Solution: To meet the increased demand in the industry, SIAA implemented a Niceboard-powered job board. The user-friendly and accessible interface keeps admin time to around 30 minutes per week.
Impact: SIAA’s job board serves as an asset for the association’s members, while also benefiting the Australian space industry as the only Australian central job board for the sector.
Challenge
Due to the global surge in interest in space, the Space Industry Association of Australia (SIAA) wanted to build a centralized job platform to help professionals to break into this desirable market.
As an advocacy group, SIAA aims to connect professionals with decision-makers and industry players, but the lack of a centralized job platform stood in the way of bringing new people into the space industry.
With a growing market, the need for a centralized job board became apparent to facilitate connections between an interested workforce and the industry. This was particularly crucial for those seeking entry-level positions, as breaking into the space sector was difficult without a dedicated platform to look for jobs.
The job board acts as a centralized place that allows us to promote member jobs and opportunities to a wider audience and to the space industry in general.
Solution
To address this critical need, SIAA adopted Niceboard to create a centralized job board that serves as a benefit to the association’s members and to the broader Australian space industry.
The Niceboard-powered platform allows members to upload their listings directly, for free while allowing the association to charge a fee for non-members. This self-serve system minimizes the administrative burden on the staff.
Niceboard’s software is user-friendly, accessible, and requires minimal management time—a mere 30 minutes per week—to maintain. And with SIAA’s platform being the Australian space industry’s only central job board, it’s a membership perk worth promoting.
We've heard positive feedback from member companies who have filled roles through our job board platform. They really appreciate it.
Impact
The job board runs smoothly, and has allowed SIAA to facilitate dozens of job applications in the rapidly expanding Australian space industry.
- Adding member value: Direct feedback from their member organizations proves that several organizations have successfully filled roles through the job board, reinforcing its value as a member offering to help capture talented industry professionals.
- Demonstrating the diversity of roles: The platform highlights a wide range of job types beyond STEM, showcasing the diversity of specialities and seniorities within the space sector: "There's a place in space for everyone".
- Increasing job visibility: The job board has generated more exposure for the posted positions, making it easier for companies to find candidates and for entry-level job seekers to engage with the industry.