Echo is a not-for profit organisation, delivering a variety of employment services across Melbourne. We are currently looking for an Employment Consultant to work at our Wantirna site for 4 days a week.. 

What does an Employment Consultant do?

Employment Consultant focuses on appropriate and sustainable employment for our job seekers. We are looking for someone with great customer service skills, who can manage their time effectively and deliver employment outcomes. Advancing our job seekers forward addressing their barriers and moving them into employment. 

About the job 

• Engaging employers within the local community, networking and creating employment opportunities for our job seekers
• Engaging job seekers, development of a career plan and progressing towards employment 
• Meeting with job seekers to discuss their progress toward employment
• Assisting job seekers with identifying and moving towards vocational goals
• Work with job seekers to develop and increase their employment skills
• Develop relationships and partnerships with other local community providers 

We are looking for someone who is:

• Passionate about achieving the best outcome possible
• Understands that they need to ‘think outside the box’
• Can manage competing priorities and multitask in a fast pasted environment 
• High level of admin skills and time management skills 
• Excellent customer service skills 
• Highly motivated and enthusiastic about what they do
• Can work efficiently while managing a high level of compliance

Employee benefits 

echo not only provides a rewarding and challenging career but a range of employee benefits:

• Family-friendly organisation – work/life balance
• Lap top and phone provided 
• 20 weeks paid maternity leave 
• Up to $15,900 of your salary (Tax free) 
• Employment Assistance Program 
• Career progression opportunities
• Emphasis on staff training and professional development

Am I suited to being an Employment Consultant at Echo?

While we love hearing from people who have experience in the industry we also welcome people who have worked previously in admin roles, retail or store managers, travel or sales consultants, bank tellers, telemarketers or hospitality managers - jobs that rely on great service and achieving targets. If you have worked in these industries before than you may have the skills we require – and as we provide full training we will help you launch your skills into a new career in Employment Services.

Are you ready to make a difference in the lives of others, and your own? 

Join the Echo team today.

Employment with Echo will require eligibility to work in Australia, current driver's license, National Police Clearance and Working with Children Check.

To apply, please submit your resume and a cover letter. For further information, please email [email protected] using the subject line: Employment Consultant enquiry via EthicalJobs.

echo is an Equal Opportunity Employer and strongly encourages people with disability, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, mature aged workers and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to apply.