Support assistance to help your business grow

Support assistance is now available under the Jobs Assist Program to eligible Queensland businesses for consultancy services to help businesses weather current economic conditions, retain employees and grow.

JOBA Management Services® is proud to be approved to deliver support services under the Queensland Government's Jobs Assist program.

What’s available?

Who’s eligible?

What specialist skills can JOBA Management Services® provide?

Commence your application now

Don't delay - Jobs Assist support is only available for a limited time and is being awarded on a first-come, first-served basis!

To see if you may be eligible complete contact Craig Baldwin on 3260 7176 or 0438 322 566 or via email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

What’s available

As part of the Jobs Assist program, the State Government will provide JOBA Management Services© with the following for eligible applicants:

Stage 1

$3,000 to diagnose and assess key issues impacting your business and develop an action plan which will improve your business model.

Stage 2

$5,000 to engage consultants to mentor and assist with the implementation of the priority strategies identified in Stage 1.

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Who’s eligible?

To be eligible for Jobs Assist support, the business must:

1. be one of the following:

• be located within a Priority Employment Area* under the Federal Government's Keep Australia Working strategy (refer Priority Employment Areas below); or

• fall within key industries* and be considered of critical or strategic importance to the State, region, industry or in a significant sectoral supply chain (refer key industries list below)

And

2. be experiencing one of the following:

• the variation in working capital is negative and has declined by more than 25% between the two points in time i.e. 30 June 2009 and the most recent reporting period,

Or

• the business begins the two point period with negative working capital and remains in that position at the end of the two point period.

And

3. employ 10 or more full time employees; and

4. have an established operating base in Queensland; and

5. have an ABN (registered in Queensland) and be registered for GST

Key industries*

Priority Employments Areas*

If your organisation does not qualify as a key industry*(refer list above) and provided you meet the qualifying criteria (listed above), you may qualify on the basis of being located in a priority employment area within Queensland.

Attached is a list of the priority employment areas.

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What specialist skills can JOBA Management Services provide?

JOBA Management Services® are highly experienced turnaround management professionals. Please feel free to navigate around our website to see how we can help your business.

JOBA Management Services is able to provide assistance in the following regions:

• Brisbane

• Ipswich & Logan

• Gold Coast

• Darling Downs – Toowoomba - Warwick

• Wide Bay – Bundaberg – Maryborough - Hervey Bay - Burnett

• Caboolture & Sunshine Coast & Gympie

• Gladstone & Rockhampton

On request, and subject to DEEDI approval, we will consider appointments outside these nominated regions.

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Commence your application now

You believe your business qualifies. Where to from here?

If you have any further queries feel free to contact Craig Baldwin from our office on 3260 7176 or 0438 322 566 or by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or your local DEEDI (Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation).

Wish to proceed?

Step 1

Contact your local DEEDI Office (refer below) for an application form to complete.

Step 2

Submit the application form to DEEDI.

The contact details for DEEDI are listed below.

Step 3

Once admitted into the program you need to nominate your preferred consultant

If you elect to use JOBA Management Services (nominated primary contact Craig Baldwin):

• Advise DEEDI;

• Advise JOBA Management Services at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and we will look after it from there.

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DEEDI OFFICES*

BRISBANE OFFICES

Phone: 1300 363 711

Interstate Callers: 07 3001 6359

Website: www.business.qld.gov.au

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*Relating to regions we are currently servicing only.