Job Satisfaction at Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR)

Supervisors are often unwilling to teach important skills because of the potential for a grad to never return, and seemed generally not ready to receive grads

I am currently in a legal role and my day-to-day responsibilities primarily involve working on measures for a bill before parliament. Every interesting and satisfying work

Policy/Administration

Contributing to ministerial briefs and cabinet submissions, analysing stakeholder submissions, consulting on various measures for the Closing Loopholes Bill, analysing precedents and discrimination law.

I work in a team that works on policy and stakeholder engagement. Our team consists of 10 people and there are matured silos that stifle team members capacity to support in what I consider important work. I like to get things done and when I work with others work to slow down the progress of the work. More satisfaction with my work would be supported by greater outcomes.

The inability to get work done due to the bureaucracy has led to lower sense of purpose/fulfilment than I was expecting.

1st placement work was great - was directly contributing to a new project and could see the impact of it. 2nd placement ebbs and flows. Preferred 1st placement as at times when I wasn't busy it made the days slower.

Reviewing policy documents, assisting my team in preparing draft policy documents.

I am a graduate, I work within a policy related team. I work with my supervisor/director on employment service related policy for disadvantaged cohorts. This involves writing policies, briefings, summary documents. My role involves meeting with stakeholders both within government and external to government.