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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 $74,580
• 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 2025:

We have four exciting positions available in our 2024 intake in Energy, Bushfire and Forest Services and Agriculture Victoria: 

• Position 1. Graduate Policy Officer - Forests 
  Location: Melbourne CBD/ Colac/ Melbourne CBD
• Position 2. Graduate Project Officer - Climate and Emissions, Agriculture 
  Location: Bendigo/ Hamilton/ Wodonga
• Position 3. Graduate Civil Engineer
  Location: Negotiable Melbourne CBD, Geelong or Traralgon, with travel required. 
• Position 4. Graduate Project Officer - Energy
  Location: TBC/ TBC/ TBC

Next steps:

Applications for the 2025 program open in June 2024 and close in July 2024.