Australian Bureau Of Statistics (ABS)
2021 ICT and Finance Graduate Recruitment
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Opportunity details
- Graduate Job
- $65,000 - $69,999 / Year
- AUD 65,000 - AUD 69,999
- 10 vacancies
- Apply by 18 May 2020
The ABS is Australia's national statistical agency, providing trusted official statistics on a wide range of economic, social, population and environmental matters of importance to Australia.
For 2021, we expect to recruit a number of ICT graduates across our work program in various locations around Australia. We will also recruit a small number of Finance graduates to work in our Canberra office.
As an ICT graduate you may work in one of these areas:
- Applications Development and support
- ICT Infrastructure and Cloud Services
- IT Service Management, ICT services and end-user support
- Process Engineering, Testing and Automation capabilities
- Cyber and Protective Security
As a Finance graduate you will work as a part of a team partnering with business units across the ABS to support and facilitate informed decision-making through:
- financial reporting and planning
- establishing and maintaining appropriate financial controls
- providing customer-centric and solution-focused financial insights.
Graduates will participate in a 12-month development program providing:
- on-the-job training specific to your role
- formal graduate training program
- Senior Executive shadowing
- a group graduate project
We are open to considering graduates from all fields of study. Most of our ICT and Finance graduates have backgrounds in:
- Computer Science
- Information Technology
- Accounting
- Commerce
Do you have excellent analytical and communication skills? Are you agile and innovative? Do you have the passion to make a difference? If you answered yes to the above questions, we want you to apply!
About the employer
Australian Bureau Of Statistics (ABS)
4.3
1,000 - 50,000 employees
Government & Public Service
The ABS is Australia's national statistical agency, providing trusted official statistics on a wide range of economic, social and population matters.
Pros and cons of working at Australian Bureau Of Statistics (ABS)
Pros
Flexible working arrangements and office culture.
The many things to learn and improve upon. The flexibility to allow work/life balance.
Flex time, work matters, mostly self-directed.
Being able to work on a wide range of topics that have a real tangible benefit to Australia.
Work-life balance good career progression plenty of training/development opportunities good salary.
Cons
Career advancement opportunities are lacking.
Sometimes the 'hot desking' set up can be distracting. But it's not always so.
Restrictions involving bureaucracy/red tape. Current difficulties caused by adjustments to decreasing budget.
The tall hierarchy which limits an individual's agency and ability to work independently.
head office in another city, meaning that work opportunities in my office can be limited.