Businesses

We’re looking for eligible businesses to host one (or more) mid-career participants for a minimum of 12 weeks. Participants come with extensive work and life experience from prior careers and are newly trained and ready for an entry level digital role. Throughout the selection process you’ll have the opportunity to be matched with someone who is right for your work culture and the specific role you have available.

Participants complete 12 weeks of training in one of the following high-demand digital skill areas

• Artificial intelligence (AI) / machine learning
• Cloud computing
• Customer relationship management (CRM)
• Cyber security
• Data analytics
• Digital marketing
• Enterprise resource planning (ERP)
• IT operations and support
• Product management
• Programming / software development
• Project management (agile)
• User experience / user interface (UX/UI)
• Web development

Access – to a new talent pool of 5000 mid-career people with digital skills.

Current skills – employ people recently trained through high-quality digital courses.

Better business results – the experience and maturity of Digital Jobs participants enables them to make an immediate and significant contribution to the work of your team.

Greater diversity – increase the diversity of your workforce through our talent pool which includes 58% women, 13% who are based in regional Victoria, and 58% who are culturally and linguistically diverse. Participants come from varied backgrounds and bring experience from working across a wide range of sectors – and they’re ready to help your business thrive.

Low risk and low cost – it’s easy and free to register. The 12-week work placement provides an opportunity to decide if your participant is the right fit for your business, with no obligations beyond the 12-week period. As a Digital Jobs business host, you’ll have access to this unique talent pool and receive a $5,000 wage subsidy for each 12-week work placement or entry level job you offer to a program participant.

Employers must:

1. Be one of the following entity types:
   1. a company incorporated in Australia
   2. an incorporated trustee on behalf of a trust
   3. an incorporated association
   4. a partnership
   5. a joint (consortia) application with a lead organisation
   6. a [registered charity or] not for profit organisation
   7. a publicly funded research organisation
   8. an Australian local government body
   9. an Australian state or territory government body.
2. Operate in Victoria (meaning the work placement opportunity/ies to which your application relate, must be located in Victoria)
3. Hold an Australian Business Number (ABN)
4. Have current WorkCover Insurance (or equivalent) for an unlimited amount that shall include liability under statute or common law
5. Be registered with Worksafe
6. Have met all industrial relations obligations as an employer in accordance with the National Employment Standards
7. Have not had any working conditions breaches in the last five years
8. Comply with the Fair Work Act, 2009

Your business will be provided with a $5,000 wage subsidy for each participant you host for a minimum of 12-weeks. You will also have support from our program delivery partner, InternMatch, who can assist throughout the placement journey.

You will provide information about the role(s) your business has available, and the type of skills you are looking for. Your role(s) will be advertised on the InternMatch platform which  will be used to identify and match participants for your business from our diverse talent pool. You can then review, interview and onboard suitable participants using your standard recruitment process.

Work placements, for the purposes of this program, are paid entry level digital positions. They are intended to provide the participant with an introduction to the business and/or industry and allow them to apply and extend digital skills in the context of the host business’s operations and current projects.

Most participants will be suited to entry-level digital roles as their technical knowledge will primarily be foundational. However, their prior work and life experience will ensure they have valuable transferable and soft skills, enabling a faster trajectory in your business.

The work arrangements for placements may be in-person, online, or a combination of both. This will depend on the arrangement you mutually agree on with the participant and regulations outlined by WorkSafe.

There is no obligation to retain participants beyond the 12-week tenure. You’ll have the opportunity to offer the participant a job or act as a referee for them. You are also more than welcome to take on new participants in future rounds.

A talent pool of digitally upskilled participants is always available. We have multiple recruitment rounds running throughout 2023 and into 2024, with the program closing on 30 June 2024. Courses will commence in January, May and September 2023 , with our final round commencing in January 2024.

A talent pool of digitally upskilled participants is always available, without restrictions on how many participants you take or how regularly you host them.   You could choose to host one or multiple participants at first and return for more at a later period or choose to regularly host participants for the duration of the program. You are welcome to contact the Digital Jobs team to discuss how access to this talent pool might best benefit your business.