DES Employment Consultant
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Summary about this job
Community Development
Company: WISE Employment
Location: Melbourne
Work type: Full Time
Salary: Dandenong, Cheltenham, Springval & Oakleigh
Phone: +61-2-5691-9366
Fax: +61-2-1354-7854
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Detail information about job DES Employment Consultant. Terms and conditions vacancy
- Make a difference for people with a disability
- Successful growing not for profit organisation with 25 years experience
- Competitive salary and benefits including salary sacrifice
About the company
WISE Employment (WISE) is a successful not-for-profit organisation, committed to providing quality employment, training, occupational rehabilitation and allied health services to disadvantaged members of the community through a range of programs.
About the role
Working for the Disability Employment Services (DES) section of the organisation, we are recruiting for an Employment Consultant to work within our Dandenong Site and attend to the outreach sites in Cheltenham, Springval and Oakleigh on a full time maximum term basis to 30 June 2023.
Duties
In this challenging and varied role your main focus will be:
Effectively prepare participants for employment providing support throughout job search activities, training, work experience and other activities;
Generate new business and repeat business with employers creating win-win outcomes for participants and employers;
Work closely with participants and employers ensuring high retention of participants placed in employment;
Supporting and sustaining employment for those candidates that have achieved placement, through regular contact and engagement with the candidate and employer.
Prompt and accurate collection and recording of essential information and data;
Engaging with the community providing exception customer service and support to participants.
About you
You must demonstrate customer service experience with a commitment to a customer service culture. You will possess highly developed people and relationship building skills, be proactive and be a team player. You will be results driven and demonstrate the ability to achieve targets. You will display a can-do attitude and demonstrate qualities of empathy and compassion.
Benefits
WISE offers a fast paced and vibrant workplace and reward for success. We offer a competitive market salary as well as other benefits including Salary packaging/sacrifice arrangements.
How to Apply
If you have existing experience in the employment services industry or demonstrated transferable skills from a related field (eg. customer service, community service, sales/marketing) and are looking for an exciting and challenging career then apply now below!
In order to apply you must have the legal right to work in Australia and a National Police Clearance Check.
WISE actively encourages and welcomes applications from candidates from culturally and linguistically diverse background, candidates with a disability and Indigenous candidates.