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Shape your future with the City of Gold Coast’s Graduate Academy!
We know you are driven by growth and opportunity, eager to progress quickly, and determined to make an impact. That’s why we offer a full-time 12-month immersive graduate program designed to unlock your potential, achieve your career goals, and equip you with the knowledge, skills, and experiences necessary to excel in your chosen career.
The program offers recent university graduates the opportunity to partner with industry leaders across a broad range of areas, projects, and initiatives not available anywhere else! No matter what you’re looking for, there are endless opportunities to make a real difference to your career and your community at the City of Gold Coast.
Be part of the next-gen of GC Shapers
Commencing in January 2025, our program provides professional development training and on-the-job experience pathways, designed to help bridge the gap from academic study to the work environment. As a graduate of the City, you will have many opportunities available to you:
What’s on offer
Transport Planner graduates will gain professional exposure to a wide range of municipal transport planning matters including citywide strategy and policy development, traffic modeling, corridor and intersection analysis, traffic signal management, customer service investigations, project scoping, and business cases, development assessment advice, infrastructure agreements and stakeholder engagement.
The Transport Planning & Policy unit is responsible for the forward planning of the Gold Coast’s transport system including strategy, road network development, active and public transport infrastructure and partnership initiatives, parking policy, investment prioritisation, advice, and advocacy.
The Strategic Operations team is responsible for optimising the performance of the transport network through a travel demand program, operating City roads, data collection, and traffic analysis. The team is also responsible for supporting the planning and construction of the Gold Coast light rail.
What are we looking for from you?
The City is committed to developing skilled graduates into future City leaders who:
The opportunity is available to applicants in any of the following categories.
Australia
Australian Citizen
Australian Permanent Resident
Australian Work Visa (All Other)