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Abstract:
The Alice Springs Desert Park has achieved and sustained a high level of Aboriginal employment compared to most other Australian government organisations and the Australian private sector. For more than 10 years, between 20% and 25% of its staff of about 50 people have been Aboriginal people. They include Aboriginal people who have previous work experience, elders with strong cultural knowledge, and young Aboriginal people being introduced to a workplace culture through apprenticeships and traineeships. Factors that account for the success of Aboriginal employment at the Alice Springs Desert Park (ASDP) are analysed in this report. The research focused on the opinions and experiences of Aboriginal staff, as well as analysing factors identified by ASDP managers that supported Aboriginal employment. The Indigenous Employment and Evaluation (IEE) Tool (Tiplady & Barclay 2007b), developed within the mining industry, was used as an analytical framework, particularly for the views of ASDP managers. The IEE Tool is based on a business planning approach and is designed to aid organisations to develop and manage an effective Aboriginal employment program. It was found to be less applicable to understanding the factors that were important to Aboriginal staff about their ASDP employment.
