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About the Program

From day one as a Coles Group Graduate, you’ll feel the connection your work has to our purpose of "helping Australians eat and live better every day". Our award-winning Grad Program offers two years (three years for Finance Graduates) of hands-on learning designed to help you grow and the opportunity to take on meaningful work and make an impact.

You will play a role in providing food, drink and home solutions that are delicious, sustainable and healthy for our customers; and ensuring to deliver a consistent experience for our customers every day, both in-store and online.

Why become a Coles Group Graduate?

At Coles, we understand that when you’re included, trusted and supported by leaders who genuinely care, you can do your best work for the team feeling like you belong. 

During the two- year program, you’ll be working on real deliverables with clear ownership and accountability as you learn and grow through functional rotations, a tailored development program and a tight-knit support network. 

In your second year, you will also complete the Innovation Project, where you will work with a team to solve a genuine business challenge with an innovative solution. The top teams will get the opportunity to present their ideas to our Executive Leadership Team and Coles Board.

We will support your passion and graduate journey with experiences and opportunities, with each rotation expanding your knowledge as you continue to discover Coles and yourself. 

Learn more about the Legal, Safety and People & Culture (HR) streams

Our Legal Graduates are trusted strategic enablers across our business. With such a deep understanding of our goals and values, the Legal Team provide practical and commercial advice when its needed.

As a Legal Graduate you will develop skills across a broad array of platforms, in a multifaceted regulatory environment and turn strategy into concreate deals, as well as get exposure to the broader world of law.

Our Safety graduates impact the lives of our team members by how they feel about their workplace and how they remain safe whilst at work. You will also ensure that our customers are provided with a safe shopping experience and as a food retailer, ensure the safe handling of our food products. We do this by partnering with all Business Units, Store Development and Operations to ensure all new concepts and innovations land safely in Stores and we engineer out identified risks.   

Our People & Culture Graduates work across our Centres of Excellence, P&C Central and Business Partnering, we focus on bringing out the best in our people, making their lives easier through better experiences, helpful tools, innovative tech and ongoing career opportunities.   
  
You will have plenty of opportunity to influence the future of Coles through developing a diverse team, recruiting top talent or enabling flexible work environments, making Coles the best place to work for our teams and ensuring our customers come first.   

Start Dates and Opportunities

The Graduate program begins in February 2026. However, if you have completed your studies, there may be work opportunities available at our Coles head office before the program starts, subject to availability.

Apply to our Graduate Program

Future leaders bring courage to the table, applications open 24 March 2025 and will close 27 April midnight, APPLY NOW!

Eligibility Criteria:

Hold an Australian or New Zealand citizen or hold a permanent residency at the time of application

Have completed a bachelor's degree before commencing the program

Technology stream only: We also accept applicants from those on a 485 Graduate Visa (or who will have this visa by October 2025).

As one of the largest private sector employees of Indigenous Australians, we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply to our graduate program.