Jobs Australia is a national Member association providing leadership and support to the largest network of Not for Profit (NfP) organisations who work to empower and uplift individuals across key determinants of wellbeing including employment, housing, learning, health, social justice and social connection.

The sector served by Jobs Australia is one that is critical to providing a healthy, secure, equitable and connected opportunities for people and communities. As Not for Profit organisations in particular, Jobs Australia Members ensure that government investment in key community issues delivers outcomes with measurable impact.

While Jobs Australia is a strong organisation with a well-deserved reputation and legacy of powerful work as the peak body for employment services organisations, the landscape has changed. As we near the quarter point of the 21ˢᵗ century, it is clear that a whole-systems and whole-of-person approach is critical to supporting humans to flourish in a rapidly and dynamically changing world.

In addition to addressing the issues that have previously contributed to individuals requiring employment support, Member organisations must now grapple with a changing planetary environment, a widening social-economic divide, polarising politics, technology transition, an ever-increasing burden of compliance and the emergence of a new working future. In that context, organisations within the sector are working at the nexus of employment, health, learning, housing, social justice and social connection –all with the aim of ensuring that people have every opportunity to secure meaningful work, shape a healthy life, and gain a level of independence and upward mobility.

Supporting Members in this reality demands a reimagination and a reinvention of Jobs Australia – that honours the legacy of the past while setting the organisation on course for a vibrant future. This transformation will take the best of all that Jobs Australia has done and use that as foundation for becoming the vanguard of leadership for the sector.

Our 2024-27 strategic plan sets out three strategic goals which Jobs Australia will pursue on behalf of our Members – ensuring that they too are set-up for a sustainable and resilient future. We will also work to build sector strength and affinity – knowing that we are all stronger together. Finally, in a time when trust and transparency are increasingly under threat, we will secure our place as the unified voice of the sector and as the trusted go-to for governments at all levels.