NESA CEO FORUM AND
PRACTITIONERS CONFERENCE
THANK YOU!
Thank you to all of our valuable attendees, great speakers and workshop presenters, both in person and virtual. We hope you had the opportunity to catch up with old friends, connect with new colleagues, and network with like-minded thought leaders.
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NESA CEO FORUM AND
PRACTITIONERS CONFERENCE
NESA is proud to present two action packed days on 9 and 10 June 2022 at the Pullman Hotel in Melbourne and via virtual attendance. Networking drinks will be held on the evening of Thursday the 9th.
Our CEO Forum gives CEOs the opportunity to come together to share thoughts and experiences around transition and the 1 July Workforce Australia implementation. Guest speakers will include Mr Nathan Smythe, Deputy Secretary, Employment and National Workforce Group, Department of Education Skills and Employment.
The Practitioners Conference will feature a number of DESE presentations on topics including the latest transition advice, activation in Workforce Australia Services, the Workforce Australia Services Provider Performance Framework and licensing arrangements, and updates on ESS web 2.0 and the Learning Centre. DESE’s presentations will be supported by a booth where providers can discuss the types of things that DESE will track as part of their compliance monitoring. The Conference will also include presentations from some of our partners on strengthening employer engagement, addressing jobseeker barriers through integrating into goals, and the latest research on digitalisation of welfare to work.
Topics
Our Practitioners Forum offers a perfect opportunity for your staff to prepare for the challenges and opportunities ahead, with a range of sessions and workshops covering topics including:
• Welcome to Workforce Australia
• Workforce Australia Transition and Branding
• Activation and Points Based Activation System (PBAS) in Workforce Australia Services
• Workforce Australia Services Provider Performance Framework and Licensing Arrangements
• Supporting Complex Participants: A Workshop On Integrating Participant Barriers & Goals
• Workforce Australia Services – Quality and Assurance Analytics
• Tools of the Trade: ESS Web 2.0/Learning Centre
• Workforce Australia: the big opportunity for employer engagement
• The Digital Governance of Welfare to Work: Findings from the Interim Report
• Working with the States
• Optimising potential
SPEAKERS - CEO FORUM
SOCIAL CHANGEMAKER
A social changemaker, Corinne has helped shape the impact investing and social economy landscape in Australia through critical roles with Jobsbank, Impact Investing Australia, Good Shepherd Microfinance, The Difference Incubator, The Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative, and others.
A Churchill Fellowship (2009), and MoneySmart Award recipient (2013) with a Master’s in Environmental Science, Corinne is driven by a sense of fairness and social justice to create spaces where business and positive impact intersect.
Corinne is passionate about ensuring commercial organisations effectively integrate inclusive employment and social procurement into their business. Recently, she founded an award-winning social enterprise where she developed solutions to help vulnerable consumers access fair and affordable finance.
Lecturer in Political Science in the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne.
Michael McGann is Lecturer in Political Science in the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne. He specialises in the governance of welfare and active labour market policies, with a particular focus on issues related to the contracting out and marketization of public employment services. He is the co-author of Buying and Selling the Poor: Inside Australia’s Privatised Welfare-to-Work Market (Sydney University Press, 2021) and his research has appeared in international journals including Public Administration, Administration and Society, Journal of Social Policy, Social Policy and Society, Policy Sciences, and Politics & Policy.
Associate Professor in Social Policy and Research at the University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia).
Siobhan O’Sullivan is Associate Professor in Social Policy and Research at the University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia). Her research focuses on the delivery of contracted employment services in Australia, the UK, and around the world. She has a broad interest in the welfare state and ‘mission drift’ as well as an ongoing interest in animal welfare policy and environmental ethics. She is the co-author of several books on street-level bureaucracy and the governance of welfare-to-work, including Getting welfare-to-work: Street-level governance in Australia, the UK, and the Netherlands (Oxford University Press, 2015) and, most recently, Buying and Selling the Poor: Inside Australia’s Privatised Welfare-to-Work Market (Sydney University Press, 2021).
SPEAKERS - PRACTITIONERS CONFERENCE
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
“A tour bus is a petri dish of human behaviour, and is the best way to get to know exactly how to work with all different types of people”
How do you go from being an industry trainer and leader across Europe for Contiki Holidays to being one of the most sought after keynote speakers and professional trainers in Australia and the Asia Pacific? That is the question asked often of Mark and the answer he says is simple, it is all about understanding people. Understanding how they behave, think and make the choices they do, both professionally and personally.
As an experienced motivational keynote speaker it’s this understanding that has seen Mark hold senior and strategic leadership development roles for major global players across the Asia Pacific and Europe and led to him to being invited to work on projects design and implement sales strategies and bespoke methodologies for billion-dollar sales teams across the globe. Add to that some serious hard work and that is how in twenty years Mark has moved from connecting with people in Europe to connecting with people in their own lives, all as a guest speaker and trainer.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY, FUNDS AND PAYMENTS BRANCH
Quyen Tran is the Assistant Secretary, Funding and Payments Branch, Workforce Australia for Individuals Division in the Department of Education, Skills and Employment.
Since joining the department in 2008, Quyen has held a number of senior leadership roles driving major reforms in school funding, quality teaching, supporting the National School Resourcing Board, and more recently, driving reforms in the delivery of employment services. Quyen has worked across a broad range of public policy issues within Government including issues of social policy, aviation and maritime security, National Broadband Network impacts on schools and infrastructure.
Quyen holds a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Actuarial Studies from the Australian National University.
CEO, CREATING NEW PATHWAYS
Sharon is a qualified human services program designer and lecturer with many years of experience in Human Resources. For the last 5 years, she has focused on researching and working with disengaged job seekers and their complex needs. Sharon combines clinical psychotherapy and professionalism with a natural and down-to-earth approach. She is a qualified Drug and Alcohol Facilitator, Psychotherapist & Social Sciences Professional and has worked as a psychotherapist in employment services for over 8 years. As an expert in encouraging mandated and resistant clients to change, she keynotes at national conferences on topics of behavioural change, AOD, mental health and neuropsychotherapy.
FOUNDER & DIRECTOR,
PROSPERT CONSULTING & TRAINING
Prospert was founded by Paul Diviny whose experience includes 30 years in sales, marketing and operations management including line management in employment services. Paul has consulted with ASX200, multinationals, Government departments, training providers, not for profits as well as small and medium enterprises.
Prospert believes that every job seeker and employer should have access to quality employment services which enable them to find meaningful and sustainable work and grow their businesses, respectively. Our name reflects our promise to employment service providers and their customers alike – “you prosper from our expertise”.
Prospert brings together experts in training, coaching, consulting, and tendering to increase the capacity of the employment services sector to better meet the needs of its customers, while also building strong organisational reputations and sustainable businesses.
Prospert’s specialist services include:
• Training and coaching with a focus on employer engagement
• Tender management from business cases, to bid preparation & writing, and transition to new contracts
• Consulting and strategic advice to manage risk and diversify revenue
Prospert’s talented team comprises experienced industry professionals with deep subject matter expertise including expert trainers and mentors, strategic project managers, business analysts, tender writers and various subject matter experts.
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW
Dr Sarah Ball is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow working on the ARC Linkage Project titled ‘The new digital governance of welfare-to-work’. Prior to this she completed her PhD at the Institute of Social Science Research at the University of Queensland. Her research explored the use of behavioural insights and experimental methods in the development of social policy in the Australian Federal Government. Prior this she worked for 5 years in the Australian Public Service, where she developed a deep interest in public administration, knowledge sharing and evidence-based policy.
CEO and Founder
Bounce Australia/Bounce USA
The CEO & Founder of Bounce Australia, Maria Smith is a communications and behaviour change expert with over two decades of experience in workforce engagement and activation. She is the creative force behind the Bounce Program and the Bounce Job Coach Certification, two transformational wellbeing & work-readiness programs credited with impacting the lives of thousands of people across the world. Since 2006, Maria has grown Bounce to become a globally recognised company by expanding her programs into the USA, the UK and New Zealand.
Maria’s in-deep knowledge of wellbeing science and her unique skills in emotional intelligence, behavioural nudging and positive psychology are the cornerstone of Bounce’s training programs and make her highly sort-after for executive-level coaching and mentoring. Recognised for her energetic communication style and her dynamic story-telling ability, Maria delivers highly impactful content, backed up by scientifically proven methodologies that are guaranteed to bring greater self-awareness and influence behaviour change in the most positive way.
Passionately dedicated to personal growth and development, Maria holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science, a Diploma in Positive Psychology, a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) specialising in Managing and Leading People, and is currently completing a Masters of Applied Positive Psychology (University of Melbourne).
Event Details
VENUE
PULLMAN MELBOURNE, ALBERT PARK
65 Queens Rd, Albert Park VIC 3004
CEO FORUM
Thursday 9 June 2022
8.30am Registrations Open
5.00pm Forum Closes
NETWORKING DRINKS
Thursday 9 June 2022
Time: 5.00pm - 7.00pm
PRACTITIONERS CONFERENCE
Friday 10 June 2022
8.00am Registrations Open
9.00am Welcome to Country
5.00pm Conference Close
Cost
NESA Member
CEO FORUM-
Attendance at the CEO Forum
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Complimentary attendance at Networking Drinks
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Prices are inclusive of GST
NESA Member
PRACTITIONERS CONFERENCE ONLY-
Attendance at the Practitioners Conference Only
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Prices are inclusive of GST
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NESA Member
NETWORKING DRINKS ONLY-
Attendance at the Networking Drinks Only
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Prices are inclusive of GST
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NESA Member
CEO FORUM + PRAC CONFERENCE-
Attendance at the CEO Forum and Practitioners Conference
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Complimentary attendance at Networking Drinks
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Prices are inclusive of GST
NESA Member
NETWORKING DRINKS + PRAC CONFERENCE-
Attendance at the Practitioners Conference
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Attendance at the Networking Drinks
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Prices are inclusive of GST
NESA Member
VIRTUAL REGISTRATION-
Access to all sessions presented live virtually
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Ability to ask real-time questions of presenters available during live sessions
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Prices are inclusive of GST
NON Member
CEO FORUM-
Attendance at the CEO Forum
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Complimentary attendance at Networking Drinks
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Prices are inclusive of GST
NON MEMBER
PRACTITIONERS CONFERENCE ONLY-
Attendance at the Practitioners Conference Only
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Prices are inclusive of GST
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NON MEMBER
NETWORKING DRINKS ONLY-
Attendance at the Networking Drinks Only
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Prices are inclusive of GST
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NON MEMBER
CEO FORUM + PRAC CONFERENCE-
Attendance at the CEO Forum and Practitioners Conference
-
Complimentary attendance at Networking Drinks
-
Prices are inclusive of GST
NON MEMBER
NETWORKING DRINKS + PRAC CONFERENCE-
Attendance at the Practitioners Conference
-
Attendance at the Networking Drinks
-
Prices are inclusive of GST
NON MEMBER
VIRTUAL REGISTRATION-
Access to all sessions presented live virtually
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Ability to ask real-time questions of presenters available during live sessions
-
Prices are inclusive of GST
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS AND EXHIBITORS
genU Training
NETWORKING DRINKS SPONSOR
As a national registered training organisation our primary purpose is to deliver quality education and training to assist all members of the community to reach their employment goals.
Our job ready microcredential courses assist learners to develop core skills and to build the knowledge and confidence they need to enter the workforce. Our valuable industry connections with key employers and labour hire firms enable us to support our learners beyond their training.
We believe that everyone should have equal access to quality education and training.
ALFFIE
MC SPONSOR
Placing the right person into the right course is critical to achieving a successful participant outcome.
This is why alffie empowers people to tailor programs to meet their individual needs — in-line with the new Workforce Australia contract.
We do this through our custom-built technological and digital solutions, including our dashboards, alffie app, local labour market tools and post-placement support application.
alffie’s training programs provide participants with the skills, knowledge and practical experience they need to gain and sustain employment.
Select from our range of full courses, accredited micro-credential skill sets, employability skills modules and skills in demand employment training programs.
CVCHECK
Since 2005, CVCheck has helped nearly 1,000,000 individuals and over 30,000 employers to meet the demands of regulatory environments.
Our systems help thousands of employers across Australia and New Zealand make the most of their people. We partner with large and small businesses that want to hire the best workforce and ensure they meet all regulatory and company requirements.
CVCheck’s range of pre-employment checks are ideal for individuals looking to be job-ready and employers who need fast and accurate background checks on new and existing staff.