Professor Jo Ingold has a First Class Honours Degree from the University of Bristol and a Master's in Sociological Research and a PhD from the University of Sheffield. Jo was first in family to university and prior to becoming an academic worked in UK central government and the non-profit sector.

Jo began working at the Peter Faber Business School in November 2023, having previously worked at Deakin Business School and Leeds University Business School.

Jo's teaching and research focuses on employment and skills programs, employer engagement and the workplace inclusion of under-leveraged talent. She has been awarded a number of grants in the UK and Australia, including most recently evaluating initiatives to foster sustainable employment pathways for Aboriginal communities and industry partnerships with the employment services and recruitment sectors.

She is currently leading a program of research focused on employers, job quality and employment services - an ARC Linkage (with partners Jobsbank, Asuria, Jobs Victoria and Social Ventures Australia) an UK Research and Innovation Standard Grant and the evaluation of Social Ventures Australia's Employer Innovation Labs.

She works closely with government and industry to translate her research into policy and practice. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Employability Professionals and co-chairs the UK Employment Related Services Association's Employer Engagement Forum. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Chartered Academic Member of the Australian Human Resource Institute. She is Editor of Work, Employment and Society and is on the Editorial Board of the Australian Journal of Social issues.