The Victorian Skills Authority (VSA) funds the VDC to provide opportunities to the Victorian workforce at Skills First providers.

As part of the Workforce Development initiative targeting organisational capability, VDC has developed the Workforce Development Grant opportunity for operational innovation and workforce capability projects to selected providers that have a Skills First contract.

The VDC Workforce Development Grants aims to provide financial support to Skills First Providers to build workforce capability and development within the VET Sectors to support training providers in maintaining quality practices.

Two (2) project grants of $25,000 and six (6) project grants of $15,000 will be available to successful applicants.

VDC will accept applications only from training organisations that have a Skills First contract and eligible providers are invited to submit a workforce development funding proposal for the project.

The projects applicants will be encouraged to focus on areas of organisational workforce capability that also align with Skills First initiatives. Projects may range from general teaching and learning practice, staff induction and ongoing support, the exploration of a key workforce issue, a feature of good practice or the needs of a particular practitioner or specialist group.

The organisational capability project duration must be completed by Monday 2 December 2024. It is expected that successful projects will demonstrate measurable impacts and practical outcomes such as:

• Build skills and capability within the VET workforce
• Allow greater mobility and transference of knowledge and skills across the VET system
• Enhance the capacity of the organisation and the system as a whole
• Improved outcomes for learners
• High quality teaching and learning practice resources
• Strategies to sustain new and improved practices
• Commitment to ongoing teaching and learning initiatives

Upon successful completion of the Workforce Development Grant project, the lead project representatives will be recognised as a VDC alumni, providing opportunities to attend future grants networking sessions, the sharing of outcomes and findings with incoming grant recipients and the wider VET sector through exclusive interactions and presentations with VDC.