By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
WORK on the National Disability Insurance Scheme Geelong head office will begin “in the next few weeks”, according to the organisation.
NDIS communications manager Dougie Herd said a construction manager had been engaged.
“It is anticipated work on the Geelong national office will be completed mid-2014.”
The NDIS will be headquartered in a refurbished office building at 43 Brougham St, oppositeTAC’s head office.
The selection of the site in Geelong’s waterfront precinct followed former mayor Keith Fagg’s call in the Independent for the office to be in the central city area.
The interim head office will have about 100 permanent staff before eventually moving to larger premises, according to then-disability reform minister Jenny Macklin.
The new head office will accommodate national operations management, a chief executive officer and executive support and corporate services.
About 300 permanent staff members are expected to be located at the headquarters once the scheme is fully rolled out from 2019/2020.
About 120 NDIS staff are working in the Barwon launch office, which opened in July.
