Jobs Statewide Wins large Jobactive Contract

South Australian based Jobs Statewide is one of the big winners in the Federal government’s new employment services program, winning a contract to open 17 offices in South Australia and New South Wales.

The new contracts are a reward for Jobs Statewide’s high performance and focus on achieving sustainable outcomes for job seekers and employers.

Jobs Statewide will open six offices in Adelaide’s north and west, seven in Adelaide’s south and four in the Sydney East metro area.

The organisation is one of 44 across Australia that have been offered new contracts to deliver employment services to help people find and keep a job.

Jobs Statewide will now recruit around 130 additional employees to open new offices and service the new contracts from July 1, 2015.

Jobs Statewide Chief Executive Officer Wendy-Jayne Williams said she was delighted to have secured major contracts in South Australia and New South Wales.

“The Federal government is to be commended for making some positive changes to the program, in particular reducing red tape, a greater focus on employers and increasing the term of contracts to five years,” said Ms Williams.

“Our targeted services and programs have achieved strong results for employers and job seeker and we look forward to expanding our services into new areas.

“There’s nothing more enjoyable than empowering someone by helping them find and keep a job and it’s why Jobs Statewide was established more than 25 years ago.”

The new contracts are a significant milestone for Jobs Statewide, which vowed to rebuild after having to close eight of its ten offices in 2009 after the then Labour government moved from the Job Network to Jobs Services Australia.

This was despite being one of Australia’s highest performing Job Network providers at the time.

Rebuilding, Jobs Statewide continued its high-performance under Jobs Services Australia and was rewarded in 2010 with a third office in Norwood along with funding for the piloting of a new employment and training program.

The new jobactive contracts will see Jobs Statewide operate the largest number of offices in its 25 year history.
 

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