Premier Peter Gutwein said hubs would be established at St Helens, Burnie, Huonville and Brighton with the investment to cover four years.

Mr Gutwein said the investment included $1.5 million to allow the non-government sector, with organisations like TasCOSS and the Beacon Foundation, to form a partnership with the jobs hub network.

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He said the hubs would work as linkages between local employers and young people and the long-term unemployed in particular.

Mr Gutwein said it was anticipated that the new hubs would provide 2000 jobs for those who were out of work.

There are already jobs hubs established in Bell Bay, Sorell, Glenorchy, and in the Break O'Day municipality.

The Premier's Economic and Social Recovery Advisory Council in its report released this month stated improvements needed to be made to the established jobs hubs scheme in Tasmania.

"While well-intentioned, such projects appear to be funded on an ad hoc basis through different agencies and are all short term," it said.

It recommended the local networks link to other services and that a job seeker's barriers and opportunities be considered at an individual level.

"In line with local workforce catchments, there would need to be between 6 to 12 Jobs Tasmania local networks across the state," it said.

In November, Labor announced a jobs policy which would see 10 jobs hubs established in Tasmanian regional communities at a cost of $17.5 million over four years.

Colony 47 chief executive Danny Sutton said the announcement considered learnings from the Sorell jobs hub in particular.

This included ensuring there was positive engagement and a relationship with industry, schools, training providers, community networks and local government.

Mr Sutton said it was important local people were working directly with local industry and local jobseekers to understand their specific needs.

TasCOSS chief executive Adrienne Picone said an investment in jobseekers was the best investment a government could make at this moment.

"The dividend is local people into local jobs," she said.

"For every job available in Tasmania today there are 14 job seekers - twice the national average - which points clearly to the need to do more to support out of work Tasmanians through employment initiatives and training pathways across Tasmania."

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