Disability & Accessibility Careers Pathway-Telstra Graduate Program 2025

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About our Graduate Program

Our 14-month Telstra Graduate Program will help to launch your career as we provide you with incredible opportunities to learn, develop and grow. 

You’ll be provided with the learning, experiences, coaching, mentoring and support you need for your career today and in the future. Plus, you’ll get the tools, flexibility and volunteer opportunities to help you thrive, your way. 

We also value diversity and are committed to creating inclusive experiences for all our graduates. You can learn about what diversity and inclusion means to us here. 

Our Commitment

Our purpose is to build a connected future where everyone can thrive, including the millions of people who are living with disabilities and seeking employment. We are proud to be counted among the organisations who have completed AND’s Disability Confident Recruiter Program (DCR). 

We are also proud of our Disability Action Plan, which articulates our core commitments to inclusive employment; to employees and their careers, to customers and to the wider community. 

Recruitment Support

If you identify as living with disability, our team are happy to work with you through the recruitment process (or, work with your Disability Employment Services provider if you would like us to).

Examples of where we’ve provided support during the recruitment process include providing access to information in different formats, ensuring suitable adjustments for face-to-face or instant messenger interviews for candidates who identify as living with hearing impairment or speech impediment or standing face-to-face interviews for candidates with back injuries.

About You

Because we put the customer at the heart of everything we do, in every corner of the country – you’ll be able to help us make a real difference to all the communities in which we operate. 

Our leaders and recruiters are trained to understand individual needs and can offer support, understanding and a range of career opportunities. Employees with sensory, physical, or other disabilities also have access to a great range of resources, which means more opportunities for great performance and a fulfilling career.

You’ll also have flexibility in how you work, because we know it’s what you do, not where you are, that matters most. And you’ll be supported all the way through.

Why Telstra? 

You’ll be working on projects that are essential to Telstra, and have a real effect on our business. You can learn more about the pathways and the projects you could be working on here. 

Benefits: 

• Permanent Position, job security and promotion opportunities on completion of your 14 month program
• Unlimited learning, continued access to accredited online and on-the-job learning opportunities, level up your skills and stay up to date and future ready
• Mentoring from industry experts, supportive Leaders who will help guide your early career journey
• Social connection, connect with your 2025 Graduate Cohort prior to starting your program, and get a 2024 Graduate buddy who will prepare you for the program and support you throughout
• Work/Life balance, additional leave options (parental, volunteer, cultural, gender-affirmation, purchased leave), flexible work options and hybrid working where we will set you up with what you need to make Hybrid working suit you
• Support for your wellbeing through our EAP Benestar, including mental, physical and financial coaching and resources

Program Eligibility

Our 2025 Graduate Program is open to university students who have completed their most recent tertiary education qualification within the last three years up to the commencement of the Program in February 2025. (I.e. graduating between 2022, 2023 and 2024). You must have also completed a minimum of an undergraduate degree within this timeframe at an Australian University. 

You can read more about our eligibility criteria and get your questions answered here. 

What’s next

To assist us to deliver a smooth experience, please ensure you upload your CV, Academic Transcript (unofficial is accepted) and Right-To-Work documents (Australian Passport/ Birth Certificate or relevant Visa) when you submit your application. Our process after you submit your application looks like this:

• After submitting your application, our team will confirm you are eligible for the program. 
• Eligible candidates will be sent a link to complete a HireVue recorded video interview and assessment task.      
• Our team will assess all video applications. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a final day interview. 
• If you are successful, we’ll complete final background checks and you’ll be sent your offer. 

Applications close at 11.59pm AEDT, Sunday 7 April 2024. 

We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce in all its forms. We encourage applicants from diverse gender, cultural and linguistic backgrounds and applicants who may be living with a disability. We also offer flexibility in all our roles, to ensure everyone can participate. 

To learn more about how we support our people, including accessibility adjustments we can provide you through the recruitment process, visit How we hire.