We encourage creativity and curiosity in our Graduates. Our Graduate Program is designed as a valuable bridge between formal education and working life, equipping graduates with the tools, skills and experience for success. It also provides a supportive pathway to Registration as an Architect.

We provide students with opportunities to bridge the gap between university and professional practice while completing their studies.

We also support universities with scholarships and internships, including the Buchan Master of Architecture Student Prize with Curtin University.

Our formal Leadership Program prepares talented and driven individuals to transition from working in the business to leading the business.
Our Pathway Program supports the transition from 'mate to manager' building critical soft and project leadership skills.

We encourage all staff to join our mentoring program as a way to share knowledge, expand professional networks and gain new skills that support your career goals and aspirations.

Our performance management program includes annual performance appraisals and goal setting with regular check-in points, promotion reviews and salary reviews.

We offer a generous annual training allowance for self-directed professional development, an in-house micro-learning platform and ongoing internal and external education opportunities.
We support and subsidise our people to gain professional accreditations.

We encourage industry group and committee participation at all levels including AIA, EmAGN, SONA, PCA, NZIA, PCNZ. We also support those with university teaching positions and Industry award judging opportunities.

We support our people through industry recognition and awards programs.

We actively encourage our people to broaden their lived experience at Buchan through our 'open studio' policy.

In addition to inter-studio travel for project collaborations, we support staff with flexibility to combine personal travel and work in any of our studios. Inter-studio transfers are also considered.

Our alliance with Japanese architectural and urban design firm, Nikken Sekkei builds on our global connections. Our international secondment program offers the rare opportunity to live and work overseas supported by Buchan.

We offer flexible working arrangements across our studios.

Our paid Parental Leave is 12 weeks for the primary carer, 3 weeks for partner.
We offer paid study leave for Architectural Registration.

We offer subsidised support for:
- Architectural Registration courses and exams
- Annual Architectural Registration renewal
- Professional industry memberships and accreditations

We offer a free Employee Assistance Program, a wellbeing platform with anonymous telehealth and online counselling services.
In addition, our annual health programs include flu shots, blood donation drives, wellbeing events, sporting group participation and more.

We believe in a working life that's designed for creativity, connection and purpose through:
- A diverse program of studio, social and networking activities.
- Pro bono projects with community or non-profit organisations to give back.
- Charity donations and dollar matching to support the causes and initiatives our people care about.
- Studio-led initiatives to connect with our communities and industry locally.

We are committed to honouring First Nations peoples through design with our Reflect Reconciliation Action plan and our Te Ao Māori journey.

We take pride in how we operate as a business. We are Certified Carbon Neutral by Climate Active for Australian operations & via Toitū Carbon Reduce for NZ and International operations.

Our Environmental Management System (EMS), certified to ISO 14001, reflects our formal commitment to minimising our environmental impact.

We are committed to promoting equal opportunity and eliminating all types of discrimination in our employment policies and practices.

We value diversity in all of its forms. Our workforce is made up of people with wide-ranging values, backgrounds, skills, experiences and needs.

Buchan’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion extends to all employees and areas of our business. This includes our recruitment, selection and appointment to roles, training and development, remuneration and reward, retention of employees, forms of leave and flexible working arrangements, succession planning and company policies and procedures.

We are committed to ensuring integrity across our practice including though our anti-bribery, modern slavery and employment policies.

We are investing in the next generation of indigenous students through our multi-year university scholarships and internships including the University of Queensland Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Architecture Industry Scholarship and the Buchan Remote Placement Bursary Award with The University of Sydney.