• Support people with a refugee and asylum seeker background into professional careers
• Unique and successful non-profit social enterprise model
• Local lead for Brisbane program delivery

ABOUT CAREERSEEKERS

CareerSeekers is a non-profit social enterprise working with leading employers to create paid, professional internship opportunities for people with a refugee and asylum seeker background. We help unleash the talent of people with a refugee and asylum seeker background in Corporate Australia, while assisting employers to realise meaningful diversity aspirations. We work with both experienced professionals eager to reignite their career in Australia, and university students seeking a pathway to graduate employment.

We have a track record of delivering outstanding results for both participants and employers. Around 80 of Australia’s most well known employers host our participants and nearly 90% of participants secure ongoing professional employment beyond their internship.

ABOUT THE ROLE

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 also have a key area of responsibility. The Senior Advisor in Brisbane provides key employment partner and industry presence as part of the role.

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
• Together with the Program Manager and Director, maintaining and building employment partner relationships
• Attending local industry events and forums to build relationships, understand the market, and promote the program
• The Senior Advisor, QLD, reports to the Program Director, and works closely with the Program Manager and a team of other Advisors and Seniors Advisors.

The successful candidate will be co-located with the CareerSeekers sister program staff at the CareerTrackers office.

ABOUT YOU

• You are excited about supporting people with a refugee and asylum seeker background to achieve professional success
• You enjoy the sales side of promoting a social enterprise and making the most of networking opportunities
• You thrive in a fast paced environment where your persistence leads to positive results
• You can lean on your own professional experience to share insights about corporate Australia
• You are able to work independently and keep yourself accountable
• You understand the realities of working in a small organisation, managing competing priorities and tight deadlines
• You are flexible, take ownership of work and are persistent in finding solutions to challenges
• You have strong communication, organisational, administrative and computer skills (ideally in Google suite, Salesforce and MS Office), with strong attention to detail
• You have a tertiary qualification (any discipline)

WHAT WE OFFER

This is a rewarding role with a successful purpose-driven organisation. We are a small and close-knit team. Be inspired by the life journeys of the amazing people in our program and work with our corporate partners supporting their talent and inclusion initiatives.

This role is SCHADS Level 4.1.

The role requires regular, face-to-face interaction with participants and employment partners, including on site visits.

How to Apply

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For enquiries about the role, please contact Kati Regan ([email protected]) using the subject line: Senior Advisor enquiry via EthicalJobs.