Apprenticeship Consultant

GForce Recruitment; Geelong; On-site; AUD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Fully maintained vehicle

Free onsite parking

Uniforms

Additional paid leave at Christmas

Paid parental leave

Laptop

Mobile phone

EAP

Salary continuance insurance

Superannuation contributions

Job summary

gforce is a For-Purpose Community Organisation and a leading group training provider based in Geelong. We invite you to join our team as an Apprentice Consultant to support the next generation of Australian Apprentices by engaging with host employers and helping apprentices succeed.

Reporting to the Apprenticeship Services Manager, you will travel to communities, schools and workplaces, building relationships, developing opportunities, and guiding candidates through their qualifications while

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively across a range of personality types and age groups.
• Background in mentoring and/or coaching, ideally with youth.
• Experience in developing report and fostering long-term client relationships.
• Experience conducting workplace visits and understanding training contracts.
• Working With Children’s Check and National Police Check will be required.

Responsibilities

• Out in the community, calling upon host employers, undertaking business development and account management.
• Mentor Australian Apprentices and provide ongoing support to apprentices and host employers.
• Create employment opportunities and develop a pipeline of suitable candidates.
• Respond to queries, provide quotes and proposals to host employers, liaise with RTOs.
• Conduct workplace visits and ensure safe work environments.

Skills

Communication

Mentoring

Relationship management

Business development

Job description

gforce is a For-Purpose Community Organisation that makes a difference in the lives of people and communities. We are a full-service employment and recruitment organisation that seeks to assist all jobseekers, participants and employers. We embrace our community-driven approach, with relationships across a wide range of employers, education providers and community stakeholders.We are a certified ‘Social Enterprise’ and trusted supplier to many businesses and candidates throughout Southwestern Victoria.

As a Group Training Organisation, and through our innovative and award-winning programs including most recently the 2025 Victorian Training Awards for Industry Collaboration, we are one of Victoria’s largest employers of Australian Apprentices, hosting the Australian Apprentices with many businesses across all sectors.

Currently, gforce has an exciting opportunity for a self-motivated and energetic individual to join our Group Training team as a Apprentice Consultant based from our Geelong head office, this important role will help support the next generation of Australian Apprentices.

About Our Role

Reporting to the Apprenticeship Services Manager, this varied role will see you out in the community, calling upon various host employers undertaking business development, account management and mentoring Australian Apprentices.

As an Apprentice Consultant, you’ll be responsible for creating employment opportunities while providing guidance, mentoring, and ongoing support to your Australian Apprentices and their host employers. Your days will be varied, you might start by meeting a business administration trainee in a corporate office, then head to a construction site to check in on a construction apprentice, and finish the day representing gforce at a high school career expo.

You will be scouting new clients, evolving the relationships with existing clients, and developing a pipeline of suitable candidates that can be reverse marketed to host employers.

You’ll respond to Australian Apprentice queries, provide quotes and proposals to host employers and liaise with registered training organisations.

About the Successful Candidate

Given the nature of this role, to be successful, you must have the ability to communicate effectively across a range of personality types and age groups, enjoying establishing and building connections through community events and meetings. You’ll be passionate about supporting Australian Apprentices complete their chosen qualification.

You will have a background in mentoring and/or coaching, ideally with youth, and as this is a relationship management role, you will have proven experience in developing report easily and being able to foster mutually beneficial, long-term relationships with clients/host employers.

You’ll enjoy the chase in promoting and securing Australian Apprenticeships commencement opportunities, along with the variety that this role provides.

As you will also be conducting workplace visits, you will have a good understanding of workplace health and safety, ensuring that our Australian Apprentices are working safely and that our Host Employers are providing a safe place of work.

Having an understanding of and ability to manage training contracts and vocational education requirements is advantageous.

You will require a Working With Children’s Check and be able to obtain a National Police Check will be required.

What’s On Offer

We offer a supportive and friendly team environment, one that makes a real difference in the communities we serve.

With a proven work-life balance, wellbeing and health are our top priorities.

You will be rewarded with:

• competitive salary (based on skills and experience)
• tools of trade including a fully maintained vehicle
• free onsite parking
• uniforms
• additional paid leave at Christmas
• paid parental leave
• a laptop
• mobile phone
• EAP
• salary continuance insurance
• service based additional superannuation contributions

We are a diverse, equal opportunity employer building a progressive and innovative workplace and looking for passionate people to continue the great work we do. We welcome and encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds including First Nations Australians, all genders, mature-aged people and people living with disability.

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments for any person who requests it, to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process and supportive workplace.