- Improve your professional employment prospects
- Combine study with a paid work placement in your relevant field
- Be a part of Australia's leading science and research organisation
The Indigenous Cadetship Program is an initiative of the CSIRO Indigenous Engagement Strategy which seeks to significantly increase Indigenous employment nationally within CSIRO. Through this strategy, CSIRO aims to enhance the educational, employment, training and career development opportunities for people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent.
Indigenous Cadetships may be offered to people of Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent who are enrolled for full-time study in their first undergraduate degree course at an Australian university. Upon successful completion of the Cadetship, Cadets will be encouraged to apply for positions in CSIRO relevant to their qualification and skills.
An opportunity exists for a cadet to join CSIRO Land and Water to work on a joint project with the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Traditional Owner-led Integrated Monitoring and Reporting (IMR). This is an exciting project to pilot the Strong Peoples – Strong Country heritage monitoring framework that connects the health of the Reef and its catchment to the quality of life enjoyed by Traditional Owners. The framework was developed during 2018 by the Indigenous Heritage Expert Group with Traditional Owners in the catchment. The framework is key input to the Indigenous heritage theme of the Reef 2050 Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program (RIMReP).
In this role you will work as part of the CSIRO Collaborative and Indigenous Science Team to support the Great Barrier Reef Foundation and the Traditional Owner-led IMR Technical Working Group to plan and further develop the Strong Peoples – Strong Country framework. The project will provide the opportunity to gain experience working in an Indigenous-led process to embed Indigenous priority values into the management and protection of the World Heritage Great Barrier Reef.
Cadets can participate in CSIRO’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Staff Forum. The forum brings together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees across the organisation (via a monthly webinar) and offers invaluable networking opportunities, as well as providing another layer of support throughout the Cadetship.