What is the Jobs Fund?
The Jobs Fund is an Australian Government Initiative designed to maximise job and training opportunities in local communities. The Jobs Fund forms part of the Australian Government’s Jobs and Training Compact and has been established to support families and communities most affected by the Global Economic Recession.
The Jobs Fund has been retargeted to include a number of broader initiatives and to align with the recommendations from the final Keep Australia Working Report, released on 16 October 2009. The Local Jobs stream has a stronger focus on green jobs and training outcomes and the Get Communities Working stream has a focus on effective Intermediate Labour Market models, including social enterprises.
Further information is available in:
Jobs Fund Round 2
The call for proposals under the Local Jobs and Get Communities Working streams closed on 11 December 2009.
Under the Local Jobs stream, $52 million was available for projects which focus on green jobs, develop green skills and energy efficient infrastructure.
Under the Get Communities Working stream, $41 million was available for projects which focus on transitioning people to the mainstream labour market.
Successful Jobs Fund - Round 1 projects announced
$132m for 172 Jobs Fund projects announced
$132m in funding will be provided to 172 projects across Australia under the Local Jobs and Get Communities Working streams of the Australian Government’s Jobs Fund. Funding for these projects will be in the form of one-off grants of up to $2 million dollars. Many of these projects are in regions experiencing high levels of disadvantage and job losses.
The Jobs Fund initiative supports and creates jobs and skills development through projects that build community and social infrastructure. The Jobs Fund is part of the Australian Government’s Jobs and Training Compact and was established to support families and communities most affected by the Global Economic Recession.
$11m for charitable and non-profit organisations
$11m in funding will be provided to 37 organisations across Australia under the Temporary Financial Assistance component of the Get Communities Working stream of the Australian Government’s Jobs Fund. Funding for these organisations will be in the form of one-off grants of up to $2 million dollars.
- List of Successful Jobs Fund Temporary Financial Assistance projects under Round 1
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Bike paths stream
Funding under this stream is administered by the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government (Infrastructure). An additional $40 million in funding was provided for the construction of new bike paths or for extensions or refurbishments of existing bike paths. Further information and a list of successful bike path projects can be found at the INFRASTRUCTURE website.
Heritage stream
Funding under this stream is administered by the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA). As part of the Jobs Fund initiative, $60 million in funding was provided to support high priority heritage projects, particularly in regional areas. This funding program includes a number of separate components which focus on the protection of National Heritage-listed places, National trust properties, Community heritage and natural heritage places, particularly those on the World Heritage List. Further information and a list of successful heritage projects can be found at the DEWHA website.
Local Employment Coordinators
Local Employment Coordinators are in twenty identified priority areas across Australia.
These priority areas are:
- Canterbury-Bankstown and South Western Sydney (New South Wales)
- Illawarra (New South Wales)
- Richmond-Tweed and Clarence Valley (New South Wales)
- Mid-North Coast (New South Wales)
- Sydney West and Blue Mountains (New South Wales)
- Central Coast-Hunter (New South Wales)
- South Eastern Melbourne (Victoria
- North Western Melbourne (Victoria)
- Ballarat-Bendigo (Central Victoria)
- North Eastern Victoria
- Ipswich-Logan (Queensland)
- Cairns (Queensland)
- Townsville-Thuringowa (Queensland)
- Caboolture-Sunshine Coast (Queensland)
- Southern Wide Bay-Burnett (Queensland)
- Bundaberg-Hervey Bay (Queensland)
- Northern and Western Adelaide (South Australia)
- Port Augusta-Whyalla-Port Pirie (South Australia)
- South West Perth (Western Australia)
- North West/Northern Tasmania.
Further information is available in:
* If you are unable to access the excel document contact Jobs.Fund@deewr.gov.au.