Science and Planning Graduate Program (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 – 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 – Gippsland)

Rotation locations: Bairnsdale / CBD / Bairnsdale

Position 5.             Environment and Sustainability Officer (Forest Fire and Regions – Port Phillip)

Rotation locations: Knoxfield / Geelong / Knoxfield

Position 6.             Project Officer (DELWP Forest Fire and Regions – Barwon South West)

Rotation locations: Geelong / Knoxfield / Geelong or Anglesea

Position 7.              Forest Fire Policy and Planning Officer (Forest Fire and Regions – Policy & Planning Division)

Rotation locations: CBD / Bairnsdale / Irymple

Position 8.             Environmental Planner - Assessor (Planning – Planning Facilitation)

Rotation locations: CBD / CBD / Benalla (TBC)

Position 9.             Planner (Planning – 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