Barranggirra Mentor

Yilabara; Broken Hill; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Online professional development

Personalised professional development

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Yilabara seeks a Barranggirra Mentor to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participants in Broken Hill and surrounding regions. The role focuses on building aspirations, improving confidence, and guiding apprentices to successful completion and meaningful post-training employment.

This fixed-term position runs until 30 June 2028, requiring strong stakeholder engagement, case management experience, and a commitment to cultural values and community engagement.

Qualifications

• Aboriginality is a stated requirement for this position.
• Extensive community engagement with Aboriginal communities and organisations.
• Experience managing stakeholder relationships.
• Extensive experience in client-centred case management.
• Strong written and verbal communication, negotiation and rapport-building skills.
• Commitment to values of excellence, best practice and cultural engagement.
• Current Working with Children Check and National Police Check.
• Valid Australian driver's license (minimum P2).

Responsibilities

• Build supportive relationships with Aboriginal apprentices and trainees, supporting completion of training and sustainable employment.
• Co-design individual mentoring plans with participants.
• Establish contact schedules with apprentices/trainees, employers and families when requested.
• Develop partnerships with employers and coordinate support plans between participants and employers.
• Engage with training providers to resolve issues and support training completion.
• Provide post-placement support for participants placed into employment.

Job description

Yilabara is a wholly Aboriginal owned employment and training company. We deliver a range of employment services including mentoring services for Aboriginal apprentices and trainees in Southern, Central and Western NSW under the Barranggirra Program. The purpose of this program is to support participants to successfully complete their apprenticeship or traineeship and to improve their employment outcomes.

As we continue to grow, we are seeking a mentor to join our Broken Hill Office.

As a Barranggirra Mentor you work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participants to:

Build their aspirations

Improve their confidence and facilitate the successful completion of their apprenticeship or traineeship

Improve post-training outcomes including placement into meaningful and sustainable employment.

This is a fixed term opportunity to 30 June 2028.

Core Responsibilities

The core responsibilities of Barranggirra mentors are to:

Build supportive relationships with Aboriginal apprentices and trainees, implementing support processes to ensure completion of training and achievement of sustainable of employment.

Co-design individual mentoring plans with participants.

Establish a contact schedule with each apprentice/trainee, their employer and if requested their extended family.

Develop supportive partnerships with employers and facilitating the development of support plans between apprentices and trainees and their employers

Engage with training providers, developing and maintaining a supportive relationship assisting to resolve issues and implement processes to ensure sustainability and completion of training

Provide all participants placed into employment comprehensive post placement support.

Qualifications relating to Mentoring, Case Management and/or other relevant disciplines will be highly regarded

Skills, Ability and Knowledge

Aboriginality – this is an identified position under Section 14(4) of the Anti Discrimination Act 1977.

Extensive community engagement experience in working with Aboriginal community and organisations

Demonstrated experience in managing stakeholder relationships

Extensive experience in client-centred case management

Creative, strategic, and analytical thinker with the ability to manage multiple contractual requirements

Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills particularly in negotiation and rapport development

Commitment to principles underpinning the values of excellence, best practice, and cultural engagement

Working with Children Check and National Police Check

Valid Current Drivers license [min P2]

Personal Qualities

Strong interpersonal and customer focus skills

Ability to work positively within a team environment

Highly motivated, confident, outgoing with outstanding relationship management skills

High standard of ethical behaviour and strong cultural values

Strong time management and prioritising skills

Strong in both integrity and confidentiality

Working for Yilabara

At Yilabara we are committed to making a difference for our Aboriginal Communities. Our mission is to increase the economic independence of Aboriginal people through greater access to vocational education and training, and employment. Our staff are core to all we do and to support our staff we offer:

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Immediate access to our online professional development library featuring over 250,000 online courses

Personalised professional development plans

Access to our Employee Assistance Program

Applications close 10am on Friday 6 November 2026.

Applications will be progressively reviewed prior to the closing date.

If you have any questions about this position, please contact Susan Coon at **********@yilabara.org.au or 02 5854 9***.