Policy and Communications team
Since 1989 Jobs Australia has been active in developing policy on behalf of the nonprofit sector and advising Commonwealth and State governments about effective programs to engage unemployed and disadvantaged people with the labour market and their communities.
Policy development at Jobs Australia is directed at finding and recommending the most effective ways to get disadvantaged people into jobs on a sustainable basis, and by doing so, ending the poverty and hardship caused by unemployment.
Policy work is a frequently difficult reconciliation between what is desirable and what is possible, but it has been made very rewarding by the inspiring example of the many wonderful organisations and individuals in the Jobs Australia network.
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Dr May Lam - Deputy CEO & Policy Manager May has worked in policy and research roles in Australia and the UK over the last 17 years across the community, private and government sectors. She worked with Jobs Australia between 1992 and 2005 in policy and communications. Between 2005 and 2008 she worked for the private welfare to work company Ingeus and for the Department of Work and Pensions on comparative performance measurement. At the Brotherhood of St Laurence she designed and won funding for the Centre for Work and Learning in the Fitzroy. At the social enterprise development company Social Traders in 2010 she was Policy and Strategy Manager. Her interests are in citizen participation in employment services design, social enterprises, and how social impact and social value can be measured and reported. |
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Janet Chimonyo - Policy Analyst Janet joined the Jobs Australia team in January 2005 after spending several years working as a consultant on policy and research projects at state and local government level. A particular focus of much of this work was to produce written materials that communicate ideas with clarity and brevity. Previous work included teaching and freelance journalism. Janet has come into the area of employment services at an extremely exciting moment. Not only is the welfare landscape undergoing seismic change, but the challenge for our members to identify their role as nonprofit organisations and remain true to the vision of service for disadvantaged jobseeker has never been more pronounced. Contact Janet for information and advice about: Language, Literacy and Numeracy Programme, Indigenous Employment Programmes, issues related to the charitable status and governance of nonprofit organisations. |
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At May 2012 a vacant Policy Analyst position is being filled. Following this appointment, the policy team's areas of responsibility will be refreshed on this page. In the meantime, contact the Policy Manager May Lam with your inquries. |
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