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In the spirit of reconciliation, CheckUP acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples should be aware that this website contains images or names of people who have passed away.

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Industry Workforce Advisors

The Industry Workforce Advisor program supports small to medium health and community service businesses to address workforce challenges, diversify their workforces, and support workforce and productivity growth.

CheckUP serves as the Industry Workforce Advisor organisation for the following sectors:

Community services
First Nations healthcare and social assistance
Health

Established as part of the Good People, Good Jobs – Queensland Workforce Strategy, the program enables our Industry Workforce Advisors to provide free, tailored workforce planning assistance to Queensland businesses in these sectors.

CheckUP’s Industry Workforce Advisors can work directly with your business to:

identify workforce challenges, develop a workforce plan and suggest options to address the challenges including accessing grants and incentives

refer your business to funding available under the Workforce Connect Fund for new and innovative HR solutions

assist in development of strategies to recruit and attract people, including from diverse cohorts, and other potential labour supply, such as skilled migration

connect you with the department’s programs including grants and initiatives, the Business Queensland website and available Australian Government programs and incentives.

How to get involved

We are inviting Expressions of Interest from small to medium health and community service businesses across Queensland to access workforce planning assistance and services, through the Industry Workforce Advisors.

To learn more about how CheckUP’s Industry Workforce Advisors can support your business, please contact our team by submitting an EOI or through the contact details listed below.

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Sector: First Nations health care and social assistance

This position is currently being recruited for. If you are a First Nations Business, please contact Stuart or Jamie in the interim.

Jamie Brown

Sector: Health
Email: jbrown@checkup.org.au

Jamie Brown comes to CheckUP with 17 years’ experience in Vocational Education and Training, and Workforce Planning and Development. He has worked in a variety of roles in the not-for-profit and public provider sectors including Registered Training Organisation Manager, Workforce Development Consultant, and Workplace Learning Designer and Project Manager.
Having worked on a number of Commonwealth and Queensland Government workforce and training initiatives in the Health Care and Social Assistance sectors, Jamie has a thorough understanding of the government programs and supports available to industry, and extensive experience in working with clients and stakeholders to develop tailored solutions to their workforce and training needs.
Jamie views the Industry Workforce Advisor program as an important platform for the Health industry to meet today’s workforce challenges and is keen to use his expertise to work with small and medium sized business to help them address these.

Stuart Coward

Sector: Community Services
Email: scoward@checkup.org.au

Stuart Coward comes to CheckUP with 20+ years’ experience in community services and 40 years’ experience in the business sector. He has recently worked in a not-for-profit national business with a focus on disabilities, education and training and community services.
Stuart established and grew a number of his own award-winning businesses in training, employment and hospitality and is dedicated to seeing the Queensland economy and small business thrive in this competitive market.
Stuart enjoys teamwork and staff mentoring, inclusion and collaborative approaches to finding solutions, creating new pathways and programs, and developing others.
Community is one of his main focuses, promoting integration and inclusiveness for all. Stuart views the Industry Workforce Advisor role as an opportunity to share the extensive experience and knowledge he has attained, helping community businesses to address workforce challenges and identify solutions.

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