Mas National is deeply invested in improving employment and work opportunities for Indigenous Australians.
Mas National’s Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) provides a framework for organisations to support national reconciliation. For over 25 years, Mas has engaged with local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to provide training and employment opportunities.
The RAP framework allows us to codify our contribution to reconciliation by:
Mas Community works with Registered Training Organisations (RTOs), Group Training Organisations (GTOs) and industry groups to promote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ participation in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) system.
The Ngopamuldi Aboriginal Corporation is one of the specialist organisations that Mas engages with to provide support services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
We also invest in cultural awareness training for all staff members and have developed stakeholder engagement with organisations that support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
The Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business has identified reconciliation priorities which Mas Community wholeheartedly supports. Some of these include:
We support the Government’s target of halving the gap in employment outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
We support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees to build on their skills and knowledge to pursue career opportunities
We attract talented Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples through respectful and inclusive recruitment practice
We engage with more Indigenous owned and managed businesses in the future.
Mas Community strives to support marginalised members of the community find and keep employment. We aim to address gaps in access and participation in education and employment through our services.