Austrade Temporary Employment Register 2025 - 2026

Join our team

The Australian Trade and Investment Commission—Austrade—promotes Australian trade, investment, tourism and education to the world. We deliver services to grow Australia’s economic prosperity.

Our purpose is to unlock opportunities that help Australian businesses go further, faster. We have a proud history of helping Australian businesses pursue their global ambitions through our international expertise and trusted networks.

We’re experts in connecting Australian businesses to the world and the world to Australian business.

Our global network turns local market connections and insights into valuable export and investment support.

We contribute to Australia’s prosperity by :

• linking Australian businesses to global export opportunities
• providing market and industry insights, making it easier for businesses to go global
• attracting international investment to drive local jobs and develop skills
• leading policy and programs for Australian tourism and the visitor economy
• attracting international students to study with Australia.

The opportunity

Our Temporary Employment Register is open to anyone who would like to register an interest in temporary opportunities that may arise within Austrade. These opportunities may be based on the lands of the Kaurna People (Adelaide), Jagera and Turrbal People (Brisbane), Ngunnawal and Ngambri People (Canberra), Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people of the Eastern Kulin (Melbourne) and the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation (Sydney).

We are looking for people with backgrounds in both public and / or private sectors who have a genuine interest in working with Australia’s international partners to tackle global challenges, increase international trade and investment attraction opportunities, understand and build client capability, protect international directions to keep our region stable and help Australian’s overseas.

We welcome applications from those with diverse backgrounds including people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, those from non-English Speaking backgrounds and people from all ages and genders. We welcome applications from candidates with proficiency in speaking and writing a second language, including Japanese, Chinese, Indonesian, Arabic and Portuguese.

We would like to hear from all professions, including but not limited to :

Accounting, Finance

Change Management

Communication, Media, Branding, Marketing

Service Delivery, Helpdesk functions

Economics, Statistics, Research, Data

Executive Assistant / Executive Officer

Grants Management, Assessment, Administration

Human Resources (HR) and People :

Education, Training, Workplace Relations Work Health Safety, Recruitment, Payroll, People Experience Diversity and Inclusion

Information Technology :

Info / Comm Tech (ICT), Information Management / Content Management, Digital Services

Intelligence

Legal

Ministerial & Parliamentary

Policy :

Process mapping Regulation Reform Formulation and Development

Procurement, Contract

Project and Program Management

Property

Security

Trade and Investment :

International Education, Infrastructure, Healthcare, Agribusiness and Food, Mining and Resources, Tourism, Defence, Advanced Manufacturing, Energy Technology

Eligibility

Australian citizenship – our successful candidate must be an Australian citizen.

Security clearance – our successful candidate is required to hold, or have the ability to obtain, and maintain a Baseline, Negative Vetting 1 or Negative Vetting 2 security clearance through the Australian Government Security Vetting Agency. Information about the security clearance process can be found here.

Pre-employment checks - your suitability for employment will be assessed through a pre-employment screening process. This process includes a requirement to undergo and satisfy a National Police Check, referee checks, character clearance etc.

For more information, please see the Job Information Pack.

Please note that this register is an expression of interest and does not guarantee an offer of employment.

Closing date

Expressions of Interest will remain on this register until 11 : 30pm, 30 June 2025 (AEST)