Residents in the municipalities of George Town, West Tamar and Launceston are set to majorly benefit from the Northern Employment and Business hub.
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The hub is an initiative of Bell Bay Manufacturing Zone, in collaboration with City of Launceston, George Town and West Tamar councils to help get people into jobs.
The service, with the help of BBAMZ's employment facilitator Nicole Grose, will aim to match people with jobs in Northern Tasmania. Industries that are already involved with the service include manufacturing, agriculture, health and aged care and tourism.
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The hub is based on the Southern East Employment hub in Sorrell which BBAMZ chief executive Susie Bower said had been incredibly successful.
"They've had enormous success down there, Sorell is one of the fastest-growing areas in Tasmania ... I think their quarterly reports came out and they've filled 140 positions and from our early responses, we feel that's something that will happen up here," she said.
"We have gone with the growth areas for our municipalities ... due to all the construction in the area we have added construction because there is a real need to find workers for construction."
Launceston mayor Albert van Zetten said that the council had full belief that this new project would be a success.
"In a post-COVID environment, it will be vitally important that all sectors work collaboratively to provide support for job-making initiatives," he said.
"The council believes that the Northern Employment and Business hub will do just that by providing the pivotal link between job seekers and those in the industry looking for suitably skilled employees."
Andrew MacGregor, from the Tasmanian Community Fund, said the organisation was proud to bring this idea to life with the funding.
"The Tasmanian Community Fund is very excited to see this program up and running ... it helps foster collaboration between the three greater Tamar councils which is fantastic," he said.
"We're already seeing positive gains from the projects in these very early days."
The service is funded by $452,000 from the Tasmanian Community Fund and is online via its website.
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