recruitment process, future workplace adjustment requirements or to discuss the benefits of our program in more detail.