The Regional Jobs Fund provides Victorian Government financial assistance primarily to businesses seeking to develop and expand operations in regional Victoria. The aim of the Regional Jobs Fund is to attract new investment, create new jobs, and in some cases retain existing jobs  in regional Victoria and to support businesses to improve their productivity and competitiveness.

Deadline

Closes on 30 June 2022.

The Regional Jobs Fund is a competitive fund with applications received throughout the 2020-21 and 2021-22 financial years, or unless the funds are exhausted prior.

Overview and Grant Amount

The Regional Jobs Fund looks to support projects which create employment opportunities across industry sectors where regional competitive advantage exists. This includes, but is not limited to:

• food and fibre
• advanced manufacturing
• professional services
• new energy technology
• medical technology, life sciences and healthcare
• transport, defence and construction technology

The Regional Jobs and Infrastructure Fund (RJIF) has a total of $156 million funding budget to drive recovery in rural and regional Victoria.

Eligibility and Criteria

Applications will be considered from:

• private sector businesses
• business and industry groups including:
  • • chambers of commerce and business associations
    • industry peak bodies
    • business and industry clusters and network

Projects delivered must also be within the locations listed below.

Eligible locations

Projects delivered within the following locations can apply for RJIF funding, in accordance with relevant program eligibility criteria.

Regional Cities	Large Rural Councils	Small Rural Councils and Alpine Resorts
Ballarat	Bass Coast	Alpine
Greater Bendigo	Baw Baw	Ararat
Greater Geelong	Campaspe	Benalla
Greater Shepparton	Colac-Otway	Buloke
Horsham	Corangamite	Central Goldfields
Latrobe	East Gippsland	Gannawarra
Mildura	Glenelg	Hepburn
Wangaratta	Golden Plains	Hindmarsh
Warrnambool	Macedon Ranges	Indigo
Wodonga	Mitchell	Loddon
	Moira	Mansfield
	Moorabool	Murrindindi
	Mount Alexander	Northern Grampians
	Moyne	Pyrenees
	South Gippsland	Queenscliffe
	Southern Grampians	Strathbogie
	Surf Coast	Towong
	Swan Hill	West Wimmera
	Wellington	Yarriambiack
		Mt Baw Baw
		Falls Creek
		Mt Hotham
		Mt Buller
		Mt Stirling
		Lake Mountain

Table 1 – Eligible Locations

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