Our Community Employment Programs can help you up-skill, make connections and prepare for your next job or starting your own business. We run a range of programs and events, which we co-design with community and business partners, to help meet local employment needs. Many of our programs are delivered through collaboration with our Opportunity Wyndham partner organisations.
Our priority groups in the community are young people, newly arrived residents of refugee and migrant background and women in Wyndham.
Key areas we are addressing through our employment programs this year are:
- Soft Skills and Pre-Employment
- Entrepreneurship
- Mentoring and networking
If you would like more information, please contact us at socialandeconomicinclusion@wyndham.vic.gov.au, or to learn more about our upcoming programs, please see the links below:
Current and Upcoming Workshops and Events
Past Employment Programs and Workshops
Young Innovators Program
The Young Innovators Program provided 24 young people with an opportunity to gain and apply key skills to drive social innovation. Through workshops, experiences with business and organisations the Young Innovators designed and pitched a project or innovation to receive seed funding to address a need in their community.
Make It Wyndham
Make it Wyndham Business Launchpad delivered online workshops to grow the confidence and skills of the young entrepreneurs in Wyndham in starting their own business.
Working in Wyndham
In 2021 the Wyndham Jobs Victoria Advocate ran a series of workshops featuring representatives from various employment and education services. The workshops provided Wyndham residents with information about where to find further support with finding work or changing careers.
Women's Entrepreneurship Program
The Women's Entrepreneurship Program was delivered by the Wyndham City Council in collaboration with Ygap, aimed to build entrepreneurial skills and confidence for women from more newly arrived migrant and refugee backgrounds to potentially start their own businesses.
The program offered a transformative experience for 15 women in Wyndham with 3 weeks bootcamp session, master classes one-on-one mentoring sessions, receive ongoing support, and participate in practical exercises tailored to enhance their entrepreneurial prowess. It is a one-year program started in July 2023 and ends in June 2024.
Empower Connect Inspire
The Women's Empower Connect Inspire Program was delivered by Nerdu Badji Education and Wyndham City Council from July-October 2023. The program offered workshops and one-on-one mentoring for women in Wyndham to begin or advance in their careers, covering topics such as self-leadership, confidence, interview skills and developing a personal 'pitch'.
The Empower Connect Inspire participants developed personal vision statements and goals, expanded their local networks, and some of the women also secured full-time employment in their desired fields by the end of the program.
Game Changers Program
Game Changers was a collaboration between The Huddle, Equal Ed, and Wyndham City Council to offer an innovative pre-employment program for young people in Wyndham, including employment skills workshops, pitch development, mentoring and individual employment support. Seven young people went on to casual work opportunities at The Huddle in Werribee.