Regional Jobs Committees

Local workforce and skilling solutions across Queensland

Regional Jobs Committees (RJCs) address the unique training and workforce challenges of regional communities across Queensland. From Cairns in the north to the Gold Coast in the south, 12 RJCs are coordinating skilling and workforce solutions to meet local needs.

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[Brett Hall, Executive Director, Department of Employment, Small Business and Training]

The Queensland Workforce Strategy is the Queensland Government’s comprehensive whole-of-government workforce strategy.

The strategy includes a focus on local solutions. We know that Queensland is a decentralised state and workforce challenges and workforce opportunities vary across each of our regions.

Regional Jobs Committees are around government enabling local communities to put together collaborative workforce solutions that are aligned to their local priorities and local context.

[Andy Eves-Brown, Chair, Sunshine Coast Regional Jobs Committee]

It's fantastic that the Queensland Government have really identified that, yes, we've got these workforce strategies, but they really need to be localised to the individual areas.

Each of the regions around Queensland have their different challenges and have their different solutions to those challenges. And so to be able to bring it into a local focus, has been really important.

[Michelle Hay, Chair, Jobs Fraser Coast Regional Jobs Committee]

The Regional Jobs Committee has been really successful in bringing stakeholders together in working with industry and also educating industry about perhaps thinking a little bit differently about, you know, their unicorn employee.

So thinking differently about the hours of work, the nature of work, the type of employee that they're looking to recruit. We're trying to make sure people stay in the region and grow within the region.

[Jodie Duignan-George, Chair, Cairns Regional Jobs Committee]

The committee is currently focused on the pillars in the Queensland Workforce Strategy that includes transition to work, skilling our local workforce into the future, workforce participation and also the underrepresented populations.

[Brett Hall]

Regional Jobs Committees are taking forward a range of workforce solutions in communities right across Queensland. To find out more, you can contact your local Regional Jobs Committee. There's also a range of information on support available under the Queensland Workforce Strategy available on our website.

How RJCs can help

In 2024, Regional Jobs Committees will play a vital role in the Good People. Good Jobs: Queensland Workforce Strategy 2022–2032, connecting regional communities to workforce and skilling opportunities through region-specific solutions.

Through their efforts, RJCs:

identify local workforce challenges and connect stakeholders with government programs, resources, and events
address barriers to training, workforce participation and business growth
develop strategies to resolve skills gaps and workforce issues
support regional job growth and plan for future employment needs
foster collaboration among local businesses, industry leaders, government, training providers and schools to align local skills with economic activity.