Indigenous Mentor
Exciting new opportunity working with our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates who have commenced into employment
Summary about this job
Indigenous & Multicultural Services
Company: The Salvation Army Employment Plus
Location: ACT
Work type: Full Time
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Phone: +61-3-9676-1015
Fax: +61-7-8173-9210
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Detail information about job Indigenous Mentor. Terms and conditions vacancy
- Results focused role to support our Aboriginal and Torres Strait clients
- Fast paced, fun, team environment
- Career development opportunities
- We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to apply
At the Salvation Army Employment Plus (EPlus), our experienced employment teams have been empowering people to find the right job since 1998 as part of the Australian Government's Employment Services network. We've worked with over 200,000 businesses across Australia and seen well over half a million Australians successfully placed in employment.
As an Indigenous PPS Mentor in our high performing team, you'll be responsible for our Indigenous candidates who have moved to employment, you'll be keeping in contact with them and their employer for the first three months in their new job to ensure they both have everything they need for your candidate to maintain ongoing employment whilst identifying any future employment opportunities with those employers.
You will have a demonstrated understanding and awareness of Indigenous culture. This is an outcomes focused role which provides a post placement support service to both employers and EPlus Indigenous job seekers. Implementing strong post placement support increasing sustained employment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, the role will contribute to EPlus becoming a provider of choice within the sector.
The Indigenous PPS Mentor must establish and maintain positive, ongoing relationships with local employers and with Indigenous job seekers who have been placed into employment by EPlus.
To be successful in your new role with us, you'll:
- Be driven by having clearly measured targets and achieving them in a fast paced environment;
- Have previous mentoring and/or employment services experience
- Demonstrated experience building rapport with internal and external stakeholders
Whilst Employment Services experience is highly valued, we'd love to hear from you if you believe you have transferable skills from other industries that you believe would make you a successful and valued part of our team.
At EPlus you'll be rewarded with a culture that celebrates you and your high performance, an opportunity for an accrued day off every 4 weeks; and as a registered not for profit organisation we are able to offer you access to generous tax free salary packaging benefits.
To apply for this great role with our team please use the 'apply' button below and follow the prompts to completing our online applications process. Successful applicants will be required to under take a police check, it is not mandatory to have a clear criminal history.
Employment Plus is an equal employment opportunity employer. We encourage applications from candidates with culturally diverse backgrounds, including Indigenous Australians.
To learn more about our company, mission and values visit our website at employmentplus.com.au