About The Program
The program will support 1,000 women over a two-year period to equip them with the necessary supports to enter, progress and succeed in paid employment and build careers that benefit them for the long-term.
The program is particularly focused on providing access to:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait women (for whom applications will be considered first for acceptance into the program)
- women from culturally diverse backgrounds
- women with disability
- women living in regional, rural, and remote areas.
Training and resources
Participants in the Future Women Jobs Academy program will have access to:
- online resources and bespoke learning hub
- leadership masterclasses and training programs
- professional development, coaching, and mentoring
- Jobs and Skills Fair webinars
- a two-day leadership summit
- lifetime Jobs Academy membership
Who can apply
Participants will only be eligible to participate in Jobs Academy if they:
- identify as a woman or gender diverse person
- live in the state of New South Wales
- are at least 18 years of age at time of application
- are an Australian citizen or permanent resident or have working rights in Australia
How to Apply
Applications open on 27 May 2025 and close on 21 July 2025.
The program begins on 4 August 2025 and concludes in June 2026.
For more information visit Future Women Jobs Academy.
Women’s workforce participation in NSW has increased over the past 2 decades from 54% of women in December 2001 to 61% in December 20231.
However, women continue to work fewer hours than men, they are more likely to be underemployed and spend longer periods of time out of the workforce. The participation rates reduce the more intersectional a women's experience is.
The gender pay gap, workforce 'gender-segregation' and caring responsibilities are further barriers that mean potentially up to 30% of women never re-enter the workforce.
This not only places labour shortages across industries, but it also has social and economic impacts. For example, the NSW economy would increase 8% by 2061 if women in NSW participated in the paid workforce at the same rate as men over the next 20 years2.
This investment aims to:
- increase women’s labour force participation in NSW
- decreases the underemployment rate for women in NSW
- support women’s lifetime financial security
- increase the skills and education levels of working women in NSW
- promote gender diversity in under-represented industries and sectors
- increase gender diversity in decision making and leadership roles in NSW.
The program will be delivered by Australian company Future Women (FW) in partnership with the NSW Government.
See the Future Women Jobs Academy Grant Program for more information.
Future Women supports Australian women to enter, progress and succeed in paid employment and build long term meaningful careers.
Future Women Jobs Academy was launched in 2022 and has developed and delivered pre-employment programs for thousands of women across Australia.
The Jobs Academy offers tailored support, training and mentoring as well as providing access to a community of women dedicated to participants' personal and professional development.
FW have also developed Gender Equity training, providing skills and advice to employers to dismantle the cultural and structural barriers that hinder gender equity in the workplace.
The first intake of the program will conclude in June 2025 and a mid-program analysis relieved that nearly 75% of participants were actively looking for work or applying for further study, with 85% reporting that they now felt well equipped to search for work.
To be eligible to apply, you need to be living in NSW and over 18 years of age, be unemployed, working in insecure, casualised or part-time work or working in a minimum, or low wage role.
Applications to the Jobs Academy are managed by Future Women through their online portal.