Robyn Stanley

Local Jobs Team for the Sydney North and West region.  The Sydney North and West employment region stretches from the northern side of Sydney Harbour to the start of Lake Macquarie in the north and west through the Hills District to Bilpin and the Yengo National Park and the Northern Beaches. It includes the major job seeker population locations of Brookvale, Chatswood, Dee Why, Gosford, Hornsby, Castle Hill, Woy Woy, Lake Haven, Ryde, The Entrance and Toukley. The region includes the following Local Government Areas (LGAs): Hornsby, Ku-ring-gai, Lane Cove, Northern Beaches, Ryde, North Sydney, Hunters Hill, Mosman, the Hills Shire, Willoughby, Hawkesbury, and the Central Coast. Local jobs program is across 51 Employment Regions across Australia. It is contracted by Department of Education and Workplace Relations (DEWR) and its objective is to bring together key stakeholders including employers, employment service providers, higher education, and training organisations and to work collaboratively to address the priorities identified in the Local Jobs Plan, which is unique to each region’s needs.  Some of the activities and engagement Local Jobs can provide and/or facilitate for you. All our assistance is provided free of charge. Direct Recruitment Local Jobs can promote your vacancies directly with all the Employment Service Providers in our region. We have over 100 contacts on our email list. List the Position free of charge on our SNW Trello Board with all relevant data, links, attachments and contacts for easy application to your roles. (https://trello.com/b/6fbyrKGc/sydney-north-and-west-local-jobs-program) Pre-Employment Programs Local Jobs can engage with you the Employer, training companies relevant to your required skills and training needs, Training Services NSW for possible training funding if available and Employment Service Providers to screen candidates for a Pre-Employment Program that would suit likely recruitment candidates for your business/industry. These may also act as a pre-cursor to Traineeships or Apprenticeships if your business offers these. Community and Business Expos Local Jobs hold yearly Expo’s in our region that offer Businesses and Stakeholders the opportunity to showcase their business & job vacancies etc to a large contingent of candidates looking for work. We have successfully placed candidates into Traineeships / Apprenticeships as well as direct recruitment roles.