Attorney-General's Department (Commonwealth)

Attorney-General's Department Jump Start

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Date audit, 29 October 2026. AGD describes Jump Start as an early start for its graduates. October/November are work start months. Program start must not become an application opening Application route: Offered to incoming graduate cohort. No public application deadline.

Jump Start is an early start arrangement run by the Attorney-General's Department in Canberra. It is open only to incoming graduates who have accepted a place in the department's graduate program. Participants take short term APS Level 3 contracts, part time or full time. Roles start in October or November, before the graduate program begins in February. There is no open application round. The department offers places to its incoming graduate cohort.

Program type

Pathway program

Location

ACT

Study stage

Graduate

Audience

General

Eligibility

Incoming AGD graduates.

Applications open

Application dates not yet announced

Applications close

Application dates not yet announced

Duration and timing

October–November 2026 early start before 2027 graduate year

Pay

Paid. APS Level 3

Record checked 29 October 2026. Official source ↗

Application status checked 29 October 2026; next review by 5 November 2026.