The ADG offers graduates amazing benefits:

Salary

As a member of the ADF, you'll be earning a first year starting salary package of approximately $80,000 to $109,000 per year depending on your degree qualifications. You'll also receive free medical and dental care and subsidised accommodation.

Post graduate university studies

Opportunities are available to further your qualifications with post graduate study. The ADF will pay your HELP fees (formerly known as HECS contributions) whilst you complete your post graduate degree.

Travel

The ADF offers amazing opportunities to
travel around Australia and overseas, on peacekeeping and emergency aid
missions that make a genuine difference
to people's lives.

Job security and lifestyle

ADF members enjoy a great work-life balance, with a selection of sporting clubs to play for, fitness training that's part of the working day, strong job security and role diversity with a variety of career paths to choose from.

Training and technology

All the training you receive in the ADF will have leadership elements, so you'll be learning skills, working and receiving qualifications that make you highly employable both in the ADF and the civilian world. As a member of the ADF, you'll work with some of the most advanced technology and equipment available, adding to your value as an employee.

ADF Graduate careers

The ADF is the largest employer of graduates in Australia. We offer over 50 different career positions to graduates. What career will you choose?

Direct Entry Jobs

An outstanding opportunity to work with a large world-renowned organisation on some of the most high-tech helicopters in Australia.

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A challenging engineering position overseeing the maintenance and repair of a fleet of high-tech helicopters with involvement in flight trials, flight test engineering and research and development.

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  • Reserve
  • ADFA

An outstanding opportunity to work for a leading Australian organisation on a variety of high tech engineering systems.

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  • Full Time
  • Reserve
  • ADFA

Marine Engineer Officer Submariner is an outstanding opportunity to work on a variety of high tech systems in a unique operating environment that is very different to mainstream engineering careers.

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  • Full Time
  • Reserve
  • ADFA

As a part of a large organisation, be responsible for the continued general health and fitness and preventative medical services of its employees.

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  • Full Time
  • Reserve
  • ADFA

Like to broaden your electrical engineering background by working with complex electronic systems and their associated hardware? This position is for you.

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Like to broaden your electrical engineering background by working with complex electronic systems and their associated hardware but in a unique operating environment? This position is for you.

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Work at the forefront of the very latest aviation technology designing, constructing and maintaining the Army's helicopters alongside some of the most talented engineers in the Defence Force. Well, what are you waiting for?

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  • Full Time
  • Reserve
  • ADFA

An exciting opportunity to be responsible for the spiritual ministry and pastoral support to soldiers and their families in a range of challenging environments.

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  • Full Time
  • Reserve
  • ADFA

You’ll be just like a civilian dentist, except you’ll also look after your own Army staff, and work in barracks, field, or operational environments.

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  • Full Time
  • Reserve
  • ADFA

Royal Australian Army Educational Corps Officers perform a diverse range of jobs including training developers; instructional design of computer based learning materials; and as teachers of literacy and numeracy, and English as a second language.

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  • Full Time
  • Reserve
  • ADFA

Take on the role of platoon commander within a major maintenance unit, where you’ll be responsible for the technical and administrative needs of your tradespeople.

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  • Full Time
  • Reserve
  • ADFA

An exciting opportunity to be responsible for the planning, co-ordination, and development of workplace health strategies for this large Australian organisation.

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  • Full Time
  • Reserve
  • ADFA

Maintain the Army’s modern hardware and equipment. You’ll get your hands on everything from tanks and artillery to missile systems, water craft, aircraft and helicopters.

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  • Full Time
  • Reserve
  • ADFA

As an Army doctor a broad range of professional opportunities are open to you including General Practitioner, Procedural Specialist or Senior Health Services Manager. You can also expect to be deployed in support of combat, peacekeeping or humanitarian…

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  • Full Time
  • Reserve
  • ADFA

With a career in the Army, you’ll enjoy the sort of variety, challenges and travel that you simply can’t get as a civilian nurse.

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  • Full Time
  • Reserve
  • ADFA

As an Army Pharmacist, you’ll handle a wide range of pharmaceutical tasks. In the field, you’ll look after medical logistics and may deploy with your units into remote areas.

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  • Full Time
  • Reserve
  • ADFA

As an Army Public Relations Officer you are the communications conduit between the Army and civilian media networks. You are critical to the public perception and image of Army and will be required to develop, implement and monitor operational and tactical…

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  • Full Time
  • Reserve
  • ADFA

Forget the regular hospitals, this position will have you working with state of the art equipment in varied locations throughout Australia.

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Scientific Officers are an integral component of the Australian Army, operating in deployed and non-deployed pathology environments.

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An excellent opportunity to be part of a large Australian organisation responsible for the maintenance of aircraft electrical and electronic systems.

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  • Full Time
  • Reserve
  • ADFA

A unique chance to broaden your engineering, management and logistics skills working for a large organisation with branches Australia-wide.

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  • Full Time
  • Reserve
  • ADFA

An exciting opportunity to be responsible for the spiritual ministry and pastoral support to airmen and airwomen and their families in a range of challenging environments.

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  • Full Time
  • Reserve
  • ADFA

Forget the regular hospitals, this position will have you working with state of the art equipment in varied locations throughout Australia.

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  • Full Time
  • Reserve
  • ADFA

The main role of an Air Force Training Systems Officer is to analyse, design and evaluate training to meet workplace needs and quality control the development and conduct of training.

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