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Loving where you work and live goes with the Territory

Here you can propel your career, get ahead, make an impact, achieve your goals and be part of a thriving community.

Our economy is growing fast and Territorian employers are offering top working conditions to attract skilled workers to move up and  join in.

Our wages are strong, our business hours are flexible and we balance work with play as a way of life.

Diverse roles and plentiful job opportunities mean that you can choose a role in the Territory that fits you perfectly.

Most workers experience an accelerated career pathway in the Territory meaning you can grow, learn and advance much quicker

We welcome the bold and the innovative.

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Australia’s Northern Territory is looking for people who want space to move, room to grow, find work, life, balance and a place for advancing a career and having a family at the same time.

If you are looking for more interesting work and career advancement opportunities; if you want a competitive salary with potential for growth as well as more time back in your life to do the things you love, the Northern Territory is the change you seek.

Join Territory WorkerConnect - Australia’s Northern Territory Talent Community and get discovered today. Follow the link to register your details online, search jobs and connect with employers.

Working holiday jobs

A working holiday in Australia’s Northern Territory is different. There are plenty of short-term seasonal jobs available right now. That’s if you can call them jobs because here it doesn’t feel like work at all. If you’re looking for a way to get paid with a sense of adventure and for a great work life balance, there are a large range of jobs in multiple sectors in the Territory.

Our hospitality and tourism sector especially always has demand for casual job opportunities, which allow you to experience the region, meet new friends and work at the same time.

Work hard and play harder with an epic working holiday in Australia’s Northern Territory.

Max Stretton

Max

There are many things that Max Stretton enjoys about living in the Territory – the lifestyle, the friendliness, the multiculturalism and the unparalleled work opportunities. But it’s the NT’s role in connecting Australia to Asia that excites him most. Max loves living in the Northern Territory and is an enthusiastic ambassador for its role as the Gateway to Asia. He likes to say that he is a “product” of a government partnership between Australia and Indonesia – his Balinese mother met his father while she was on a teacher exchange in Darwin. Max now works for a thriving Darwin-based company offering political and commercial strategy advice to companies wanting to establish major projects in the NT.

Yunita Hasar

Yunita

Indonesian-born doctor Yunita Hasar likes the job opportunities, friendliness and happy melting pot community of the Northern Territory. She has lived in Darwin for four years. “I like it here. People are friendly and good to each other. And it’s so multicultural. I meet lots of other Indonesian people – sometimes it feels like I’m back in Indonesia.” Yunita was a doctor in Indonesia but needs to sit registration examinations before she can practice in Australia. “The exams are very difficult – there is so much to learn – but I’m working hard to get through them.” “I have been given far more work opportunities in the Northern Territory than my Indonesian friends in other states. There’s a big demand for doctors and nurses in the NT.”

Leticia Bassler

Leticia

Brazilian Leticia Bassler has never regretted for one minute her decision to leave her homeland and settle in the Northern Territory. Leticia’s 19-year-old daughter Amanda was 16 when she arrived in the Territory and went to Darwin High School. She made good friends and appreciates that her life in Darwin is “better and safer” than in Brazil. Amanda got good grades in Year 12 and is now studying accounting at Charles Darwin University – and loves it. Mother and daughter enjoy Darwin. “We really like living here. It’s a small city and a safe place. It’s got beautiful beaches, beautiful sunsets and a very nice waterfront.

Danielle

Danielle

Dr Danielle Esler, who is a specialist in primary care and public health, was lured back to the Northern Territory by good job opportunities and a friendly, relaxed lifestyle. She worked in Darwin from 2003-04 and then moved back interstate. But that slog to and from work in Melbourne finally made her realise that there was life beyond being stuck in traffic jams. Moving to the Territory has never been simpler for skilled workers. She works in the Health Department’s COVID-19 response team after 12 months as acting deputy chief health officer.

Sakib

Sakib

Bangladesh-born hospitality professional Sakib Mohammad loves living in the Territory. He particularly appreciates its job opportunities, multiculturalism, natural beauty, friendliness and good lifestyle. “Almost anyone I meet comes from abroad or other parts of Australia, which makes me feel like I am one of them,” he says. Life in Australia was “completely different” at first – he started as a casual worker in a restaurant and then as a hotel housekeeper. But opportunities opened up when he made the sensible decision to move to the Territory in 2018. Sakib says good job opportunities are “abundant” in the Territory. He is getting into the rhythm of Territory life – he played A grade cricket for the Alice Springs Tigers in the 2018-19 season. “I want to stay in Australia permanently and I want to stay in the Northern Territory – because these days I feel like I am a Territorian.”

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