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Affirmative Measures (First Nations) - Temporary Employment Register 2025-26

National Archives of Australia · Various locations - ACT ACT, Various locations - NSW NSW, Various locations - NT NT, Various locations - QLD QLD, Various locations - SA SA, Various locations - TAS TAS, Various locations - VIC VIC, Various locations - WA WA · Fixed term

Posted 1 August 2025Closes 31 July 2026

Temporary Employment Register 2025-26

National Archives of Australia · Various locations - ACT ACT, Various locations - NSW NSW, Various locations - NT NT, Various locations - QLD QLD, Various locations - SA SA, Various locations - TAS TAS, Various locations - VIC VIC, Various locations - WA WA · Fixed term

Posted 1 August 2025Closes 31 July 2026

Temporary Employment Register - Corporate

National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) · Melbourne VIC, Perth WA · Fixed term · $72,140–$190,556

Posted 22 October 2024Closes 30 September 2026

Temporary Employment Register - Environment Specialists, Decommissioning Specialists, Offshore Renewable Specialists and Environment Officers

National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) · Melbourne VIC, Perth WA · Fixed term · $110,250–$251,987

Posted 22 October 2024Closes 30 September 2026

Temporary Employment Register - Regulatory Specialists, Well Integrity Specialists, Safety Engineers and Well Integrity Engineers

National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) · Melbourne VIC, Perth WA · Fixed term · $110,250–$304,598

Posted 22 October 2024Closes 30 September 2026

Resident Medical Officer - General Registration and Competent Authority Pathway

Department of Health · Darwin, Palmerston · Fixed term · $102,781–$122,264 pa

Posted 16 September 2024

AGS Law Clerks - Affirmative Measures Indigenous

Australian Government Solicitor · Adelaide SA, Brisbane QLD, Canberra ACT, Darwin NT, Hobart TAS, Melbourne VIC, Perth WA, Sydney NSW · Fixed term

Posted 22 July 2024Closes 16 July 2027

University Paid Internship Program

Australian Taxation Office · Adelaide SA, Albury NSW, Box Hill VIC, Brisbane QLD, Burnie TAS, Canberra ACT, Dandenong VIC, Geelong VIC, Gosford NSW, Hobart TAS, Melbourne VIC, Moonee Ponds VIC, Newcastle NSW, Parramatta NSW, Penrith NSW, Perth WA, Sydney NSW, Townsville QLD, Upper Mount Gravatt QLD, Wollongong NSW · Fixed term

Posted 14 December 2023Closes 31 December 2027

Employment Register

Australian Taxation Office · Adelaide SA, Albury NSW, Box Hill VIC, Brisbane QLD, Burnie TAS, Canberra ACT, Dandenong VIC, Geelong VIC, Gosford NSW, Hobart TAS, Melbourne VIC, Moonee Ponds VIC, Newcastle NSW, Parramatta NSW, Penrith NSW, Perth WA, Sydney NSW, Townsville QLD, Upper Mount Gravatt QLD, Wollongong NSW · Fixed term · $56,681–$179,606

Posted 5 July 2023Closes 30 June 2027

Executive Assistant Temporary Employment Register

Australian Taxation Office · Brisbane QLD, Canberra ACT, Melbourne VIC, Sydney NSW · Fixed term · $81,265–$88,200

Posted 1 July 2022Closes 30 June 2027

Classroom Teacher Recruitment Pool

Department of Education and Training · Alice Springs, Darwin, Katherine, Palmerston, Tennant Creek, Nhulunbuy · Fixed term · $96,180–$136,997 pa

Posted 17 October 2016

Fixed Term (until 30 June 2027) Visiting Medical Officer (10 positions zero-hours) - Emergency Medicine - Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospitals - APPLY VIA ECRDENTIAL

Western Sydney Local Health District · Blacktown, Blacktown Hospital | Western Sydney

Closes 31 July 2026

Change & Project Manager

VicTrack · Melbourne, Victoria · Fixed term

Closes 4 August 2026

Staff Specialist in Emergency Medicine - Armidale Rural Referral Hospital - Fixed Term for 12 Months

Hunter New England Local Health District · Armidale, Armidale Hospital | New England / North West · Casual · 197583 - 243822

Closes 4 August 2026

Fixed Term (12 months) Up to 1.0 FTE - Clinical Surgical Superintendent - Department of General Surgery - Blacktown Mount Druitt Hospitals - APPLY VIA E-CREDENTIAL

Western Sydney Local Health District · Blacktown, Blacktown Hospital | Western Sydney and 2 additional locations · is attached to the University appointment. The appointee will be responsible to

Closes 6 August 2026

Fixed Term 0.35 FTE Postgraduate Fellow - Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology - Endoscopy - WESTMEAD HOSPITAL - APPLY VIA E-CREDENTIAL

Western Sydney Local Health District · Westmead, Westmead Hospital | Western Sydney · is attached to the University appointment. The appointee will be responsible to

Closes 6 August 2026

Fixed Term 1.0 FTE Postgraduate Fellow - Gastroenterology (Endoscopy Suite) - Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospitals - APPLY VIA E-CREDENTIAL

Western Sydney Local Health District · Blacktown, Blacktown Hospital | Western Sydney · is attached to the University appointment. The appointee will be responsible to

Closes 6 August 2026

Fixed Term (12 months) Up to 1.0FTE Postgraduate Fellow - Radiation Oncology - Westmead Hospital - APPLY VIA E-CREDENTIAL

Western Sydney Local Health District · Westmead, Westmead Hospital | Western Sydney

Closes 10 August 2026

Advanced Trainee

Medical Officers · Statewide · Fixed term · $117,745.00 to $147,664.00 AUD per annum + superannuation, leave loading, and ap

Advanced Trainee

South Eastern Sydney Local Health District · Randwick, Prince of Wales Hospital | Sydney · Fixed term · $117,745.00 to $147,664.00 AUD per annum + superannuation, leave loading, and ap

Advanced Trainee

South Eastern Sydney Local Health District · Randwick, Prince of Wales Hospital | Sydney · Fixed term · $117,745.00 to $147,664.00 AUD per annum + superannuation, leave loading, and ap

Advanced Trainee

South Eastern Sydney Local Health District · Randwick, Prince of Wales Hospital | Sydney · Fixed term · $117,745.00 to $147,664.00 AUD per annum + superannuation, leave loading, and ap

Advanced Trainee

South Eastern Sydney Local Health District · Randwick, Prince of Wales Hospital | Sydney · Fixed term · $117,745.00 to $147,664.00 AUD per annum + superannuation, leave loading, and ap

Advanced Trainee

South Eastern Sydney Local Health District · Randwick, Prince of Wales Hospital | Sydney · Fixed term · $117,745.00 to $147,664.00 AUD per annum + superannuation, leave loading, and ap