• Support refugees and asylum seekers into professional careers
• Unique and successful non-profit social enterprise model
• Based in Brisbane

ABOUT CAREERSEEKERS

CareerSeekers is a non-profit certified social enterprise that works with leading employers to create paid professional internship opportunities for people from refugee backgrounds. We help unlock the power of professional employment for refugees while helping employers to deliver meaningful diversity. We work with both experienced professionals eager to reignite their career in Australia (Mid-Career program) and university students seeking a pathway to graduate employment (University Student program).

We are a pragmatic and professional organisation that achieves outstanding results both for participants and employers. Over 90% of participants in our programs secure ongoing professional employment, working with around 80 of Australia’s most well known employers.

ABOUT THE ROLE

This role supports the University Student program and will, from time-to-time also assist with the Mid-Career program.

The Senior Advisor role is key to ensuring CareerSeekers delivers positive experiences and beneficial outcomes for our participants and employment partners.

Senior Advisors support a caseload of participants as they progress through the CareerSeekers program. They also work closely with managers of interns to make sure they are equipped to host their interns. Senior Advisors may also work with central human resources contacts for some smaller employment partner relationships.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• Assessing the suitability of prospective participants
• Coaching participants in the lead-up to internships, plus facilitating some group training
• Developing profiles for participants, highlighting their skills and past experience, for consideration by employment partners
• Briefing managers and other employer representatives on the CareerSeekers programs
• Ensuring the internship program integrity is maintained, through setting objectives, reviewing intern progress reports, and maintaining regular contact with the intern and their manager

This role reports to the Program Director of the University Student program. You will work closely with a team of other Advisors and Seniors Advisors.

ABOUT YOU

• You are excited about supporting refugees and people seeking asylum to achieve professional success
• You have strong interpersonal and communication skills, a pragmatic approach coupled with strong attention to detail
• You understand the realities of working in a small organisation. You are flexible, take ownership of work and are persistent in finding solutions to challenges
• You have strong organisational, administrative and computer skills (ideally in Google suite) and have experience in using a CRM such as Salesforce.
• Ideally, you can draw on your own professional experience to share insights about corporate Australia

WHAT WE OFFER

This is a rewarding role with a successful and growing purpose-driven organisation, and part of a small and close-knit team.

The role provides an opportunity to have real, tangible impact on the lives of people from a refugee background aspiring to a professional career. Be inspired by the life journeys of the amazing people in our program, work with our corporate partners supporting their leading diversity and inclusion initiatives and build your professional network.

This role is SCHADS Level 4.1.

CareerSeekers staff also receive professional development opportunities, competitive remuneration with NFP salary packaging benefits and annual leave loading.

How to Apply

Please click "Apply Now" to submit your application. For enquiries about the role, please contact Kati Regan, [email protected], using the subject line: Senior Advisor enquiry via EthicalJobs.