The National Youth Employment Body

The National Youth Employment Body (NYEB) was established by the Brotherhood of St Laurence in 2018 to enable a coherent, multi-sectoral response to youth unemployment. The aim of the NYEB is to facilitate collaborative efforts that enable young people to secure decent work while addressing the needs of industry for a diverse and adaptable workforce.

Young people in Australia want to work. Many young people are struggling to enter a changing labour market, and when they do, it is often into highly insecure, low skilled and low paid work. COVID-19 has only exacerbated these challenges and intensified the urgency for a targeted youth unemployment response.

The NYEB is building on international evidence and the Brotherhood’s research, policy and practice experience in developing and delivering innovative employment programs, including the development of the Transition to Work Community of Practice. This work focuses on place and facilitating collaboration to connect locally driven solutions to national policy impacts and systems change.

Driving impact

The NYEB is driving impact by supporting local communities to develop flexible, integrated and scalable employment solutions that benefit young people, employers, communities and adaptive policy making across Australia, by:

  • Increasing local community capacity and productive collaboration between service providers, employers, training providers, young people, community organisations and all levels of government through Community Investment Committees, to develop, trial and scale sustainable employment opportunities for young people, that align with local employer and industry demand.
  • Showcasing and scaling innovative local skills and employment solutions for young people with national and state level policy makers.
  • Amplifying young people and employers’ leadership in local and national youth employment practice and policy development and debate.
  • Facilitating national collaboration and co-design between and across different levels of government, industry, service and education experts through the NYEB Governance Groups, to drive a comprehensive government response to youth unemployment.
  • Developing accessible resources, including tools, training, and governance and operations resources tailored to support effective practice in local contexts.
  • Building the evidence base on local to national youth employment solutions by evaluating the key elements and impact of the NYEB model, and sharing key learnings to advance the development of a coherent national approach to youth employment in-place.
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NYEB Evaluation 2025-2027 is now underway
NYEB Evaluation 2025-2027 is now underway
April 10, 2025
The National Youth employment Body (NYEB) is conducting an evaluation to build evidence about how the NYEB demonstration project works and to contribute to learning and recommendations for i...
Young Voices Lead the Charge for Change at Gold Coast Workforce Event
Young Voices Lead the Charge for Change at Gold Coast Workforce Event
March 28, 2025

Last December, the Gold Coast Youth Employment Body (GCYEB) hosted the “Attract and Grow Your Workforce” event, showcasing the valuable contributions of young people in today’s job market. Kianni Hughes – an Administration Officer currently completing a traineeship with the Queensland Department of Trade, Employment and Training (DTET) – was invited to speak on the panel and wrapped up what she learnt from the event.

Apply to be a Youth Advisory Board Member 
Apply to be a Youth Advisory Board Member 
March 14, 2025

Are you ready to develop leadership skills, help your community and work with other passionate young people? Apply to be a Youth Advisory Board Member with the National Youth Employment Body!

Community of Policy and Practice – November 2024
How we are embedding local expertise and evidence in the Youth Opportunity Compass
How we are embedding local expertise and evidence in the Youth Opportunity Compass
December 13, 2024
A range of data and evidence, including firsthand knowledge of the community, supports Community Investment Committees (CICs) to decide what action they take to strengthen local youth employ...
NYEB Evaluation Synthesis
NYEB Evaluation Synthesis
November 11, 2024
As part of the NYEB approach to building evidence, planning has begun evaluation from now into 2027. The first step was looking at what we’d learnt so far. The first step was to review and s...