About the program
The Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage’s Graduate Program is an important part of our commitment to invest in the future by recruiting the best talent for our business.
We seek dedicated, innovative and talented individuals for our 12 month program, and look to them to provide unique insights and perspectives on our work in the community including:
- Aboriginal heritage and lands management
- Crown land administration
- historic heritage conservation services
- integrated land and infrastructure policy development
- land use planning and policy development.
Our program offers countless opportunities for graduates to immerse themselves in professional development and to build their social capital in the department. We strive to support our graduates to establish their professional identity and to contribute to building an inclusive workplace culture.
Program highlights
- In-house mentoring program with professional coaching
- Regular exposure to members of the corporate executive including our director general
- Access to strategic and state significant projects, as well as the management teams and decision makers
- Continuous personal and professional development opportunities, in particular soft skills training
- Targeted rotations that provide multidisciplinary experiences
- Inclusive and energising wellness and engagement initiatives
- Enrolment in the Public Sector Commission’s 10 month graduate development program, Launch
Attributes we are seeking in candidates
- Collaborative
- Curiosity
- Innovative
- Action orientated
Application dates
Applications for the 2025 graduate program have closed.
Go to the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage careers page for more information.
Contact us
Caitlyn Saxton
Youth Program Coordinator
youthprograms@dplh.wa.gov.au
Grad stories
In addition to listening to Lee's story below, watch the grad videos on our home page.
Lee - Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage
