GO8240: Remote Jobs and Economic Development Program

The RJED Program seeks to fund 3,000 new jobs over 3 years to support job seekers currently participating in or that are eligible for Remote Australia Employment Services (RAES), to move into employment.

There are two streams of funding available, Job Creation – to fund the cost of wages and related entitlements, and the Community Jobs and Business Fund (CJBF) – to provide funding for equipment, operational costs and infrastructure to directly support bringing jobs created under the Job Creation stream into existence.

For the purposes of the RJED program, a new job is: •a job which does not already exist within an organisation and does not displace an existing employee, or •a job created in a RAES Community Project.

As job allocations are based on NIAA regions, you will need submit a separate application for each NIAA region where you intend to deliver a job.

For example: If you apply for jobs located in more than one RAES region, but all those jobs are in the same NIAA region, you will only need to submit one application for those jobs.

If you apply for jobs located in more than one RAES region, and those jobs are in different NIAA regions, you will need to submit a separate application for the jobs in each NIAA region.

Further guidance on the linkages between RAES regions and NIAA regions are in the RJED Grant Opportunity Guidelines (RJED GOGs) at Appendix A.

For information about how the Agency manages personal information in the administration of its grants, please see the Grants and Funding page of the NIAA website - https://www.niaa.gov.au/indigenous-affairs/grants-and-funding.

General information about the Agency’s privacy policies is also included below.

To be eligible you must be an eligible organisation offering an eligible job to an eligible employee.

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Corporation, company, incorporated trustee on behalf of a trust, incorporated association, partnership, consortia lead, registered charity or not‑for‑profit, individual/sole trader seeking to employ another individual, Australian local government body, organisation established through specific legislation including universities); be financially viable to the NIAA's satisfaction; be compliant with relevant Commonwealth, state and territory legislation (including Fair Work Act, Superannuation Act 2005 and work health and safety laws); and have rectified or be rectifying any previous non‑compliance with Commonwealth agreements to the Commonwealth's satisfaction.