Customs and Border Protection manages the security and integrity of Australia's borders. It works closely with other border agencies to detect and deter unlawful movement of goods and people across the border.
The agency is a National organisation employing approximately 5600 people in Australia and overseas, with its Central Office located in Canberra. It has a fleet of ocean-going patrol vessels and also conducts civil maritime surveillance and response.
Protecting the Australian community through the interception of illegal drugs and firearms is a high priority and sophisticated techniques are used to target high-risk aircraft, vessels, cargo, postal items and travellers. These include intelligence analysis, computer-based analysis, detector dogs and various other technologies.
The Program
The Customs and Border Protection Graduate Trainee programs look to develop your tertiary skills in a challenging, diverse and highly rewarding environment. There are opportunities in nearly every area of our organisation for you to secure your future.
Through the Graduate Trainee Program, Customs and Border Protection recruits and develops tertiary qualified staff to contribute to the achievement of business outcomes and become leaders of the future.
Customs and Border Protection Graduate Trainees are introduced to a diverse range of work within the organisation through an intensive 12-month training program. The program includes rotational work placements as well as formal training leading to a nationally recognised qualification. Work placements provide a variety of experience, including an introduction to policy development and government processes, research assignments or project work relating to the delivery of particular Customs and Border Protection functions and participation in work area business activities.
Participants in the Graduate Trainee Program will gain the following benefits:
a sound understanding of the legislative frameworks;operational environment issues and challenges facing Customs and Border Protection; the skills and knowledge to operate effectively in the agency; and a foundation for development as future managers and leaders.
The formal training will include personal development in leadership, workplace effectiveness, and relationship management.
Work placements
During the programs, Graduate Trainees undertake rotational work placements. The work placements give each Graduate Trainee exposure to Customs and Border Protection operations and functions. Depending on the chosen program successful Graduate Trainees may undergo rotational placements in a specified Division or through different Divisions within Customs and Border Protection
Graduate Trainees are based in Canberra for the duration of the 12 month program. The opportunity to complete a placement in a region will vary according to operational requirements. As a Customs and Border Protection Graduate Trainee your duties may include:
managing projects which require research and analysis; operational duties associated with particular functions of the work area; preparing reports and briefing papers; contributing to the review and development of policy, guidelines and procedures that impact our operational officers; providing administrative support to a work area; and organising and coordinating conferences, meetings and workshops.
The minimum educational requirement for the Customs and Border Protection Graduate Trainee Program is a bachelor degree that is recognised in Australia.
For the 2013 Graduate Trainee program, Customs and Border Protection will be seeking recent graduates (including graduates completing a bachelor degree in December of 2012) with qualifications that demonstrate high-level research, analytical, policy, strategic thinking and communication skills in the following disciplines:
- Accounting
- Business
- Commercial Law
- Economics
- Human Resources
- ICT
- Intelligence
- International Trade
- Legal
For more information visit our website today www.customs.gov.au