Presentations

Jo is Professor of Human Resource Management at the Peter Faber Business School, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne. She has spent over two decades working in and around employment services.

As part of the Good Work Research Group, Jo is currently leading an Australian Research Council Linkage (with partners Social Ventures Australia, Asuria, Jobsbank and Jobs Victoria) to analyse how employment service providers can work with employers to capitalise on hidden talent and to develop job quality standards for Australia. She also leads the evaluation of Social Ventures Australia’s Employer Innovation Labs and is a co-lead on an Economic and Social Research Council-funded grant on the role of social procurement in fostering good work in the UK, US and Australia. Jo is passionate about making employment services work for candidates and employers and works with government and practitioners to support policy and practice.

Jo has lived experience of disabilities, is a Fellow of the Institute of Employability Professionals and co-chairs the UK Employment Related Services Association’s Employer Engagement Forum. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Chartered Academic Member of the Australian Human Resource Institute and a member of the Australian Research Council’s College of Experts.

Employer Engagement: Making Active Labour Market Policies Work co-edited by Jo Ingold and Patrick McGurk (Bristol University Press) out now in paperback: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/employer-engagement

Dr. Qian Yi Lee is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Australian Catholic University. She is an experienced qualitative researcher with research interests in frontline management, performance management, hidden talent inclusion. Qian is currently working on three projects on employers, employment services, and job quality/good work.  

Jason McCurry (he/him) is the Programs Manager at Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA), where he has worked for the last 5 years. During this time, he has led several projects which centre and amplify the voices and lived experiences of young people with disability, including the National Youth Disability Leadership Program, the National Youth Disability Summit, the DREAM Employment Network and the Employer Innovation Lab – Young People with Disability. Key focuses of Jason’s work are on leadership, capacity building, systems change and advocacy on national topics and issues such as employment, education and society’s attitudes.

He has lived experience of disability and mental illness, living with Tourette Syndrome, Anxiety and OCD since a young age. Throughout his career, Jason has worked in diversity and inclusion, disability advocacy, sports and event management across many different industries including not for profit, sports, local government, higher education and agency.

He is passionate about supporting marginalised groups in the community including people with disability to ensure they are provided an opportunity to participate in decision making on key issues that are important to their lives. Outside of his work at CYDA, he enjoys sharing his lived experience with community groups, schools, organisations and the general public for awareness and education purposes to improve the understanding and remove the stigmas and stereotypes and low expectations of disability in society.