Australian Secret Intelligent Service Hiring for Activate Graduate Program Finance Job at Canberra Full Time

What roles are there?

A clear path to a career in secret intelligence

ASIS are looking for ACTIVATE applicants with diverse

skillsets from a range of academic backgrounds, with an

interest in working in the national security community.

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ACTIVATE – GRADUATE PROGRAM for

STEM and Accounting/Finance Graduates

Graduates will begin at Level 4.1

Who is successful in our program

Applicants with the following skills
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Flexibility and initiative to approach tasks with

an open mind
Strong strategic analytical and research skills
Good team players
Proven academic success and broad life skills
Strong sense of responsibility
High levels of honesty, integrity and discretion
STEM, accounting or finance related

study/work background

Who we are

ASIS is Australia’s overseas secret Human Intelligence

collection agency. Our mission is to protect and

promote Australia’s vital interests through the provision

of unique foreign intelligence services, as directed

by the government. Our functions are set out in the

Intelligence Services Act 2001.

We are an agency of extremely high ethics and

integrity. We are responsible to the Minister for

Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the Parliamentary

Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security and are

overseen by the Inspector General of Intelligence and

Security, who reports directly to the Prime Minister.

ASIS’s work relates to foreign intelligence, collecting on

national defence, international relations and economic

issues as well as coordinated efforts against terrorism,

proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and

trans-national issues such as people smuggling.

Who can apply?

Your participation in the ACTIVATE Graduate Program

will be based on the following:
Eligibility: To be eligible for the Program you must be

an Australian citizen.
Security Assessment: Applicants for the Program

will be required to undergo a security assessment to

obtain a high level security clearance.
Qualifications: The Program is open to

Undergraduate and Postgraduate university students in

their final year of study in 2023 or students who have

graduated in 2022 or 2021 and who have a STEM,

accounting or finance related study/work background.

Keep your application a secret

by not doing this can jeopardize your

employment with us !

A Community Of People

Joining the ASIS team means working in a close-
knit environment full of like-minded and motivated

individuals. During the course of the ACTIVATE

program, you’ll move between three distinctive roles,

giving you the chance to meet with staff from across

the organisation. We think you’ll find them to be as

talented, inquisitive and hard-working as you.

Working in ASIS and what that means

• Canberra based

• Mon-Fri working week of 37.5 hours
• 22 days of annual leave + stand down time at

xmas/new year

What we offer you
starting early 2024

Put your skills to work in a whole new way with

ACTIVATE – ASIS’s graduate program.

Offering a rare chance to work within the Australian

Secret Intelligence Service, ACTIVATE gives graduates

on-the-job experience and training in one of the most

unique, dynamic and fast-paced workplaces in Australia.

Over the course of the 12-month program, you’ll learn

how intelligence is gathered, reported and actioned.

And unlike other graduate programs, you won’t just

be observing – regardless of which discipline you’ve

studied, you’ll be using your skills to help support actual

intelligence gathering operations that advance Australia’s

national interest.

Package on commencement $87,945 + superannuation

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ACTIVATE – GRADUATE PROGRAM

Should you be accepted into ACTIVATE, you’ll have

endless opportunities to apply the skills you have

gained throughout your studies in ways you may have

never thought possible. The roles available require the

application of critical thinking, research, analysis and

project planning – just to name a few. Rotating through a

variety of areas within the Service as part of the program

provides our graduates with the foundation to understand

our organisation and the challenges of sustaining a

complex and unique geographically dispersed workforce.

It suits applicants from a wide-range of disciplines who are

curious or have a genuine interest in intelligence work.

After successfully completing the Program, you could be

placed into a variety of STEM, accounting or finance roles

depending on your skillset and the priority needs of the

Service. Below are areas you may end up working in:

STEM Stream
ASIS has a range of information technology, engineering

and data science roles where you will develop technical

capabilities critical operations and daily corporate

functions. You will get to use cutting edge technology to

support ASIS activities.

Accounting/Finance Stream

ASIS Accounting/Finance graduates will be exposed

to three key areas of financial support; management

accounting, divisional resource management and

departmental finance. Advice provided by ASIS finance

professionals contribute to real world outcomes.

TESTIMONIAL

What happens after

the 12 month program?

Upon successful completion of the graduate year

you will move to an ongoing position with skills and

knowledge needed for a future career. When placed in

your ongoing position, you will also receive a pay rise

to the highest increment of our Level 4 salary range.

You may be contacted via SMS regarding

the next stage of the process.

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Where do I sign?

Apply online on the agency website answering the

following questions: (word limit is 250 words for each answer)

Questions to answer
1. Why do you want to be a part of our Graduate

Program and what makes you a good candidate?

2. Teamwork is important as an ASIS Graduate.

Describe a time when you’ve been required to work in

a team to complete a project. What was your

contribution and what steps did you take to ensure

the team worked productively to complete the task?

3. Problem solving and managing deadlines are

important attributes for our Graduates. Describe a

time when you’ve researched and solved a complex

issue at work or university, working to a specific

deadline. What steps did you take to ensure the

issue was resolved by the due date?

Before you apply

You’ll need to make sure that you are:
Eligible to apply
Supportive of, and identify with our values

We are serious about them!

Clear in how your experiences and skills

(including any volunteer or extra curricular

efforts) meet the position requirements

Sure of the role your skills and experience

are most relevant to

Willing to undergo checks to gain and maintain

a high level security clearance
Accepting that this is a long application

process and to let it happen in the background

Not able to talk about your application with us

to anybody at this stage

Aware of the documents needed for your

application