Kickstart a rewarding and versatile career in a supportive and fun team, with flexible work arrangements and learning and development opportunities.

Join QAO as an Undergraduate Auditor and start building a rewarding and versatile professional services career before you graduate.

You will be a valued member of our collaborative, diverse, and fun team, where everyone is supported to be their best. As a permanent staff member from day one, we will provide flexibility to help you balance part-time work with your final year university studies. After successfully completing your degree, you will have the opportunity to move into the full-time graduate program.

With us, you will gain valuable experience while studying towards your degree.

- comprehensive, hands-on learning opportunities
- on-the-job training in a supportive team
- regular professional development sessions
- mentoring and a dedicated buddy as you start working with a variety of clients
- flexibility to balance study and work commitments
- a variety of opportunities, experiences, and work to put the skills and knowledge you learn at university into practice.

As an Undergraduate Auditor, you will help our teams to complete financial and assurance audits of our clients and apply our technology and tools to glean unique insights. Effective communication skills, the ability to identify and solve problems and achieve results, a sense of adventure, and a passion for pursuing better public services are desirable qualities for the role.

Unlock your potential while you help improve public services for all Queenslanders – from the local government services you use in your community, to your hospitals, energy providers, universities, and more.

- a Brisbane-based, hybrid working model – work from our head office, client sites, or from home
- a starting salary of $67,206 full-time equivalent (2027), plus 12.75 per cent superannuation and 17.5 per cent annual leave loading




- continuous learning opportunities, including formal learning and personalised career development.

If you will be in your final year of university in 2028, join our team and make a real difference to people’s lives.

You have a choice of commencing in October 2027 or February 2028.

About the Queensland Audit Office

As the independent auditor of state and local government public sector entities, we are vital to Queensland’s integrity system. We provide independent, professional audit and assurance services, giving parliament and the public trusted assurance and insights.

We have hundreds of audit clients from a wide range of industries across the beautiful state of Queensland. We help them improve their financial management and performance, so they can deliver better public services for the community. We support the Queensland Parliament in holding entities to account for the effective, efficient, and economical use of public resources. We also engage with many other stakeholders, such as integrity bodies, accounting standards boards, and Australian and international audit offices.

Innovation, teamwork, and client relationships are at the heart of what we do.

Working at QAO

QAO is an inclusive employer. We encourage adaptable working and aim to create a work environment where all employees are respected, connected, and can contribute regardless of age, culture, disability, family and caring responsibilities, gender identity, Indigeneity, religion, or sexuality.



We strongly encourage applications from people with lived experience of marginalisation who meet our eligibility requirements to apply.

We aim to represent the community we serve and greatly value the diverse experiences our people bring. QAO’s culture sets our workforce up for success – we invest in our people so they can be best in their field. We are passionate about innovation, we welcome new ideas, and we invest in advanced audit capabilities such as data analytics.

Who can apply

To apply for the Undergraduate program, you will need to meet the following eligibility criteria:

- Be an Australian or Recent Zealand Citizen/Permanent Resident, or have permanent working rights within Australia
- Be studying at an Australian university with an appropriate tertiary qualification such as in accounting, commerce, business, data science, information technology, information systems, mathematics/statistics, public policy, or management.

Our values and our culture

Our values of engage, respect, inspire, and deliver underpin all that we do and define how we work with our clients and each other. They help us be the best we can and make QAO an enjoyable place to work.

Our culture also reflects the independence and objectivity of our role, which is embedded in the ethical and professional codes we apply to our staff.

Our recruitment process will reflect the values of equity, diversity, respect, and inclusion. Our processes will adhere to the principles of fairness and transparency, and will be flexible, unbiased, culturally safe, psychosocially secure, and accessible.

We welcome applicants to share with the Director Human Resources (**********@qao.qld.gov.au) any health condition, disability, and/or cultural or linguistic background, so that we may make any necessary adjustments to enable you to equitably participate in the recruitment process.

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📌 Undergraduate Auditor (Oct 2027) (Queensland)
🏢 Queensland Audit Office
📍 Queensland