Finding and keeping good staff can be challenging for many businesses. Apprentices and trainees can
A collaborative place-based initiative to ensure local labour markets work well for all Australians, in partnership with business and communities.
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Find out about the services, employment and training programs available, to assist you to gain meaningful work
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Workforce Australia Local Jobs
Local Jobs is a collaborative place-based initiative to ensure local labour markets work well for all Australians, in partnership with business and communities. Local Jobs supports tailored approaches to skilling individuals to meet workforce needs in the local region.
The program includes:
- a Job Coordinator and a Support Officer
- a Local Jobs and Skills Taskforce
- a Local Jobs Plan
- access to funding for projects that provide training and employment pathways, through a Local Initiatives Fund
Stakeholders include
Current initiatives
Find out about the activities currently in progress with local stakeholders including employers, employment service providers, and training organisations to meet the priorities of the Barwon Region Local Jobs Plan.
If you are a community group or individual with ideas for skills and employment solutions or your business has workforce needs, the Local Jobs program can work with you to develop solutions for your region.
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- Job Coordinator TJeffery@barwonregionlocaljobs.org.au
- 0439 073 310
- Corner of Latrobe Terrace and Gordon Avenue,
Geelong, Victoria
Australia 3220
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We acknowledge the Wadawurrung and Eastern Maar peoples as the traditional owners and custodians of this region and acknowledges their continuing connection to land, water, education and community. We pay our respects to the people, the cultures and the elders past, present and emerging.