Our Strategic Plan
Built for the future. Grounded in culture. Accountable to community.
Indigenous Job Match (IJM) is a subsidiary and flagship social enterprise initiative of Cultural Nexus Indigenous Corporation (CNIC), a 100% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander owned, governed and led organisation.
Our work is guided by the Cultural Nexus Indigenous Corporation Strategic Plan 2025–2029, which sets out a clear pathway for creating culturally safe systems, strengthening economic participation and supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to lead self-determined futures.
IJM plays a central role in bringing this strategy to life.
Through Indigenous Job Match, CNIC is working to transform the way employers recruit, engage, retain and support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Our purpose goes beyond connecting people with vacancies. We want to help create employment pathways where culture is respected, candidates are supported and employers are accountable for the environments they create.
Where we are heading
Under the Strategic Plan, CNIC has established ambitious targets for Indigenous Job Match through to 2029, including:
1,000+ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander job seekers registered with IJM
200 culturally safe employers endorsed and actively engaged
500 employment placements into culturally safe roles
90%+ satisfaction among job seekers placed through IJM
Partnerships with 15+ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations
Assessment of employers using CNIC's Cultural Compass
Continued investment in digital technology that makes employment opportunities and career support more accessible to mob nationally. CNIC Strategic Plan 2025 - 2029.pdfPDF
These targets sit within six broader strategic priorities: Culturally Safe Employment Pathways, Cultural Education & Truth-Telling, Systems Change & Advocacy, Organisational Sustainability, Community Empowerment & Mentoring, and Innovation & Tech for Mob. CNIC Strategic Plan 2025 - 2029.pdfPDF
More than a job board
Our vision for Indigenous Job Match is deliberately bigger than becoming another recruitment website.
We are building a national First Nations employment platform that connects mob with opportunity while encouraging employers to move beyond statements, targets and good intentions towards genuine cultural safety and accountability.
As CNIC grows, IJM will continue to evolve alongside it, using technology, community relationships, cultural knowledge and employment expertise to help remove barriers and create better pathways into meaningful work.
Our Strategic Plan is our commitment to where we are going, how we intend to get there, and how we will remain accountable to the communities we exist to serve.
You can read the full Cultural Nexus Indigenous Corporation Strategic Plan 2025–2029 below.