Your local youth development organisation

COMPACT is the catalyst between education, industry, community and government. We have excellent understanding of regional education and employment issues and extensive experience in the development of cross-sector partnerships, responsive to local need.

We provide high quality customer service and support to employers with facilitated workplacements, assist in identification of skills gaps, skill shortage solutions and recruitment strategies to promote regional industry career opportunities to the future workforce.

COMPACT develop innovative programs for career pathways investigation, skills and personal development to help people overcome barriers to education and employment.

Our professional staff assist people at all stages of the career journey across the Riverina Murray, to gain the skills, experience and professional guidance they need, enabling them to successfully transition from school to further education, training and employment.

COMPACT is governed by a volunteer Board of Management, representative of regional Business and Industry, Government, Education and Community sectors.

Our Executive Officer is based in Wagga Wagga, with Staff employed in strategic regional centres, with intimate knowledge of the community they serve.

our values

We demonstrate the following values in how we work.

  • Innovation

    Introduction of new processes and programs to produce differentiation

  • Respect

    Having regard for the feelings and rights of others

  • Communication

    Connect with others, exchange ideas and feelings, and resolve conflicts to build and maintain meaningful relationships

  • Professionalism

    Representing ourselves and our organisation to the highest possible standard

  • Ethical

    Being Honest, transparent, and having the strongest moral principles

  • Teamwork

    Working together towards shared goals and common outcomes

OUR 2022 - 2025 STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

To reach our goals, we are focused on the following four key strategic pillars. These priorities will focus our strategies over the next 4 years.

  • Viable and Effective Organisation

  • Policy and Advocacy

  • Governance, leadership and organisational capability

  • Media and Innovation

HISTORY

COMPACT Incorporated is a not for profit, career development organisation, founded in Wagga Wagga in 1991 as a direct need identified by business, industry and schools to encourage local career development opportunities and to retain local talent in regional areas. Founding member, Julie Briggs, introduced a working industry school partnership ‘COMPACT’ based on a successful model developed in the United Kingdom and Sydney in the late 1980s. Originally with only one part-time staff member, we have grown in size and capability to deliver quality career development services across the Riverina Murray region.

In November 2015, COMPACT amalgamated with Albury-based organisation MICEEP.

COMPACT now covers an expanse of over 154,000 km2. Our expertise has built strong relationships with 72 secondary schools and over 3500 current employers in various local, state and national industries.

Public Statement of commitment to Child Safety

  1. Purpose

Compact Inc. is committed to being a child safe organisation, by embedding the NSW Child Safe Standards into our leadership, governance and organisational culture.

We strive to safeguard all children’s sense of wellbeing and to keeping children safe from harm and abuse.

We acknowledge that disrespect, harm and abuse can have significant lifelong impact and we strive to ensure all children are kept free from harm whilst engaging with our services.

Compact Inc.  has zero tolerance of child abuse in our organisation.

We will engage with our youngest population in ways that are meaningful and relevant to them. We will strive to ensure our community is a place where all children are valued, respected and, above all, safe.

This reflects our commitment to the:

At Compact:

  • We respect and uphold children’s right to privacy.
  • We support and respect children of all: ages; cultures; religions; education levels. children of diverse sexualities and genders; and children with disability.
  • We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children; the cultural safety of children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds; and to providing a safe environment for children with disability.
  • We are committed to regularly training and educating our: employees; volunteers; Board members; on child abuse risks and obligations to prevent abuse and respond appropriately.