Welcome to the Capital Region Local Jobs Hub

Home of the Local Jobs Program

The Capital Employment Region

The Capital Employment Region includes the Australian Capital Territory, and the local government areas of Goulburn-Mulwaree, Queanbeyan-Palerang, Snowy Monaro, Upper Lachlan, Yass Valley and Hilltops.

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Link to jobs sites that show all current employment opportunities across the Capital Region.

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The Local Jobs Program

The Local Jobs Program is an Australian Government initiative that helps connect people with jobs and training in their local area. It brings together programs, employers, training providers, and community groups to identify local job needs and create opportunities for people to gain the right skills and find work.

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The Capital Region Job Coordinator

As part of the Local Jobs Program, the Capital Region has a Job Coordinator who oversees the bringing together of organisations and individuals into a streamlined, collaborative labour market network. The Job Coordinator for the Capital Region is Marcus Caldwell.

Marcus is assisted by Anne-Maree Clarke as Local Jobs Program Support Officer.

Email the Job Coordinator

The Capital Region Local Jobs and Skills Taskforce

The Capital Region has a Local Jobs and Skills Taskforce, chaired by the Job Coordinator, comprising representatives from government, community groups and employers in the region. Taskforce members work collaboratively to develop local solutions to help people gain the right skills to get a job, and in assisting employer workforce needs.

The Taskforce meets monthly to share insights, discuss important issues, receive advice and updates from partners, provide feedback and supports back to those partners, and to contribute to the design of coordinative and/or gap-filling programs.

The current membership of the Taskforce is:

Marcus Caldwell – Capital Region Job Coordinator (Chair)
Dan Cook - Canberra Institute of Technology
Natalie Fife - APM Employment Services Workforce Australia
Emma Sckrabei - The Umbrella Collective
Michelle Pontello - TAFE NSW
Karyn Hunter - Australian Training Company

Contact the Job Coordinator to find out more about the Taskforce and their activities.

Taskforce Working Groups

The Taskforce is supported by three Working Groups that meet monthly to deep-dive issues in specific areas of the region to attempt to solve the region’s labour market challenges through collaboration.

Young (Hilltops) Community Essentials Day Steering Committee

Goulburn Employment Working Group

First Nations Working Group

Anyone can participate in a Working Group. Contact the Job Coordinator to receive details of upcoming Working Group meetings.

The Capital Region Local Jobs Plan

The Job Coordinator with support from the Taskforce and Department of Employment and Workplace Relations develops and maintains a Local Jobs Plan, which outlines employment priorities and actions.

It can be used by individuals, organisations and communities to understand the local labour market, and help inform local initiatives that assist their community.

Local Jobs Plans are updated regularly and published on the DEWR website.

View the Plan

Initiatives of the Capital Region Local Jobs Program

The Local Jobs Program is a coordinative program. It develops, leads, supports and collaborates on dozens of initiatives, including:

Transport Improvements - Priority 1

Current

2024 – 25 – Collaboration for a mentored youth driving program

2025/2026 - DLAP Program – negotiated for program to be delivered in Goulburn

Future

2025/2026 - Goulburn/Yass youth mentored driving program (2yr project)

Indigenous employment pathways development – Priority 2

Past

2023 – Queanbeyan River Restoration Project

2024 – 2025 LRF Skills for Life programs x 3

2024 – Woden’s Monaro Highway Civil Taster Program – LiW & Umbrella Collective

2024 – LACK Group Traffic Controllers

2024 – First Nations Security project – LiW & Wilson’s Security

Current/Future

2025 – Woden’s Monaro Highway Civil Taster Program – LiW & Umbrella Collective

2025 – LACK Group Traffic Controllers

2025 – CIT & Worldview Foundation First Nations Youth Construction training program

Construction and trades employment pathways development with increased focus on Green Energy employment pathways opportunities – Priority 3

Past

2023 - Transgrid HumeLink East project (ongoing)

2024 - LIF Support Migrant Employment pathways into Green Energy Program

2024 - Women’s Empowering Regional Women Pre-Employment Program

2024 - Lack Group need for Traffic Controllers

Current/Future

2025 - Lack Group need for Traffic Controllers

2025 – SEE Program – SOA Trades (planned but evolved) Goulburn & Queanbeyan TAFE

2025 - Certificate II in Resources and Infrastructure – HumeLink East - Goulburn

2025 – Introduction to ESI (Electrical Services Industry) – HumeLink East - Yass

2025 – Ginninderry SPARK Construction Taster Training & Employment initiative – Canberra

2025 – Ginninderry SPARK Conservation and Ecosystem Management Taster Program

2025/2026 - Gundary & Merino Solar Farms construction

2025/2026 - Bannaby Battery Energy Storage System

2025/2026 - Protech Taster Day

Community services employment pathways development – Priority 4

Past

2023 - ‘Selling the Care Sector’ pilot

2023 - South East NSW Aged & Community Care 2022/23 Campaign

2024 LRF Belconnen Early Childhood Education and Care Initiative

2024 - Support Community Services graduates to connect to employment services opportunities

2024 – TAFE Taster Day – developed into SEE Programs for 2025

Current/Future

2024/25 - Child Care Industry – Goulburn focus

2025 SPARK Early Childhood Education & Care Program

2025/2026 - Ongoing focus advocating and connecting with Childcare Industry – advocacy and connecting child care providers located in Goulburn

Hospitality, tourism, small business and agribusiness employment pathways development – Priority 5

Past

2023 - Hospitality Pre-Employment Program – Goulburn

2023 - Yass Barista Training

2023/24 - Queanbeyan Hospitality Training

2025 – Retail Customer Engagement Skill Set - Canberra

Current/Future

2025 – Project lead for hospitality focus to connect to major construction projects in region

2025 - Australian Agricultural Centre – support skills building in agribusiness

Regional centres labour market strengthening – Priority 6

Past

2023 - LIF Yass Valley Skills and Jobs Fair

2023 - Discover Working Outdoors program – Goulburn

2024 – Community Resume workshop - Goulburn

2024 – Community Connect Day – Goulburn

2024 – Labourforce Supply Chain (training and employment) – Canberra

2024 – Driver Learner Access Program - Goulburn

2025 - Digital Ready Program – One Training – Goulburn

Current/Future

2024/25 – LRF RDASNA JobsSNA program – Goulburn, Yass Valley, Cooma, Canberra Queanbeyan

2025 – Hospitality Training for Young

2025/2026 - Return of DLAP program (Birrang Enterprises) to the Goulburn area (including WDO program capacity)

The Local Jobs Program in action

Partners and Resources

Partners

The Local Jobs Program network comprises investments and buy-in from, and partnerships with dozens of organisations and hundreds of individual stakeholders across