Job Satisfaction at ACT Government

Day to day responsibilities vary on the project that you are assigned to, but I will give an example of the last project that I was on which was in the manufacturing space for a poultry factory. General day would begin with grabbing coffee with the team before heading to site. After we arrive at site we would have a 15-30 min check in and refresh to see where everyone is at with their responsibilities and if they required any support throughout the day. After that I would probably go onto the shopfloor to conduct a line study or just take observations for a specific trial that the team have scheduled, or just purely to touch base with a few of the key stakeholders on the shopfloor. Throughout my day I would also spend some time attending various meetings, such as supply reviews / demand review and take minutes when necessary. A large part of the role is also analysis and crafting your insights into recommendations for the client, so I would say a significant portion of my day is spent sourcing or creating data to support the various workstreams we have across the project. This may be through excel analysis, interviews, studies and or general stakeholder management.

Throughout the grad program, my role and day-to-day responsibilities have changed dramatically. I have worked from developing internal strategic approaches to organising external contracts and arranging ministerial briefs. This has all been good experience to gain and to be a part of.

Due to caretaker, I haven't been given any tasks yet (three weeks in)

My responsibilities change depending on the rotation I am in. Currently I do not have much responsibility as we are right before the election caretaker period. Before this time, my responsibilities were to help my team/branch with whatever projects they were working on. I did not have any projects of my own.

Grad role, Drafting documentation, briefs, legislation, ministerial correspondence

I am still quite new in this role and learning the ropes. I think that I will have higher satisfaction once I get better at the job and can achieve more.

Rotation 1: - contributed to the administration of scholarships including: - adapting documents for procedures, guidelines and other tools (email/letter templates) - creation and management of database in Excel - management of enquiries inbox and drafting responses to be approved by supervisor/Senior Director - secretariat tasks: - drafting agendas and meeting minutes - inbox management Rotation 2: - cross jurisdictional reviews - drafting Minutes - revising options paper - reviewing legislation amendments draft by Parliamentary Counsels Office - drafting consultation survey - drafting instruments - drafting talking points for Minister - drafting project plan and timeline - revising and drafting webpage content - drafting letters – ministerial responses, cross-directorate and directorate communications - reviewing regulatory/legislation content of guideline - reviewing regulatory tools Rotation 3 (to date): - revising website content - drafting tools (checklist) for external stakeholders - drafting talking points for panel discussion

I think I've done a lot of valuable work in the ACTPS. I've been very fortunate with my rotations. My biggest criticisms are related to: R1: I really didn't know the larger machinations and going on and where my work fit in a larger piece R2: There was like a month where I had nothing to do because I kept on doing work faster than can be assigned.

I was highly satisfied in my work duties and experiences in both parts of the Education Directorate. These included involvement in high-impact projects, as well as general administration duties with incentive to improve processes. I am less satisfied so far in my work duties in CMTEDD. This may change as I grow into the area. Duties in this role are lesser-impact and more emphasis on generic administration, with less room for process improvement.

My current role is doing policy work which is a lot of reading relevant literature, brief writing and preparing to write strategy documents.

As a graduate officer I am given a variety of tasks at a variety of levels. The work is inconsistent (with ebbs and flows of work) and does not match my interest areas. In 2 of my 3 rotations, I was included where people considered it necessary for the work I do, although not included as a team member. It was very clear I was a graduate and temporary. The other rotation treated me as a team member and I felt no difference in my level of employment. I was included in everything and considered as a true team member. I am not sure which is the way it is supposed to be, although the latter was where I felt valued.

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Graduate work can be slow one day and very fast paced the next.

Day to day responsibilities involve: regular project and contract management document drafting regular meetings regular email communication regular phone calls

Project management, communications, design, copywriting, brief writing, presenting, minuting / running meetings, collaborating with other directorates, co-designing solutions. Some really high-level policy, but also some work really connected to the community and delivery. I think graduates are sometimes underestimated and I could be given more work / responsibility.

Communications officer working on internal communications tasks and projects.

I have had varying roles with quick stints in each. Too short to comment deeply here. I have enjoyed the work. This remains to be seen as I settle down permanently.

In the Office of Nature Conservation (EPSDD), I am tasked with creating dashboards on ArcGIS as well as collating citizen science survey data and writing reports. I also engage with volunteers and organisations regarding organising of citizen science projects and how to conduct surveys. 9.5/10 In MPC (Light Rail - Technical Team), I was taking meeting minutes, collating relevant scope performance requirements, and updating the scope change register. 2/10 In MPC (Infrastructure Delivery Partners), I was assisting with review key EIS documentation for the MRF and FOGO projects and helping fill out key procurement documentation. 3/10

My role as the graduate assistant, I spend good amount of time learning appropriate procurement legislations, policy and governance. I also had to take several online trainings related to procurement processes. My day-to-day role is to assist team in the creation of high-quality procurement documentation, record management and administration tasks. My current rotation also helped me learn and understand the end-to-end life cycle and process of a Procurement.

Stakeholder engagement, social media management, writing articles and taking and editing photos and videos.