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PIA Step Up Program
The Planning Institute of Australia’s Victorian Division is committed to addressing the technical planning skills shortage currently being experienced in our state through the ‘Step Up Program’. This program also delivers the significant additional benefit of giving people who are starting out in their planning career a ‘step up’ by linking practical work experience with education.
PIA Victoria conducts a number of different internship projects and short courses, which are collectively referred to as being part of the Institute’s ‘Step Up Program’. There are numerous opportunities to undertake an internship, host a student planner at your organisation, or undertake training to become a local government planning assistant.
Host Organisations
Is your planning organisation interested in hosting a student planner during their placement? PIA recruits interns and provides selected organisations with significant financial support to pay these interns for placements which range from 30 – 60 days. Local councils in Victoria may be eligible for the following internship programs:
Provincial Internships
Metropolitan Internships
Indigenous Australian Scholarships
Local and state government, private firms and other planning organisations throughout Victoria are eligible to host a student through the following program:
International Student Internships
Click here for Frequently Asked Questions.
Planning Assistant Short Courses
These courses are designed to increase the capacity of council planning departments, by providing administrative staff with the skills and knowledge to undertake a planning assistant role. Administrative staff already employed in local councils, and who do not have any tertiary qualifications in planning, may be eligible to participate in these 6 day intensive courses free of charge:
Provincial Planning Assistant Short Course
Metropolitan Planning Assistant Short Course
University Internships
Are you a university student undertaking a PIA accredited, undergraduate or postgraduate, planning degree? PIA’s internship programs provide the opportunity to gain paid, practical work placements in various planning organisations throughout Victoria. You may be eligible for one or more of the following programs:
Provincial Internships
Metropolitan Internships
Indigenous Australian Scholarships
International Student Internships
Indigenous Australians
Are you an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander considering planning as a potential career? PIA provides paid work placements in Provincial Victorian local councils for Indigenous Australians who are studying PIA accredited planning degrees, along with a $13,000 per annum scholarship.
Indigenous Australian Scholarships
For more information please click on the appropriate link above or contact Simone Stevenson on (03) 9347 1900 or via email at stevenson@planning.org.au