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PACE Mentoring: Announcing Participating Organisations!

AND welcomes Amazon, Jewish Care Australia, and Geoscience to participate in PACE for the first time.

Mentors from the following organisations will be participating in PACE Spring 2022:

• Amazon
• ANZ Bank
• ASIC
• Australian Federal Police (AFP)
• Australian Public Service Commission
• Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications
• George Weston Foods (Mauri)
• Geoscience Australia
• IBM
• Jewish Care Australia
• Medibank
• Optus
• VIC Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions

This Spring, we welcome Amazon, Jewish Care Australia and Geoscience Australia to participate in PACE Mentoring Program for the very first time!

More organisations will be announced next week. Stay tuned!

You’re invited – free information session next Thursday

Join AND at the free online information session next Thursday for an overview of the program.

You are invited to dial in if you are a student or jobseeker with disability, a parent or carer of someone with disability, or disability employment service providers and other people who work with people with a disability, mental health condition or chronic illness.

• Thursday 23rd June, 3:30pm – 4:30pm (click here to register)
  *all in Sydney/Canberra/Melbourne time (AEST)

Contact our team on 1300 36 36 45 or applications@and.org.au if you require accessibility adjustments.

• Register for the information session on 23 June 

Locations

This round, mentors are participating in: Adelaide, Bendigo, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. There will also be virtual mentoring options for regional students and jobseekers.

Eligibility

Anyone 18 years or over with any type of disability, mental health condition or chronic illness is eligible for the PACE Mentoring Program.

How do I apply?

Submit an online application form here by midnight 3 July 2022 (Sunday).

Applied for a previous round of PACE Mentoring?

There is no limitation on how many times you can apply or participate in the program if you still meet the criteria, and we can copy your previous application over if you reach out to us.

• Find out more about the PACE Mentoring Program on our website here.

Study Stress and Support Seeking – Have Your Say!

• Click here to view the original blog post.

Here is the Qualtrics Survey Link:
https://monash.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0MqM78ZMKUmBBsi

Also re-attached is the flyer.

Stage 2 Reforms of the Transport Standards

– Have Your Say at a Public Consultation Event

Registrations for upcoming public consultations events for Stage 2 Reforms of the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport 2002 are now open.

People with disability, their families and carers, advocacy groups, the transport industry and government are invited to provide feedback on the proposed Stage 2 Reform options through upcoming public consultation events held from 17 June to mid-July 2022.

There are several opportunities to get involved, including in webinars, online community workshops and online written discussion boards.

• Further information about the events including registration details can be viewed on the Stage 2 Reforms – Public Consultations webpage.

You can also respond to the Consultation Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) and share your experiences any time until 9 August:

• in writing, or via video or audio recording by email to DisabilityTransport@infrastructure.gov.au
• by telephone (free call) to 1800 621 372
• through an online survey

An updated stakeholder pack, including a newsletter about the consultation events, key messages and summary documents has been developed to inform and promote the package of reforms.

We encourage you to use these documents wherever possible.

The stakeholder pack is available at this web address.

• Find out more, including other ways to get involved, at www.infrastructure.gov.au/TransportAccessibility or by phoning (free call) to 1800 621 372.

A Range of Internships Available Now with Cummins

GradWISE has recently partnered with Cummins and has a plethora (50 attached) of internship opportunities ranging from:

• engineering
• business analyst
• accounting/finance
• communications and marketing
• IT
• legal
• health safety and environment
• project management
• supply chain
• and human resources

GradWISE are now collating interest from students and graduates. They will assist students with putting their application together, support them with adjustments (if required) and discuss the application process.

Questions from Cummins to Consider

Below are some questions from Cummins that the students should think about depending on their disciplines.

Montage Questions

CBS IT

• Explain your understanding around what business IT means and how that relates back to a company. Where does that fit and what value does it bring to an organisation?

Corporate IT

• Explain your understanding around what business IT means and how that relates back to a company. Where does that fit and what value does it bring to an organisation?

Corporate Accounting

• What type of accounting stream that you would like to pursue in your career? EG: Banking, professional firms or industry?

CBS Accounting

• What type of accounting stream that you would like to pursue in your career? EG: Banking, professional firms or industry?

HSE

• What is your understanding of the role of HSE in an organisation?

Mech Power Gen

• How will a mechanical engineer influence change in power generation with the increase in renewable energy in the next 10 years?

HR APM

• What do you know about the Australian Apprenticeship system and the Cummins Apprenticeship Program?

Supply Chain

• How do you believe technology with shape the future of the supply chain in the next 5 years?