IHG firms up commitment to indigenous employment
Australian employment service Mission Australia is teaming up with InterContinental Hotels Group to help boost Indigenous employment in Australia’s hospitality industry.
Mission Australia’s Natalie Therese said the new joint Indigenous Employment Program (IEP) aims to help tackle Indigenous unemployment by placing 60 Indigenous job seekers in roles within IHG’s InterContinental, Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn hotels across Australia within the next 12 months.
The initiative, funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, is the first nationwide IEP partnership involving Mission Australia, following the success of a number of local IEPs in individual states.
“This partnership is about opening doors and creating opportunities for Indigenous Australians to get a start in the hospitality industry,†Therese said.
“Across the country right now, Mission Australia has more than 3,700 Indigenous people registered as active job seekers.â€
IHG chief operating officer Australasia, Bruce McKenzie said, “We set a clear target of ensuring at least three percent of our Australian workforce is made up of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders within three years, when we introduced the hospitality industry’s first Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) late last year.
“Our partnership with Mission Australia will help us make tangible progress toward realising that commitment.â€
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