The graduate program starts at an APS3 and we finish on an APS 5 a year later, progression is fast but you also learn and work fast as well.
Difficult through the graduate program to create a firm career projectory or plan
Quite easy to move around and up
The promotion opportunities at PM&C are various, and there are often internal EOIs going which allows everyone to move internally at will. The graduate program starts on a lower band than other APS graduate programs but you will finish substantively higher than most, as you rapidly develop the skills required of the higher bands. There is significant staff movement within PM&C due to its status as the coordinating agency of government, as employees move to and from other government agencies and departments. There are often positions to be covered or backfilled and higher duties allowances (acting arrangements) are common, as are secondment opportunities to elsewhere in government.
