Capability Functioning Programs Solution

The Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) is Australia’s leading trade and investment agency and helps connect Australian businesses to the world and the world to Australian businesses. Our services include:

• Helping Australian businesses pursue international business expansion, focussing on export facilitation and in-market support through our network of over 60 offices around the world.

• Identifying and working with international customers to buy Australian goods and services.

• Attracting investment to Australia, to support new industries, enhance existing ones and bolster our world-class research and development – strengthening global supply chains, creating local jobs, and boosting the economy.

Austrade is also responsible for:

• The international marketing and promotion of Australian education and training.

• Administering the Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) program which helps Australian small to medium enterprises grow their exports by supporting them to promote their goods and services globally.

• Developing policy, attracting investment, and providing research to grow Australia’s tourism market share. Austrade also administers various tourism industry support programs.

Austrade is looking to build the capability of our staff as well as staff in our Australian State and Territory partners and ally organisations in alignment with Austrade’s Strategic Priorities.

Austrade requires a solution that will support its approach to learning and capability and to provide fit-for-purpose training and content that is easily accessible and user friendly. The desirable solution will be able to integrate easily, maintain employee records and provide reporting functionality, and will ideally have social cohort or social learning capabilities.

Austrade is looking for suitable service providers to develop and deliver capability development programs that addresses skills covering Trade Advisory Skills, Investment Advisory Skills, and Consultative Selling Skills.