the Ethnic Communities Graduate Programme

[뉴질랜드 한인여성회]

Ethnic Communities  

Graduate Programme 

About the Ethnic  

Communities Graduate  Programme 

What is the programme about? 

The Ethnic Communities Graduate  Programme directly addresses low  representation of ethnically diverse  employees within the New Zealand Public  Service and the barriers they face to  access meaningful employment pathways. 

As part of this programme, graduates are  employed by the Ministry for Ethnic  Communities and seconded into one of  several participating public service  agencies for 18-months, offering them the  opportunity to contribute towards the  agency’s important mahi, learn from  public service professionals, and receive  wrap-around support that sets them up to  pursue a rewarding career in the public  sector. 

Since the launch of the Programme in July  2021, the Ministry for Ethnic Communities  has seconded 37 ethnic graduates in their  

first job in the public sector. Many  participants have gone on to secure roles  in the public sector following the  programme. 

Applications are open for the third intake  of the Ethnic Communities Graduate  Programme, which is scheduled to start in  July/August 2023. 

Graduate criteria: 

• Identify their ethnicity as Middle  Eastern, Latin American, African,  Asian, or Continental European; 

• have obtained qualification at the  bachelor’s or post-graduate level in NZ  or overseas within the last 2 years; 

• have the right to live and work in New  Zealand; and 

• are looking for their first employment  opportunity in the public service. 

To be successful in this programme you  will: 

• Have skills in problem solving,  communicating, and building and  maintaining strong professional  

relationships; 

• be a team worker; 

• be action-oriented; 

• strive for excellence; and 

• demonstrate the functional and  technical