AUSTRALIA · GRANT

Remote Jobs and Economic Development Program - Round 4

The RJED Program seeks to fund 6,000 new jobs by 2030 to support job seekers currently participating in or that are eligible for Remote Australia Employment Services (RAES), to move into employment. There are two streams of funding available, Job Creation – to fund the cost of wages and related entitlements, and the Community Jobs and Business Fund (CJBF) –…

Key facts

Agency
Agency not disclosed
Location
NSW, SA, WA, QLD, NT
Status
Open
Opened
28 Oct 2026
Closing
17 Mar 2027
Funding
$56M
Categories
201003 - Transition to Work

Summary and scope

The RJED Program seeks to fund 6,000 new jobs by 2030 to support job seekers currently participating in or that are eligible for Remote Australia Employment Services (RAES), to move into employment. There are two streams of funding available, Job Creation – to fund the cost of wages and related entitlements, and the Community Jobs and Business Fund (CJBF) – to provide funding for equipment, operational costs and infrastructure to directly support bringing jobs created under the Job Creation stream into existence. For the purposes of the RJED program, a new job is: a job which does not already exist within an organisation and does not displace an existing employee, or a job that is transitioning from a RAES Community Project. As job allocations are based on NIAA regions, you will need submit a separate application for each NIAA region where you intend to deliver a job. For example: If you apply for jobs located in more than one RAES region, but all those jobs are in the same NIAA region, you will only need to submit one application for those jobs. If you apply for jobs located in more than one RAES region, and those jobs are in different NIAA regions, you will need to submit a separate application for the jobs in each NIAA region. Further guidance on the linkages between RAES regions and NIAA regions are in the RJED Grant Opportunity Guidelines (RJED GOGs) at Appendix A. For information about how the Agency manages personal information in the administration of its grants, please see the Grants and Funding page of the NIAA website - https://www.niaa.gov.au/indigenous-affairs/grants-and-funding. General information about the Agency’s privacy policies is also included below.

Eligibility

The Agency cannot consider applications that do not satisfy all the eligibility criteria. Organisations that are not eligible to apply for funding are encouraged to consider partnering with an eligible organisation. To be eligible to receive funding you must be an eligible organisation offering an eligible job to an eligible employee.

Source and freshness

Source update date not provided

Information shown is sourced from public opportunity records. Official buyer documents and addenda take precedence for deadlines, eligibility and submission requirements.