Preparing a Social Procurement Brief
You need to buy some goods or services, and you want to use the opportunity to have a positive impact. What do you do?
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Jobsbank appoints Claire Ferres Miles as its new Chair
Jobsbank is pleased to announce the appointment of our new Board Chair, Claire Ferres Miles.
Creating wraparound support to maintain inclusive employment.
A recent report out of RMIT University titled ‘Wraparound Service Co-Design: Supporting Sustainable Employment of Ethnically & Culturally Diverse Communities’, reveals what is needed to ensure successful employment journeys for this cohort.
How to write a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategy
In late February, Jobsbank and Lendlease partnered for their first social procurement supplier event.
What is inclusion and diversity in the workplace?
Years of robust organisational research show time and again that diversity, equity and inclusion makes a workforce stronger.
What is Social Procurement?
In late February, Jobsbank and Lendlease partnered for their first social procurement supplier event.
Meet the supplier: the people behind the objectives
In late February, Jobsbank and Lendlease partnered for their first social procurement supplier event.
Jobsbank thanks outgoing Chair the Hon. Wade Noonan for inspirational leadership
After four foundational years at the helm, the Honourable Wade Noonan – a pioneer of social procurement in Victoria and passionate advocate of inclusive employment, announced he will retire from the Jobsbank Board, stepping down from his role as Chair.
Building the social fabric: how Marriott’s CEO transformed a business model while fostering a culture of social inclusion
Just weeks before COVID-19 swept the world, Ann-Maree Colborne stepped into the CEO role at Marriott Support Services, one of Melbourne’s leading suppliers of disability employment. The 50-year-old organisation had a solid legacy but an uncertain future and needed to undergo a major business transformation regardless of the challenges a pandemic was determined to throw in their direction. Three years later, it looks like they’ve made it.
Celebrating alongside the LGBTIQ+ community: 2022 Victorian Pride Awards
“The progress we’ve made towards creating a safer, more inclusive Victoria has, in large part, come about through the efforts of each and every person in attendance at the Victorian Pride Awards, and many who are not able to be here.”
Finding a Place: Looking beyond what’s on paper – Amal’s story
“I would interview for positions in retail that I really wanted but I didn’t get them. I always asked for feedback and kept getting the same response – that I was the perfect candidate, but they couldn’t offer me the job. It made me wonder what the problem was.”
There’s something about Karina: Jobsbank welcomes new CEO
Karina started her Jobsbank journey a few weeks ago and is enthusiastic of what lies ahead. “I am here to expand Jobsbank’s organisation and business partnering network and help that network build its social procurement capability and capacity. I aim to help our partners use their purchasing power and employment approaches to create meaningful opportunities for all.”
