Graduate Cultural Heritage (Feb 2024)

About the role

Our Cultural Heritage Officers work with local communities, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander elders, to protect cultural heritage during transport infrastructure activities in Queensland. They use policies, processes, and templates to identify and safeguard sacred spaces and sites, ensuring that the development of transport infrastructure is respectful, inclusive, and effective for the entire community.

As a Cultural Heritage Officer, you will learn to use these policies and processes to consult with communities and build positive relationships, ultimately contributing to the protection of cultural heritage. You will also develop local partnerships that give back to the community and encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youths to consider employment opportunities with us.

Available roles

• We have 1 role available in Nerang.

Qualification required: 

• Bachelor of Archaeology
• Bachelor of Anthropology or Bachelor of Social Science, preference for specialisation in First Nations heritage

What’s on offer:

• Competitive salary starting from $71,000 – with automatic pay rises
• Desirable per-hour rate with a guaranteed 36.25 hour working week, allowing excellent work/life balance
• Professional development events coupled with a tailored technical program of work, including coaching, mentoring, and regular feedback from your supervisor
• Exposure to a wide variety of projects, subject matter experts, and roles to help you find the career pathway that fulfills you, and delivers for Queensland
• A permanent role in TMR

About us

Transport and Main Roads, as part of the wider Queensland government, connect to communities across the state to improve economic well-being, safety, and accessibility and protect our quality of life.

We are looking for employees with a connection to the community and country to contribute to protecting our great lifestyle and growing in a sustainable way. TMR is looking for applications from students who listen, learn, and will embed their experience into local projects.

About you

We're investing in people who are:

• lifelong learners: someone who is innovative, future-focused, and willing to engage and contribute to our capabilities.
• Purpose-driven: someone who has a strong sense of purpose and are engaged in performance conversations and career planning
• agile and mobile: someone that can easily adapt as they progress through their career and across the organisation
• capable: someone who considers the customer, risk, and outcomes when making a decision
• safe healthy, and resilient: someone who takes the time to connect and contributes to the well-being of yourself and others

The diversity of Queensland makes us stronger.

It's important to us that our graduate program reflects the community we serve. This means creating an inclusive culture that promotes the skills and insights of our people of all genders, ethnicities, generations, sexual orientations, abilities and lived experiences. We recognise teams with diverse members are better able to contribute to our organisation’s goals and outcomes through enhanced creativity, innovation, and improved problem-solving. 

At the Department of Transport and Main Roads, we want people of all abilities to have an equitable experience. We encourage you to share with us any adjustments you may require to participate equitably in the recruitment process, and when you commence in the workplace as a successful candidate.