Certified career counsellor (preston)

Position Information

Position Number: 3875

Department: Student Engagement and International Community Partnerships

Role Type: Non-teaching

Job Type: Part time

Contract: Ongoing

Location: Preston

Applications Close: 09 September 2024

Annual Salary: $82,373 - $88,432 (pro rata) + Superannuation

About the Role

The Certified Career Counsellor at Melbourne Polytechnic's Skills and Jobs Centre will provide high‐quality, impartial career guidance to a diverse range of clients, including retrenched workers and CALD students. The role involves delivering one‐on‐one counselling, course advice, and work‐readiness workshops while liaising with students, employers and community services, ensuring alignment with government priorities and coordinating referrals to appropriate service providers.

Responsibilities

• Provide training course advice and pathway services across Melbourne Polytechnic and a range of institutions.
• Use sound judgement and critical analysis to refer job seekers to triage services with CEAV, employment agencies, financial support services and social welfare services.
• Build and maintain quality partnerships with relevant Melbourne Polytechnic stakeholders, industries and other TAFE providers.
• Collaborate with other stakeholders and agencies such as PRACE, Matchworks, Brotherhood, Darebin Youth Services, Koorie Services and Multi‐Skills.
• Represent Melbourne Polytechnic SJC at appropriate forums and meetings.
• Collaborate with the Manager, Coordinator and wider Student Acquisitions team to develop and deliver integrated career education materials.
• Develop, plan, organise, coordinate and deliver innovative careers events, workshops and programmes.

Skills and Experience Required

• A relevant Bachelor's degree or Graduate Certificate in Career Development/Counselling and five or more years' experience in a specialised career counselling role.
• Knowledge of career development theory and practice, including at least four years of evidence‐based theory and practice implementation.
• Demonstrable knowledge of the labour market and TAFE and Community Services sectors.
• Experience motivating and influencing people regarding sensitive issues or encouraging a particular course of action.
• High‐level interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate sensitively and effectively with a wide range of customers from diverse cultural backgrounds.
• Current Working with Children Check (Employee) – mandatory.
• Current National Police Check – mandatory.
• A current International Police Check if you have resided continuously in an overseas country for 12 months or more in the last ten years.

Diversity and Inclusion

Melbourne Polytechnic is proud to be an equal chance employer committed to being a child‐safe organisation, ensuring children and young people are protected from abuse or harm.