Federal Government Jobs in Australia

The Federal Government (formally the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia) wields a pretty gigantic workforce, which includes the Australian Public Service (APS) but also a range of other bodies hiring all kinds of different workers, from cleaners to economists. The APS has a clear, hierarchical structure, with an equally clear payscale that ranges from around $48,000 p.a. for the lowest grade of APS 1, up to $673,000 p.a. for a departmental head.

Even within the APS, the range of jobs on offer is huge. There are, communication administrative, IT and human resources (HR) departments, as at any large organisation, and also many departments related to specific functions of the government: Engineering; Economics; Intelligence and Security; Legal; Science and Health and more. With over 150,000 people currently employed by APS, there are plenty of positions you could potentially take up, including schemes for recent graduates to introduce you to life in the APS.

121 new job listings for this search have been found in the last calendar day, compared with 214 in the last 72 hours and 360 in the last week.

20% of current opportunities are permanent, whereas 80% are contract jobs.

The Adzuna recency index score for this search is 1.39, suggesting that demand for Federal Government job vacancies in Australia is increasing.