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 improving the systems that support young people to gain employment in Australia.
This update is an overview of the evaluation purpose, design and data collection. For more detail or if you have any questions, please contact the NYEB Evaluation Team at nyebevaluation@bsl.org.au
Aims and purpose
- Identify outcomes that the NYEB has contributed to, or achieved, in communities and the broader employment system
- Contribute to knowledge about how the NYEB model is working towards its outcomes, and the factors that enable or are barriers
- Explore stakeholder perceptions of the value the NYEB brings to the youth employment system
- Offer findings and recommendations for strengthening the NYEB model and the youth employment system that can be utilised by NYEB stakeholders including policy makers
Who is involved?
The NYEB evaluation team, from the Brotherhood of St. Laurence’s (BSL’s) Social Policy and Research Centre, will undertake the evaluation, drawing on NYEB knowledge and practice.
The evaluation team will invite engagement from local and national NYEB alliance members and integrate observations from external stakeholders. The evaluation team will also draw from existing documentation and ongoing monitoring data.
Key steps and activities
| Evaluation step | Activities | |
| Ongoing | Monitoring activities and practices | CIC monitoring data; Reflective practice notes; Outcomes stories tracking . |
| Share evaluation insights | Share learning and support use with partners, funders, and government in CoPPs, CoPs, and written reports. | |
| 2025 | Phase 1 data collection; building breadth of understanding | CIC Focus group discussions & survey; Lead Partner interviews; Enabling Organisation focus group |
| Initial interpretation and analysis of data | Prioritise emerging outcome stories for further exploration in phase 2. | |
| 2026 | Phase 2 data collection; building depth of understanding | Lead Partner and CIC member interviews; National Governance Group member survey; Enabling Organisation Focus group & interviews; External/national level stakeholder interviews. |
| Analysis, interpretation and sense- making of findings | Test findings with key stakeholders. | |
| 2027 | Prepare and disseminate Final Report (for first quarter 2027) | Write and edit report; tailor outputs for different audiences, share with key audiences. |