Impact Areas | Education & Employment

ASA Expansion To Melbourne

Australian Spatial Analytics Ltd
Grant Amount
$90,000
Grant Type
Proactive
Grant Year
2021/2022
Grant Amount
$90,000
Grant Type
Proactive
Grant Year
2021/2022

About

Australian Spatial Analytics (ASA) is a registered not-for profit social enterprise dedicated to training and employing young data analysts with autism. Currently based in Brisbane, ASA has grown rapidly and has gone from 3 neurodiverse youth employed to 80 in the Brisbane hub in the last twelve months. To accommodate this rapid expansion, ASA will open and operate a new Centre of Excellence in Richmond, Victoria in 2022. This office, ASA's first expansion site, will create at least 20 new jobs for people with neurodiverse disabilities, namely Autism Spectrum Disorder, in the first six months of operations. ASA are commencing operations because demand for its data processing services has skyrocketed, and Victorian based organisations are seeking an alternative to offshore data processing. Of relevance are civil engineering documentations for engineering contractors to Victorian government departments. To commence, ASA requires an Operations Lead. The Operations Lead is vital to the successful delivery of data projects on time, within budget, whilst guiding a young cohort of data analysts who are new the workforce or haven’t worked for a long time. Business forecasts strongly indicate that philanthropic support for this role will only be required for the 12-month period of this project. Whitebox Enterprises is supporting ASA’s scaling through business mentoring services and connections to potential supporters and investors.

The 'ASA expansion to Melbourne' project aligns with these United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals:

8. Decent Work and Economic Growth 10. Reduced Inequality

What we're working towards

 
2. Increased economic inclusion, resilience and workforce adaptability.