James Cook University Careers Directory Profiles

You are an adviser, a counsellor, a cheerleader, a boundary-setter, and on any given day you can be both the best and worst person in the world (if your students had any say, that is!).

The opportunity to work on large projects with experts from different fields to deliver a project that serves the community. It is fascinating to follow these projects from their inception, overcome any challenges that arise, and witness their progress.

The graduate cohort is a wonderful source of social support, and my mentor, buddy, and supervisors have been great sources of insight, guidance, and perspective throughout the year.

As a clerk, you get exposure to great matters – massive commercial deals and important government work.

The best part of my job is that I get such a high level, detailed understanding of the processes within the organisation, despite not being in any managerial position. I then get a fairly open slate to start trying to help those processes along.

I had the awesome opportunity to learn all about the Machine Learning process and contribute to the inner workings of some complex AI training pipelines and infrastructure.

The trainers are always by your side, and they imbibe in you all of the things that you’d been sorely missing - the TW goodies - pair programming, test-driven development, feedback culture - the whole nine yards.

The fact I can bring my whole self to work and be myself and I am provided challenging and meaningful work, which lets me focus on becoming the best lawyer I can be.