Department of Veterans' Affairs

About

The Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) is a department of the Australian Government. The DVA provide support, services and information for: - Veterans and their dependents - Serving and former serving ADF members - War widow/ers - Australian British Nuclear Tests participants - Members of the Australian Federal Police and - Students, teachers and historians

What kind of work?

The DVA provide the following support, services and information: - Financial support - Health care - Rehabilitation - Mental health care - Help returning to civilian life - Commemoration and recognition - Home care assistance - Help with housing - Historical information

Location

Sydney

Graduate Opportunities

The DVA offer an 11-month Graduate Development Program comprised of three work placements. Students with degrees in accountancy, commerce, business, finance, law and policy are particularly sought after.

Graduates will have the opportunity to work in several business areas, including: - Secretary’s Office - Commemorations and War Graves Division - Rehabilitation and Support Division - Health and Community Services Division - Corporate Division - Transformation Division - Legal Services, Assurance and Deregulation Branch - Veterans and Veterans Families

Counselling Service The Graduate Development Program leads to an offer of permanent work with the DVA.

More information can be found here: https://www.dva.gov.au

Fun Fact / Recent Project

Veterans DVA's clients are diverse, ranging from young children, contemporary veterans of operations in places like Afghanistan, and, previously, war widows of First World War servicemen. Darryl Kelly OAM is one such client of the DVA. He worked in the Australian Army for 39 years, and was eventually offered the rank of a Major. In 2016, Kelly took 76 Legacy Youth to the battlefields of Belgium and France to learn about WWI battles.