WISE Employment is looking for vibrant, innovative individuals to join our growing team of Employment Consultants. We have opportunities for purpose driven customer service professionals across Melbourne CBD, Preston, Doncaster, Cheltenham, Warragul, Oakleigh, Broadmeadows, Dandenong/Springvale and the Latrobe Valley region.

Since 1992 WISE has been committed to providing quality employment, training occupational rehabilitation and allied health services to people with disability and less advantaged members of the community. Our services are comprehensive and highly personalised because each person’s experience will be different and their needs, as an individual, are unique.

We put people first and genuinely invest in our staff. Together we set goals, connect disadvantaged members of the community with the right people, support services and opportunities to meet their needs.

About the Opportunity

As an Employment Consultant, you will:

• Assist in achieving targets
• Ensure jobseeker intake, initial appointments and interviews are carried out in accordance with WISE policies and procedures
• Support local site teams in assessing jobseekers according to their skills and barriers to employment
• Engage with local businesses and employers to source and create job vacancies for jobseekers
• Provide support, mentoring and other assistance to ensure the sustainability of jobseeker employment placements and track all placements to maximise Employment Outcomes.

Our Hiring Process

To be considered for the role you will:

• Demonstrate your commitment to a customer centric workplace culture
• Have 3+ years’ experience in recruitment / customer service, retail or hospitality
• Demonstrate several key traits including self-motivation, confidence when empowering jobseekers and relationship management
• Have the right to work in Australia
• Hold a current Drivers licence
• Satisfy a national police clearance check, and Work with Children Check requirements

In accordance with the Chief Health Officers COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Direction candidates for this role are required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status as a condition of employment.

What’s in it for you

In return for your hard-work and dedication you will receive?

• Training and Development
• Salary packaging - $74k package, including base, superannuation and take-home benefit of not-for-profit salary sacrificing
• Parental Leave
• Tools to the trade
• Reward and recognition initiatives
• One paid day of diversity leave after qualifying period
• Ability to purchase annual leave
  

Here at WISE Employment, we actively encourage and welcome candidates from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, candidates with a disability, members of the LGBTQIA+ community and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidate. Interested candidates should provide a covering letter outlining skills, location preference and availability.

If you need any kind of support during the recruitment process, we encourage you to let us know through your application or email us at [email protected], using the subject line: Employment Consultant enquiry via EthicalJobs.

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