Regional Jobs Hubs Initiative final evaluation report

The final report of SPARC’s evaluation of Phase 1 and 2 (‘Establish’ and ‘Develop’) of the Regional Jobs Hub (RJH) Initiative. It builds on findings detailed in Progress Reports 1, 2 and 3.

At a glance

This is the final outcomes and impact evaluation report of the design and implementation of the RJH Initiative. It documents measurable and observed outcomes of the RJH Initiative for jobseekers and employers and specifies the contribution of the RJH model.

Dive deeper

The RJH Initiative is a state-led, community-driven employment, education and training initiative designed to achieve systems reform in policy and places across Tasmania. The Regional Jobs Hubs, their Advisory Boards and Jobs Tasmania work as a statewide network that advances regional issues to inform policy and program design and implementation. This involves sharing and harnessing diverse expertise and learnings through a common model and a community of policy and practice, identifying as a network of hubs working to a shared ambition and policy agenda, and genuine collaboration between the hubs and government. The RJH model was designed to be flexible and regionally agile to ensure that each hub can adapt and respond to the specific needs and challenges in their local community.

Through the Developmental Evaluation and the validated outcomes for the RJH Initiative, it is evident that Tasmania’s RJH Network is demonstrating six key value adds for government, community and employers, enabling jobs for local people and workforce solutions for local employers and priority industries which can adapt to changing labour market conditions:

1. Maximising impact of EET investments
2. Driving scalable innovation in place
3. Realising networks and relationships to create employment opportunities
4. Amplifying community voice to government
5. Measuring what matters
6. Enabling workforce participation