Working Groups and Consultation
We advocate for our industry!
We advocate for our industry through coordinated and considered strategic engagement, underpinned by evidence-informed and member-driven best practice.
To ensure our responses reflect both the diversity of views across the industry we consult extensively with members and incorporate feedback into submissions. If you are a NESA Corporate Member and interested in participating in any of these member consultations, please contact our Policy Team.
Member Policy Consultation and Engagement Processes
NESA advocacy on behalf of our members in the Employment Services Industry is shaped and informed by a range of member consultation and engagement processes alongside other evidence gathering and policy analysis methods.
Member consultation and engagement processes include:
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS, WORKING GROUPS AND TASKFORCE GROUPS
MEMBER OUTREACH AND SURVEYS
HOT TOPICS AND LEADERS FORUMS
FUTURE NESA GROUPS, FORUMS AND INVESTIGATIONS
See below for further information
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS, WORKING GROUPS AND TASKFORCE GROUPS
These groups are exclusive to NESA corporate members. They provide a regular forum for members to discuss key issues, opportunities and challenges for a specific program area, cohort or crosscutting issue. They involve information sharing plus identification of actions to address concerns such as NESA representations to relevant Departments and Ministers or development of capacity building products.
CURRENT GROUPS:
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
Our Special Interest Groups give members the opportunity to come together each quarter to share experiences in delivering the program, both with each other and DEWR;s senior program managers.
- Parents Next
- Transition to Work
- Employability Skills Training/Career Transition Assistance
NESA IT Reference and Reports Working Group
Operating for over 20 years, the group meets each quarter with DEWR and DSS IT development teams to look at:
- Data and reporting
- Workforce Australia Online for Providers (ESS Web 2.0)
- Digital Support
- Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
NESA Right Fit for Risk / Cyber Security Group
Right Fit for Risk has been a significant undertaking for providers and will continue to provide challenges for our sector in a rapidly changing world. This group gives your digital security experts the opportunity to meet with others in the sector to share ideas and experiences – both in relation to DEWR’s Right Fit for Risk, and cyber security in general.
Member Outreach and Surveys
Hot Topic and Leaders Forums
FUTURE NESA GROUPS, FORUMS AND INVESTIGATIONS
NESA aims to provide solution focused, relevant and up-to-date advocacy and support for members. This means the approach to member consultation and engagement is flexible. While some groups have an ongoing monitoring and sharing function, other groups may have their issues resolved and come to an end. There are also emerging issues that require new attention.
In future we anticipate undertaking member engagement and consultation activity around the following matters:
- Employment services performance frameworks including quality assurance and contract compliance across all programmes.
- Workforce development including consideration of policy changes that impact on capacity and capability of staff in employment services.
- Employer engagement including identification of emerging good practice.
- Strategies to support Indigenous job seekers including those in remote, regional and urban populations and consideration of the ways in which Australia can close the gap in employment outcomes. A recent NESA members’ only forum on this topic connected members with employers and highlighted how organisations can benefit from the opportunities presented by government procurement.
