Workforce Australia Local Jobs Program National Priority Fund 2023 - 2025

The National Priority Fund, which is part of the Local Jobs Program, aims to support the attraction, recruitment and retention of Australian job seekers and workers through addressing structural and other barriers to employment and/or complement job creation. This process seeks proposals which address six specific priorities.

* Supporting more First Nations people on the pathway to employment, education or training in areas where Employment Regions and Community Development Program meet.

* Supporting young people into the labour market through paid job placements in social enterprises.

* Supporting mature age people to participate in / transition into the workforce.

* Supporting employers, employees and communities to become more resilient as part of the transition to Net Zero.

* Supporting Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CaLD) women to become self-employed.

* Redesigning jobs to better align with the skills, expertise and capability needed to do the work.