Creating Opportunity for Young People
Helping young people make the transition through school and from school to work, further education and training.
Illawarra Schools Workplace Learning Program Incorporated (Workplace Learning) has been in operation since 1997.
We provide services and programs that increase individual employability skills, through coordination, advice and mentoring, giving young people the highest possible chance of success. This includes identifying existing skills and career interests, as well as any barriers to engaging in education, training or employment. We are a not-for-profit locally-based organisation servicing the Illawarra, Southern Highlands, Shoalhaven, South Coast and Far South Coast, with offices in Albion Park and Nowra.Building confidence and shaping career aspirations while creating an understanding of workplace needs and expectations.
Staff
We work collaboratively with local business and industry, education providers, government agencies and community organisations to provide young people with meaningful work, career and personal development opportunities.

Marty Burgess
CEO
Illawarra, Southern Highlands, Shoalhaven & South Coast

Linda Hawkins
School – Business Partnership Manager & Team Leader
Shoalhaven & South Coast

Jarrett Austin
Manager Compliance and Finance
Illawarra, Southern Highlands, Shoalhaven & South Coast

Ella Burton
School – Business Partnership Manager
Shoalhaven & South Coast

Stephanie Spicer
School – Business Partnership Manager
Illawarra & Southern Highlands

Julie Connor
School – Business Partnership Manager
Illawarra & Southern Highlands

Mellinda Klein
School – Business Partnership Manager
Shoalhaven & South Coast
Board
Workplace Learning’s Board of Directors are drawn from its membership base.
It consists of people with strong links to local industry, schools and the broader community who have a shared vision. Strong partnerships between schools, industry, families and the community will be a vital contributor to achieving our mission to assist young people secure their future. As a not-for-profit organisation, Workplace Learning operates under the NSW Associations Incorporation Act 2009 and Associations Incorporation Regulation 2016.

