Following the announcement of the Job Services Australia tender, WISE Employment is proud to announce its successful tender for business in Victoria, NSW and the Northern Territory.

WISE, a not-for-profit organisation, currently provides employment services as part of the Job Network in Melbourne and specialist disability employment services in Victoria, NSW and Tasmania. While servicing over 17,000 job seekers annually, WISE works in close partnership with local industry and commerce, the community sector, training organisations and mental health organisations to provide successful outcomes for job seekers and employers.

WISE’s successful tender means that when the new contract begins on 1 July 2009, WISE will retain its existing business in Melbourne expand its services in Greater Western Sydney and establish a new office in Darwin.

WISE’s CEO John Bateup is delighted that WISE will be able to offer more services for job seekers and employers across the country.

“In the current economic climate, providing quality employment services to job seekers and employers will be critical,” he said.

“WISE provides a dual service – assisting the unemployed, but also assisting employers to find the right person for the job.”

From 1 July 2009, WISE’s employment services will include:

(JSA – Job Services Australia & DEN – Disability Employment Network)

In Victoria:
Broadmeadows – JSA & DEN
Cranbourne – JSA
Dandenong – JSA & DEN
Frankston – JSA & DEN
Newport – JSA
Northcote – DEN
Prahran – JSA
Richmond – JSA, DEN & specialist ex-offender
St Albans – JSA & DEN Werribee – JSA & DEN

In Tasmania:
Devonport – DEN
Hobart – DEN
Launceston - DEN

Expanded services in NSW:
Liverpool – DEN
Mt Druitt – JSA & DEN
Parramatta – JSA & DEN
Penrith – JSA, DEN & specialist ex-offender

Brand new service in the Northern Territory:
Darwin – JSA

Member of the Innovation Fund Panel:
WISE has also been successful in our tender to be part of the Innovation Fund Panel. Members of this panel will be able to submit project proposals to the Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations that offer solutions to address barriers to employment for groups of highly disadvantaged job seekers.

Mr Bateup sees this as a wonderful opportunity to really address some of the barriers to employment.

“We look forward to developing strategies to assist job seekers and to help employers find the people for their business,” he said.

“This is a very exciting time for WISE as we expand our Jobs Services Australia into two new states – NSW and the Northern Territory.”