Co-design
NESA is the voice of the employment services sector. NESA brings together our diverse membership to leverage their extensive expertise and experience in the management and delivery of labour market assistance. NESA forums play a critical role in the co-design of our policy platform to ensure our members’ voices are amplified.
CEO Forums
The CEO and Leadership Forums continue to bring together sector leadership to discuss developments and issues affecting employment services to inform NESA representation and advocacy on behalf of the sector.
During the 2022-2023 year NESA held 3 CEO Forums which were well attended. The CEO Forums included member caucus sessions on significant policy directions including the Employment White Paper and the House Select Committee Inquiry into Workforce Australia. NESA CEO forums featured a range of Government and non Government guest speakers presenting on various topics of relevance to the sector.
Special
Interest Groups
Through NESA’s Special Interest Groups (SIGs), our members meet to exchange experiences and perspectives about the various issues, trends and challenges related to the implementation and delivery of employment services. NESA’s SIGs also provide an opportunity to directly engage with relevant Departments to highlight key concerns, share frontline experiences of implementing government policy and to co-design practical solutions.
In 2022-2023, NESA’s SIG membership was extensive. 72% of member organisations had a representative on one or more of our SIGs and over 200 individual representatives participated.
NESA hosted 20 SIG meetings over the year including:
- Employability Skills Training/Career Transition Assistance
- ParentsNext
- Transition to Work
- IT Reference and Reports Working Group
- Cyber Security
CDP Provider Forums
The Community Development Program (CDP) is a remote employment and community development service administered by the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA). CDP aims to support job seekers in remote Australia to build skills, address barriers to employment and contribute to their communities through activities and training.
NESA held various forums with our CDP provider members during 2022 -2023 with an active focus on the future of the program with consultation and trials to design the next remote employment program model underway through this period. NESA actively engaged with NIAA to represent and elevate the voice of CDP provider members.
