Graduate, People Experience

City of Adelaide; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 97,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Health & wellbeing offerings

On-site gym

Social Club events

Job summary

The City of Adelaide invites applications for a Graduate, People Experience within the People Experience Team. This two-year fixed-term role starts February 2027, with a base salary of 88,617 AUD plus 12% super.

You will help create a great employee experience by supporting learning, leadership capability, culture, engagement, and people systems while developing your skills in research, project delivery and stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Graduated within the last two years or about to graduate in OD, behavioural sciences, psychology or HRM.
• Experience researching to inform best practices and evidence-based approaches.
• Commitment to welcoming, responsive customer service and continuous learning.
• Ability to own deliverables and meet deadlines with effective communication.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to initiatives that enhance employee learning, capability and engagement.
• Support research, project management and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Turn research insights into practical learning and development programs.

Skills

Research methods

Customer service

Project ownership

Communication skills

Time management

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Organisational Development / HRM degree

Job description

• Access to Mentoring, Coaching and Industry Expertise
• Commencing February 2027 | 2 year, fixed term role
• Starting at $88,617 + 12% superannuation

About the Opportunity

As part of the People Experience Team within the People Program, the Graduate, People Experience will contribute to initiatives that help create a great employee experience and build capability across the City of Adelaide. You’ll work alongside experienced people professionals and gain exposure to a broad range of projects that influence how people learn, grow and experience work.

From learning and development and leadership capability to organisational culture, employee, engagementcommunications and people systems, you’ll have the opportunity to turn research and insights into practical initiatives. You’ll contribute to projects that support employees across the organisation while developing your own skills in research, project management and delivery, data analysis and stakeholder engagement.

This is a great opportunity to put your people-focused degree into practice, build a broad foundation across the people profession and discover where a career in Human Resource and organisational development could take you.

Working Rights – Eligibility

We welcome applications from candidates with valid Australian work rights, including those holding a visa with sufficient and appropriate work rights for the position. Australian citizenship is not required; however, visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

About You

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Graduated within approximately the last two years or are expecting to graduate within approximately the next 6 months in Organisational Development, Behavioural Sciences, Psychology or Human Resource Management.
• Skills and knowledge in conducting research to inform best practice and evidence-based approaches.
• Ability to provide welcoming, responsive and respectful customer service to colleagues and community members, with a commitment to continuous learning, professional development and applying feedback.
• Ability to take ownership and accountability for deliverables.
• Skilled in communication and being able to present effectively both orally and written.
• Strong organisational skills, the ability to successfully manage competing priorities, maintain attention to detail and meet deadlines.

Why Our Graduate Program?

Our graduate program gives you a great opportunity to start building your career, while having our genuine impact on our City and our communities. As a capital city council, we have wide-ranging responsibilities, so you’ll be exposed to many different industries. This includes everything from community wellbeing to urban planning, events to infrastructure, lifestyle experiences to heritage, economic development to climate action, corporate services and many more.

Apart from gaining valuable insight into what makes our community unique, are entitled to a wide range of benefits such as:

• Flexible work arrangements
• A range of health & wellbeing offerings
• On-site gym and chill-out areas
• Social Club events where you get to connect with other colleagues

Specific to the graduate program, you will also have access to:

• Mentorship: You'll be partnered with a City of Adelaide leader who will provide guidance and support throughout your first year.
• Development: Approximately 40 hours of professional development over the graduate program, including participation in the City Leaders program and a collaborative group project with other graduates.
• Regular check-ins: You’ll have regular 1:1 conversation with your leader to ensure ongoing support, goal setting, wellbeing checks and guidance.
• Hone your skills: Opportunities to develop a broad range of transferable skills relevant to various government roles federal, state and local.
• Networking opportunities: within the City Council and the broader government sector.

For more information about what it’s like to work for the City of Adelaide, including the benefits, please visit www.cityofadelaide.com.au/careers

About Us

Located in the geographic heart of Kaurna Country, the City of Adelaide celebrates its cultural heritage, unique natural surrounds and structures its footprint in a way that allows it to adapt to the changing needs of the community and a dynamic global landscape. Our focus is on our community’s wellbeing and quality of life - investing in city improvements and on future planning, so we continue to design a liveable city where future generations can continue to live authentic and meaningful lives. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team and be a bigger part of our amazing city!

At the City of Adelaide, we thrive in an environment that is welcoming, inclusive and safe, and celebrates difference. We value and embrace our diverse perspectives and recognise the value diversity has in fuelling innovation and enabling brilliant experiences for our diverse community.

We continue to work hard to ensure our recruitment process is safe for people of diverse backgrounds.