Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts Reviews

If you're good at your job and open to opportunities, you can progress quite quickly. From a grad, most people are in a senior advisory role within 12 months. From there it's only one step into executive positions.

Good fundraising for charities, education available for staff and acknowledgement of important issues.

The department has a good working culture and is inclusive. The department's social club, run by the graduates, encourages socialising afterhours through happy hours, trivia nights and other informal activities.

The Department is very family friendly and provides opportunities to support parents through flexible working hours and other negotiable arrangements.

Legal research, law reform, participation in the legislation making process, liaising with stakeholders - very diverse breadth and depth of tasks.

Possibly the best managers I have worked with. Senior management, in particular, are of inscrutable quality.

The Nishi building is outstanding. The Alinga and Nourthbourne offices are older office blocks but are spacious and have ample facilities, plus the CBD location is convenient for most employees. Dress code is normal office wear, with casual dress on Fridays for most teams.

Interviews were designed to minimise power imbalance between interviewers and interviewees. Interviewers genuinely wanted to see each candidate put in their absolute best performance. Most interview questions were given in advance, with time allowed to peruse. The sole 'hidden' question should not have come as a surprise to anyone who prepared for the interview. Practical assessments, which included a briefing/handover task, were closely related to the type of work we would be doing in subject areas relevant to the department.

The pay is lower than other APS workplaces, however the graduate program promotes graduates quickly.

From basket weaving workshops with Indigenous elders, to a paid-for Graduate Certificate in Public Administration from the UC, there are lots of training opportunities at the Department.

Very flexible. There are opportunities to negotiate working hours, working from home, etc. so that all lifestyles can be accommodated.

Recycling and organics bins