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Stepping Into Internships – for Students and Graduates with Disability

About the Stepping Into Program

The Stepping Into program offers practical paid work experience for successful students and recent graduates with disability who may face significant obstacles in gaining employment.

Obstacles include such things as academic transcripts that don’t reflect the interns’ real potential or having limited opportunity to participate in part time work while studying.

The participating employers are pioneers within their field and are taking a leadership role in providing opportunities to interns with disability to access internship opportunities.

Australian Network on Disability (AND) have been bringing employers and interns together like this since 2005, and their record stands for itself: AND-supported interns are more likely to be employed after they leave university than students without a disability.

Eligibility

To be eligible for this program, applicants must be:

• A person with a disability, mental health condition or chronic illness
• In their final or second-last year of their degree, or have graduated from their studies in the last 36 months.
• An Australian citizen, permanent resident, or international student who holds full working rights in Australia.
• Able to commit to the entire program.
• Able to provide evidence of involvement with university disability services or a note from a medical professional that indicates the presence of a disability, mental health condition or chronic illness.

*Please note: Due to the incredible growth of this program, AND have recently extended their eligibility criteria to include recent graduates.

Key Dates

• Intern Applications Open: 1st September 2022 (Thursday)
• Intern Applications Close: 2nd October 2022 (Sunday)
• Internships begin from mid November

Information Sessions

AND runs information sessions and recruitment skill workshops throughout September and October, for potential applicants and those supporting eligible students and graduates.

• For more details on the Information Session dates and to register, students and graduates can visit the website: https://www.and.org.au/ students-jobseekers/start-an-internship/

Stepping Into is a nation-wide paid internship program that provides university students and recent graduates with disability hands-on work experience in their chosen field of study.

With over 150 paid internships available across a range of disciplines – from Accounting to Law, Engineering to Research, Public Policy to Sciences – there’s a role to suit you.

• Applications close 2nd October 2022.
• Contact AND at 02 8270 9200 or applications@and.org.au

Apply now: NAB Summer 2022/23 Melbourne & Sydney Internships – Applications Now Open!

Are you a university student with disability looking for paid work experience that counts?

AND are excited to announce that early applications for NAB’s Summer internship roles are open now!

National Australia Bank (NAB) is offering 4 internship roles in Melbourne and Sydney this Summer as part of the Stepping Into Internship Summer Program 2022/23.

Applications close in two weeks by midnight 2nd September 2022.

Four roles are available to students through the Stepping Into Program:

About the Stepping Into Internship Program

The NAB internships are for 8 weeks full time, commencing on 28 November 2022 and finishing on 3 February 2023, with a 2-week break between 23 December 2022 to 6 January 2022.

It is a great opportunity to:

• Gain paid and valuable career-relevant work experience
• Learn new skills
• Grow your knowledge of your chosen industry
• Develop networking and social skills
• Support provided throughout the program

You can download the position descriptions of the NAB roles for more information.

Download the NAB Summer Intern – Business Banking Position Description here
Download the NAB Summer Intern – People & Culture Position Description here
Download the NAB Summer Intern – Risk Position Description here

APPLY NOW!

Call for Research Participants and Summer Research Opportunities

Seeking Neuro-divergent Monash Students for a Study on Losing Personal Items

This research project aims to better understand the lived experiences of Neuro-divergent Monash University students who regularly lose their personal items so as to build and improve technologies to help reduce personal item loss.

What is Involved

We are seeking Monash University students aged 18 and above who identify or have been diagnosed as neuro-divergent and tend to lose things regularly to have a discussion with us for about 45 to 60 minutes about:

• Personal items that you tend to lose on a regular basis
• Where you tend to lose these items
• Walk us through memories of losing these items and finding them
• Join us in exploring potential technologies that might be able to help with reducing the loss of these personal items

Our goal for this exploratory discussion is to help build better cost-effective solutions to reduce personal item loss with your valuable input.

We are also very happy to discuss how the discussion can be tailored to your unique context, so please let us know!

• Participants will be compensated with a 30-dollar grocery voucher for their time.

Criteria for Participation

• Aged 18 and over
• Students from Monash University
• Identify as/ Diagnosed as Neuro-divergent
• Lose personal items on a regular basis

Contact Information

• For more information and how to participate in this study, please contact benjamin.phua@monash.edu.

Summer Researcher Opportunity

Summer researcher opportunity with Monash Inclusive Technologies Lab at the Faculty of IT (Deadline: Friday, 26 August 2022, 5pm).

• Start date: 21 November 2022 (negotiable) for Eight Weeks
• Scholarship value: $4,000 ($500 x 8 weeks)

We are seeking students to be co-researchers and co-designers of technologies to help neuro-divergent individuals who tend to lose things to not lose things.

We know it can be annoying to lose our keys, wallets and phones but these issues can be a lot more annoying if you are neuro-divergent (if you know you know!) and by reducing the cognitive load needed to manage these tasks we can then use that energy for more useful, interesting, life-giving activities.

The work will entail:

• Performing research and literature review
• Designing, and developing prototypes and
• Potentially being involved in focus group studies (with neuro-divergent individuals who tend to lose things regularly) regarding those prototypes
• Students will also be involved in reflective and reflexive exercises about the above activities.

Ideally you will be studying:

• Design, IT or engineering and have taken FIT3146 – Maker lab
• Happy to consider students from a wide range of backgrounds!

We welcome and encourage students who are disabled and/ or diagnosed/ self-identify as neuro-divergent and also have a propensity for losing things to apply as you are experts-by-personal experience and are thus extremely well suited to co-design and co-develop these solutions.

We also encourage students who are carers of people with disabilities who tend to lose things to apply for similar reasons.

• For more details, please kindly get in touch with: benjamin.phua@monash.edu

To apply:

• Please go to the application page via this link
• For more information about this project please click here!

PACE Mentoring: Announcing Participating Organisations!

AND welcomes Amazon, Jewish Care Australia, and Geoscience to participate in PACE for the first time.

Mentors from the following organisations will be participating in PACE Spring 2022:

• Amazon
• ANZ Bank
• ASIC
• Australian Federal Police (AFP)
• Australian Public Service Commission
• Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications
• George Weston Foods (Mauri)
• Geoscience Australia
• IBM
• Jewish Care Australia
• Medibank
• Optus
• VIC Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions

This Spring, we welcome Amazon, Jewish Care Australia and Geoscience Australia to participate in PACE Mentoring Program for the very first time!

More organisations will be announced next week. Stay tuned!

You’re invited – free information session next Thursday

Join AND at the free online information session next Thursday for an overview of the program.

You are invited to dial in if you are a student or jobseeker with disability, a parent or carer of someone with disability, or disability employment service providers and other people who work with people with a disability, mental health condition or chronic illness.

• Thursday 23rd June, 3:30pm – 4:30pm (click here to register)
  *all in Sydney/Canberra/Melbourne time (AEST)

Contact our team on 1300 36 36 45 or applications@and.org.au if you require accessibility adjustments.

• Register for the information session on 23 June 

Locations

This round, mentors are participating in: Adelaide, Bendigo, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. There will also be virtual mentoring options for regional students and jobseekers.

Eligibility

Anyone 18 years or over with any type of disability, mental health condition or chronic illness is eligible for the PACE Mentoring Program.

How do I apply?

Submit an online application form here by midnight 3 July 2022 (Sunday).

Applied for a previous round of PACE Mentoring?

There is no limitation on how many times you can apply or participate in the program if you still meet the criteria, and we can copy your previous application over if you reach out to us.

• Find out more about the PACE Mentoring Program on our website here.

A Range of Internships Available Now with Cummins

GradWISE has recently partnered with Cummins and has a plethora (50 attached) of internship opportunities ranging from:

• engineering
• business analyst
• accounting/finance
• communications and marketing
• IT
• legal
• health safety and environment
• project management
• supply chain
• and human resources

GradWISE are now collating interest from students and graduates. They will assist students with putting their application together, support them with adjustments (if required) and discuss the application process.

Questions from Cummins to Consider

Below are some questions from Cummins that the students should think about depending on their disciplines.

Montage Questions

CBS IT

• Explain your understanding around what business IT means and how that relates back to a company. Where does that fit and what value does it bring to an organisation?

Corporate IT

• Explain your understanding around what business IT means and how that relates back to a company. Where does that fit and what value does it bring to an organisation?

Corporate Accounting

• What type of accounting stream that you would like to pursue in your career? EG: Banking, professional firms or industry?

CBS Accounting

• What type of accounting stream that you would like to pursue in your career? EG: Banking, professional firms or industry?

HSE

• What is your understanding of the role of HSE in an organisation?

Mech Power Gen

• How will a mechanical engineer influence change in power generation with the increase in renewable energy in the next 10 years?

HR APM

• What do you know about the Australian Apprenticeship system and the Cummins Apprenticeship Program?

Supply Chain

• How do you believe technology with shape the future of the supply chain in the next 5 years?

PACE Mentoring Spring 2022: Applications Open!

AND is excited to announce that applications for PACE Mentoring Spring 2022 are now open!

• Are you a jobseeker or student with disability, mental health condition or chronic illness?
• Are you looking for career guidance, building disability confidence and employability skills?

PACE Mentoring is a nation-wide, free industry mentoring program that matches jobseekers and students with disability with experienced professionals from leading Australian businesses and organisations.

What is PACE Mentoring Program?

When you sign up for the PACE Mentoring program, you’ll be connected with a mentor from one of AND’s member organisations who has advice and wisdom to share.

They’ll find the right mentor for you, based on your location, the industry you’re looking to work in, your goals and other factors.

The 4-months program is a great opportunity to:

• Build confidence
• Develop employability skills
• Practice interview skills
• Network with other professionals
• Visiting worksites
• Learn some top tips to get a head start on your career
• Experience professional and personal development
• Mentoring opportunities are in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Perth and Adelaide.
• There are also virtual mentoring opportunities for students and jobseekers based in other locations across Australia.

Are You Eligible?

• Anyone 18 years old or over with any type of disability, mental health condition or chronic illness is eligible for the PACE Mentoring Program.

AND welcomes previous Stepping Into applicants and PACE mentees to re-apply for the program.

AND accepts applications from jobseekers with all types of disability including, but not limited to:

• Physical disability
• Mental health conditions
• Sensory impairments and immunological conditions.
• Find out more about disability types here.

How Do You Apply?

Submit an online application form here by midnight 3 July 2022 (Sunday).

Applied for a previous round of PACE Mentoring?

There is no limitation on how many times you can apply or participate in the program if you still meet the criteria, and AND can copy your previous application over if you reach out to them.

Job Opportunity for Students: eExams Assistant

I CAN Network – CRM Administrator Role

I CAN Network are looking for an individual with strong skills in Salesforce who enjoys performing shared tasks in a fast-paced environment.

You will have a mix of skills, with both technical skills in CRM administration and IT, and communication skills to achieve trust with and capacity development of internal stakeholders.

*Please note: You do not need to be Autistic to apply for any roles within I CAN Network.

If this sounds like you or someone you know please let us know. Applications close COB this Friday April 1.

• Maximum Term Part-Time role (22.8 hours per week) for 2 Years
• $88,694 package (SCHADS Level 5 pay point 3) paid pro rata to 0.6 FTE (excludes superannuation and salary packaging benefits)

Applicants must have the ability to work from home in Melbourne and be able to apply and provide a clear Working With Children Check (Employee). 

Please refer to the Position Description for full details.

How to Apply?

Please apply in writing to opportunities@icannetwork.com.au with ‘Attn: Yvonne Basile – CRM Administrator’ in the subject title by this Friday April 1st – 01/04/2022.

Applications Still Open – 2023 Policy Futures Graduate program

The Policy Futures Graduate Program is a two-year industry-leading program that provides recent graduates a unique opportunity to make a positive difference to Queensland communities while building a rewarding career in the Queensland public sector.

As a Policy Futures graduate you will undertake rotations across three different Queensland Government agencies, gaining exposure to diverse and complex policy environments.

Eligibility for the Program

Whatever you studied, from law to accounting, creative industries to social work – it’s likely that your insight and experience will be of value.

To be eligible for the program, you must have the right to work in Australia and have graduated from a bachelor’s degree or higher (including graduate certificate, master’s degree or PhD) between 1 January 2021 and 1 February 2023.

There is no minimum GPA required.

About the Offer

As a Policy Futures graduate you will receive the benefits of working for the Queensland Government which include:

• a starting salary of $65,116 per annum
• up to 12.75% employer superannuation
  contribution
• 17.5% annual leave loading
• flexible work arrangements
• generous leave entitlements
• salary packaging options
• a diverse and inclusive workplace
• programs that support a healthy work environment
• opportunities for professional development, networking and career progression

Diversity and Inclusion

There is a commitment to creating a diverse workforce and workplace where everyone feels safe, respected and included.

The Policy Futures recruitment process is an inclusive process that aims to provide all candidates the best opportunity to demonstrate their suitability for the program.

Accessibility requests can be provided throughout the recruitment process. All applicants are encouraged to apply for Policy Futures.

How to Apply

Visit the Policy Futures website for information on the application process, which includes an application form, online testing, video interview and
assessment centre.

• APPLY HERE!
• Applications close Thursday 7 April 2022.

JobAccess Webinar – How Australian Businesses Can Take the Lead on Disability Employment

More than 113,000 Australians with disability are currently unemployed and looking to work*.

Is your organisation ready to employ their skills?

• This webinar may have the answer.

Australian businesses are at risk of missing out on the potential of disability employment due to the lack of exposure, low awareness and limited knowledge about the supports available.

A recent JobAccess survey found that 7 in 10 people have not heard of workplace adjustments, which can be a powerful asset to build a truly inclusive and accessible workplace.

Join the JobAccess free 35-min webinar where they will discuss how employers can tap into workplace adjustments to attract, employ and retain people with disability.

You will have the opportunity to:

• Gather insights from JobAccess’ national survey on the general awareness of disability and workplace adjustments.
• Hear first-hand from large organisations and self-employed people with disability on the impact JobAccess has made in their workplace.
• Learn about the wide range of free supports available to assist employers and people with disability at work.

Webinar Details

• When:  Thursday, 31 March 2022
• Where: Register to attend the webinar

Time: 11.30 am to 12.05 pm AEDT
11.00 am to 11.35 am ACDT
10.30 am to 11:05 am AEST
10.00 am to 10.35 am ACST
08.30 am to 09.05 am AWST

• RSVP by:  Monday, 28 March 2022
• Access: Live captioning is available for this event. You will be asked to provide any access requirements during the registration process.

  For more information or if you have any questions or require assistance, please contact JobAccess at JobAccess@workfocus.com.