Graduate Employment

We want to hear from bright and innovative team players who:

• are completing their bachelor's degree (or higher) in 2025
• graduated with a bachelor's degree (or higher) within the last three years.

The disciplines of available graduate roles vary each year. Past graduate roles have been offered in:

Business administration or management
Communications, media, journalism or marketing
Construction management
Contract management
Engineering – civil, electrical, mechanical, structural, systems or traffic
Environment studies and cultural heritage management
Finance, economics, accounting or commerce
Graphic design, film and production
Humanities, social science, Aboriginal studies and arts
Human resource management, psychology or criminology
Information technology – cloud computing, computer science, cybersecurity, data analytics, geospatial, network operations, software development or software engineering
Law
Legal studies and criminology – business, administrative, employment, labour or legal
Logistics and supply chain management
Network operations and planning
Project management
Property
Public policy or political science
Safety management
Transport modelling or transportation engineering survey
Work, health and safety.

If your discipline is not listed, email DIT.Graduates@sa.gov.au to see if you are eligible.

Skills and traits you'll need

• Excited by the opportunity to create a better future for South Australians
• A team player ready to embrace our values and commitment to safety
• Great at organising, planning, prioritising and meeting deadlines
• An analytical problem-solver
• Great research skills
• Driven, accountable and keen to use your initiative
• Empathetic and culturally aware
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills
• Familiar with the Microsoft Office suite

To be considered for a graduate officer role, you'll need to meet the following criteria.

Education and experience

• You have completed a bachelor’s degree (or higher) in the specified or equivalent discipline within the last three years, or will have your qualification before the employment start date.
• You have not previously completed a graduate program in, or hosted by, the South Australian public sector.

Legal and administrative requirements

• You are an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or have an appropriate visa that allows you to work in Australia.
• You agree to a national police check and clearance to meet required entry standards.
• You meet all employment conditions. This includes the ability to make your own way to and from your workplace, training sites and other sites as required.
• You have completed the application process in full.

Professional development

• You can access professional mentoring programs aligned to your career goals.
• We support our law graduates to undertake their Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice.
• We offer paid study leave for graduates interested in undertaking further study.

Community and networking

• Join our Graduate Community of Practice to build strong relations with fellow graduates.
• Get the opportunity to lead a project with your fellow graduates that will benefit the community. Watch how our 2023 graduates revitalised the Mile End Railway Station in the Knowing Community Project.

Career opportunities and compensation

• We have 11 unique business areas. This increases the breadth of rotation placement opportunities.
• We can employ international graduates on eligible visas.
• Get annual salary increases within your pay level, subject to satisfactory performance.

Find more reasons why you should work with us.

Working hours

Full-time employees are expected to work 37.5 hours a week, or 7.5 hours a day.

We offer a range of flexible working arrangements. You will be able to discuss the options that best suit you at the interview and/or employment offer stage.

Location

Graduate officer roles are offered in the Adelaide CBD and metropolitan area.

Sometimes, the graduate roles are in regional locations. If a regional location is required of the role you are being considered for, we will discuss this with you at interview and/or employment offer stage.

Expected start date

Most graduate positions will start in January or February. This will be negotiated with the successful applicant and business unit.

If you apply for our Graduate Program, we will also consider your application for our recruitment pool. We will assess applications through selection processes throughout the year.

This allows us to employ candidates in a timely manner after going through a merit-based selection processes.

We will let applicants know:

• if they have been recommended for the recruitment pool
• that they may be offered temporary or ongoing employment as vacancies arise within 12 months.

Principles of the recruitment pool

• The pool will operate on a continuous basis for up to 12 months.
• The pool will usually remain available for applications until October each year. However, peak recruitment times are in March and August.
• Where we have advised an applicant that they have been accepted into the pool, the recommendation is valid for 12 months.
• Recommended candidates in the pool may be offered temporary or ongoing employment. These roles may be full-time or part-time.
• Recommended candidates can accept a short-term contract with us. Once the contract ends, they will return to the pool if the contract ended within 12 months since their recommendation.
• If a recommended candidate accepts an offer of employment, we will not make any further offers unless they return to the pool.
• Recommended candidates who are not offered employment within 12 months will need to re-apply for the following year’s recruitment pool.
• There is no guarantee that an offer of employment will be made to recommended candidates within 12 months.
• Offers may, on occasion, be in regional locations.
• Notification of acceptance into the pool does not constitute an offer of employment.
• Recommended candidates remain non-public sector employees until we offer and they accept employment.
• Recommended candidates must meet all pre-employment requirements before we can offer them employment.

Hear from past graduates about their experience in the graduate program.