Employer Brokers
Employer Brokers is a competitive grants program which is a component of the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations’ (DEEWR) employment services. It commenced on 1 July 2009 and ends on 30 June 2012. The Employer Broker role is to engage with employers in a skill or labour shortage industry to broker solutions that meet employers’ needs and co-ordinate and target the efforts of employment service providers to matching the needs of job seekers with the labour requirements of employers.
The Australian Government provided $6 million over three years to fund Employer Broker activities. There are currently 30 activities that have been funded for approximately $4.6 million.
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Employer Broker Panel members
The Employer Broker panel consists of a range of organisations including community groups, industry and employer associations and training organisations. Selection of panel members was conducted through the Request for Tender for Employment Service Process 2009-12. Additional panel members were appointed in June 2010 through a Request for Tender, designed to attract organisations specifically skilled and knowledgeable in the area of servicing national employers that have a dispersed workforce throughout Australia and to help these employers to manage their recruitment, including increasing their Indigenous workforce.
Only Employer Broker panel members are eligible to apply for funding, however, the Guidelines for Employer Broker Activities allow non-panel members to directly approach panel members to collaborate on activity proposals which a panel member could then submit. Non-panel members may also forward ideas for Employer Broker activities directly to DEEWR, and if determined to be suitable, the Department may seek panel members to develop and implement these activities.
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Submitting Employer Broker Proposals
Employer Broker panel members may submit proposals at any time.
Panel members considering lodging a proposal for funding under the Employer Brokers program should refer to the program guidelines. Proposals for funding must be submitted using the Proposal for Funding Form.
Proposals should be submitted in electronic form to employer.brokers@deewr.gov.au and in hard copy to:
The Manager
Employer Brokers
Targeted Jobs Projects Branch
Location Code: C50MA2
DEEWR
GPO Box 9880
Canberra ACT 2601
As the Employer Broker program ceases on 30 June 2012 there will be no further funding rounds called.
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Successful Employer Broker activities
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Access Community Services |
Generate Recovery and Optimise Workforce Skills (GROW) project |
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Access Community Services |
The Rural Employment Assistance Program (REAP) for migrants and refugees |
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Disability Employment Australia |
National Disability Forum - Disability Employment - It's our business |
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Australian Hotels Association |
Establishing a National Brokerage Model for the Hotel and Accommodation Sector |
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Box Hill Institute of TAFE (Vic) |
Green Industry Consultant and a Green Jobs Expo |
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Central Institute of Technology |
Health and Aged Care Industry Preparation for Employment Training |
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Delfin Lend Lease |
Build 'Em Up |
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Delfin Lend Lease |
Construction Futures |
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Disability Works Australia |
Disability Works in Small Business |
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East Kimberley CDEP |
Opening Doors - Hospitality and Indigenous Training Project |
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Eastern Access Community Health Inc (novated from AEIC) |
Employment in Aged Care sector for jobseekers with a disability |
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Industry Services Australia |
Civil Construction Skills Development Strategy - Northern Territory |
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Industry Services Australia |
Oil and Gas Employment |
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Limestone Coast Regional Development Board Inc |
Clean Jobs |
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MADEC Australia |
Skills Passport |
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Mission Australia |
Young at Heart – Careers in Aged Care |
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Pinewood River Pty Ltd |
Building Melton Together, Tradies for the Future, Tradies for the Future |
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Pow Wow Consulting |
Sharing the Caring |
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Pow Wow Consulting |
Manufacturing more mentors |
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PVS Pty Ltd |
Westfield Fountain Gate Recruitment Project |
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Queensland Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation (DEEDI) |
Jobs and Skills Development Officers |
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Queensland Rural Industry Training Council |
Moving Farmhands into Moving Machinery |
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Queensland Rural Industry Training Council |
Building People for Building Jobs |
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Real Corporate Partners/Pow Wow |
Connecting Displaced Workers with Jobs in the Logistics Industry |
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Skill Hire WA Pty Ltd |
Brokering employment positions for women in the Mid West and Gascoyne regions of Western Australia |
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South Australian Employers’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc |
Hotels and Hospitality Skills Centre Employment Program |
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TAFE NSW |
Clarence Valley Welding |
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TAFE NSW – North Coast Institute |
Mid North Coast Industry Led Aged and Community Care Workforce Development Project |
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TAFE NSW – North Coast Institute |
Mid North Coast Industry Led Manufacturing Workforce Development Project |
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Further information
Further information on Employer Brokers is available on the Frequently Asked Questions page or by emailing employer.brokers@deewr.gov.au. Enquiries are generally responded to within 48 hours.
Further information on DEEWR grants is available from DEEWR grants.