Social procurement partners and contacts

Apprenticeships Victoria

Oversees and coordinates the employment and training of apprentices and trainees across all industry sectors and areas of the state.

This includes school-based apprenticeships and traineeships; mainstream apprenticeships and traineeships; and Big Build Apprenticeships (BBA), which offer the opportunity to get involved in infrastructure projects across the state.

Australian Apprenticeships

Provides advice and support to businesses wishing to employ apprentices.

Australian Human Rights Commission

An independent statutory organisation established to protect and promote human rights in Australia and internationally – provides tools, resources and information on the rights of different group.

Australian Network on Disability

Helps organisation employ people with disability and design their products and services for customers with disability.

Building Futures – Women in Construction

Women in Construction is a Victorian Government-backed initiative that works to empower women who are thinking about forging a career path in the construction industry and assist those who might be struggling to enter the industry.

BuyAbility

An initiative of National Disability Services (NDS) aimed at growing supported employment to give people with disability the opportunity to participate in the workforce.

Includes a directory of certified Australian Disability Enterprises.

Buying for Victoria

Central point of information about Victorian government procurement – includes details of the Social Procurement Framework, relevant policies, a toolkit and additional resources to help you do business with government.

Construction Industry Culture Taskforce

The Construction Industry Culture Taskforce was established to help secure the long-term sustainability of the sector, through the development of a Culture Standard, to be incorporated in procurement processes, that will lead to positive culture change throughout the construction supply chain.

Under ‘Diversity and Inclusion’ the Culture Standard will seek to make workplaces more inclusive and encourage diversity, initially by setting targets to increase the representation of women, address gender pay gaps and to create a more inclusive working environment for all workers, regardless of gender, age, culture, sexual orientation or heritage.

Diversity Council Australia

An independent not-for-profit peak body for workplace diversity and inclusion undertaking research, delivering training & running events.

Industry Capability Network

Network of experienced industry procurement and supply chain specialists who introduce businesses large and small to projects large and small across Australia and New Zealand.

ICN is also responsible for managing VMC (formerly Victorian Management Centre), Victoria’s information management platform, an accessible end-to-end system that collects standard, complete and insightful data to support Government and Industry with policy, project delivery and performance.

Job Access

Provides support to employers to recruit, support and retain employees with disability.

Jobs Victoria

Provides targeted support to people who face challenges finding employment

Kinaway Chamber of Commerce Victoria

The peak body representing certified Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander business in Victoria.

Its aim is to advance Victorian Aboriginal businesses to actively participate and excel in both national and international economies. Provides access to a directory of registered, Victorian-based Aboriginal Business.

National Association of Women In Construction (NAWIC)

NAWIC is an Australian, not-for-profit organisation that helps champion and empower women in the construction and related industries to reach their full potential.

Social Traders

Non-profit focused on embedding social enterprises into business and government supply chains.

They offer Australia's only social enterprise certification. Hosts a national directory of certified social enterprise.

Supply Nation

Works with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses along with procurement teams from government and corporate Australia to help shape and grow the Indigenous business sector.

Provides Australia’s leading database of verified Indigenous businesses.

Workforce Australia (Previously Job Active)

Government employment service open to all Australian businesses.

Workplace Gender Equality Agency

Government agency set up to promote and improve gender equality in the workplace.

Provides data analysis and insights into the nature of gender equity in the workplace across Australia including workforce participation and pay equity and resources to help create equitable workplaces.