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2025 Aboriginal Graduate Program – stakeholder toolkit
2025 Aboriginal Graduate Program – stakeholder toolkit
WA Health’s Aboriginal Graduate Program is a two year (24 month) graduate employment program that offers Aboriginal university graduates a head start in developing their skills in diverse clinical and non-clinical areas, within a culturally safe and supportive workplace, all while being paid an attractive salary.
WA Health is committed to growing its Aboriginal health workforce by employing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander graduates who are from diverse fields of study including, but not limited to:
- degrees such as law, business and commerce, finance, data and computer science, HR, management, communications, arts, education, economics, humanities, marketing, social science
- health-related degrees in allied health and health science professions, psychology, public health, mental health, biomedical sciences, health promotion, social work and many more
- well-rounded graduates who are innovative thinkers, self-motivated and team players
- good communicators and show a commitment to continuous learning and developing their skills.
Objectives
- streamline multiple workplace pathways, attracting and guiding recruits into WA Health as a workplace of choice through targeted and culturally informed avenues.
- strengthen of the WA health system culture to recognise and understand the important role of Aboriginal employees to facilitate in retention of staff
- support the progress towards achieving the aspirational target to increase the percentage of Aboriginal people in the workforce to 3.2% by 2026.
Key messages
- You can make a difference for your mob and community – be the change from the inside out.
- Start your career at WA Health, and work with a large, but growing Aboriginal community that supports Aboriginal people with mentoring, coaching and cultural support.
- WA Health is the largest employer of Aboriginal people in Western Australia.
- Call to respond through a graduate application.
Target audience
Primary audience
Attract Pre/early-career
- Undergraduates at universities
- Newly graduated university students
- Students within RTO & VET who show interest in bridging courses
Secondary audience
Attract Mid/late-career
Campaign materials
This toolkit includes posters and social media graphics with suggested messaging for you to share to help us to reach our intended target audiences.
To download individual assets, click on the asset. Once loaded, right click the image and select 'save'.
Social media
2025 Aboriginal Graduate Program – stakeholder toolkit (775 KB)
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