NESA Employment Discovery Grant: Applications Close in 2 weeks

Date published : 30  June  2011 

 

 

Applications for the inaugural NESA Employment Discovery Grant close  on Wednesday 13 July

The 2011 recipient will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to attend an OECD LEED (Local Economic and Employment Development) Forum where global employment trends and issues, and real-life solutions successfully adopted in other countries, will be discussed.  The  LEED  Programme mission is to contribute to the creation of  more and better jobs. Achieved through effective policy implementation, innovative practices, stronger capacities and integrated strategies at the local level, LEED sees  building quality jobs as the way to prosperity. 

It's not too late to start preparing your application or to encourage an outstanding colleague to apply. Go to www.nesa.com.au to download the Application Kit. 

If you have already begun, follow the guidelines below.

 

Grant guidelines

Applications should include:

●  A completed application form, scanned and/or saved as a PDF.

●  An application document that addresses the Grant criteria, saved as a PDF. This should include a two-page career overview (Section A), plus up to four-and-a-half pages of responses to the five grant criteria questions (Section B).

●  Two written professional references, scanned and/or saved as PDFs. 

These files must be attached to an email sent to nesa@awardsabsolute.com by 5.00pm on Wednesday 13 July 2011. Only emailed applications will be accepted. 

Late applications can not be accepted. 

Read through the full criteria and guidelines in the Grant Application Kit.

 

 

Key Dates 

Wednesday 13 July - Applications close

By Friday 22 July - Shortlisted applicants announced

Tuesday 9 August - Shortlisted applicants interviewed by the assessors

Tuesday 9 August - Grant awarded at NESA's Awards for Excellence, Brisbane Sofitel

 

Questions?

Call the Grant Convenors on 1300 88 22 59 or email nesa@awardsabsolute.com.

 

 


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