Veterans Employment

Recognition of Veteran Skills and Values

Oz Airports is passionate and committed to assisting our Australian Defence Force (ADF) Veterans. We understand the sometimes-daunting experience faced by Veterans seeking to transition from military service to a civilian role. Employment with Oz Airports allows the opportunity for Veterans to be supported by our current Veteran employees in a familiar work environment, since 70% of our work sites are on active defence airfields.
We recognise the skills, education and qualifications that Veterans have obtained during service. Beyond qualifications, Veterans bring personal qualities of accountability, leadership, teamwork, integrity and adaptability to the business. While employed with us, Veterans can continue to apply these key skills and behaviours learnt during their service, while continuing to contribute to the broader defence workforce.
Oz Airports acknowledges the challenge of service within the ADF is unlike any other role in society.

Recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Veterans

We acknowledge that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples play an important role and have made a valuable contribution to the ADF.
As included in our Reconciliation Action Plan, Oz Airports is focused on participation and success for Indigenous employees, including our Indigenous Veterans. This is achieved by expanding and supporting growth in our Indigenous workforce, developing Indigenous leadership, and sharing Indigenous histories, knowledges, and culture.

Partnering with the RSL

In order to reach Veterans who are seeking new career pathways, Oz Airports has partnered with the RSL, through the RSL’s Veterans Employment Program. This partnership allows Oz Airports to provide the RSL, either at a national level and / or through State Branches, with job advertisements and position descriptions for roles available around the country. The partnership also affords the ability to provide Veterans with proposed positions expected to become available in the near future, as the business wins new contracts on civil and military airports.

Equal Opportunities

Oz Airports does not tolerate any form of discrimination within the workplace, be this internally within our business or externally when working as part of a broader project team. Equal opportunity is a key commitment that we make to our employees, and these values stem from the equity and diversity framework that underpins defence employment policy. Veterans who join our team should find continuity in the equal opportunity framework that they previously experienced in their defence service and pursue their career pathways in a working environment free of bullying, harassment and discrimination.