Employment Consultant
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About This Role
We are seeking a highly motivated and passionate professional to work closely with people with disabilities, connecting them to sustainable employment opportunities.
This role involves utilising a person-centred approach to tailor services and support participants into meaningful employment, developing positive partnerships with local employers, enhancing employability through referrals to support services and training, providing in-employment support to sustain employment, marketing participants' skills to prospective employers, achieving program performance and quality benchmarks, maintaining detailed accurate records and adhering to all compliance requirements, participating actively in the local community to promote services.
Key Responsibilities
* Utilise a person-centred approach to tailor services and support participants into meaningful employment.
* Develop positive partnerships with local employers to create employment opportunities for participants.
* Enhance employability through referrals to support services and training.
* Provide in-employment support to sustain employment.
* Market participants' skills to prospective employers.
* Achieve program performance and quality benchmarks.
* Maintain detailed accurate records and adhere to all compliance requirements.
* Participate actively in the local community to promote services.
Required Skills and Qualifications
* Passionate & motivated with a positive attitude and a strong desire to help participants succeed in employment.
* Relationship builders with strong customer service skills to build positive relationships with participants and employers.
* Quality-focused with attention to detail and ability to follow guidelines.
* Problem solvers capable of thinking outside the square and developing strategies for sustainable employment placement.
* Tech-savvy and confident in using computers and online systems.
Benefits
* Above award pay rates.
* Performance bonus scheme based on benchmarks.
* Birthday leave – a paid day off on your birthday.
* Additional leave – an extra week off after 3 years of service.
* Ongoing learning and development opportunities.
* Recognition through monthly and annual awards.
Others
This position requires a National Police Check, relevant state-based screening, a valid driver's license, and reliable transport. Applicants must have the right to work in Australia.
We are committed to creating a culturally safe environment that supports everyone's identity and culture. We welcome applications from Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples, individuals with disabilities, those with lived experience, members of the LGBTIQA+ communities, and people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.