Employer Engagement Consultant - Inclusive Employment Australia

Verto; Penrith; On-site; AUD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company vehicle

Salary packaging up to $15,900

Meals and Entertainment packaging $2,?

5 weeks annual leave

Traineeship programs

Salary continuance insurance

Formal qualifications

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Job summary

VERTO is seeking an Employer Engagement Consultant to serve Inclusive Employment Australia in the Nepean region. Based in Penrith with regular travel, you will build relationships with local employers and community organisations to identify opportunities and place participants.

You'll promote inclusive employment, help employers understand diversity benefits, and connect businesses with support to employ people with disability or health conditions.

Qualifications

• Capable of regular travel within the Nepean region.
• Enjoy engaging with people from diverse backgrounds.
• Confidently engage with employers, participants and community stakeholders.
• Communicate with empathy, professionalism and respect.
• Organised, resilient and solutions-focused; positive, outcomes-driven.

Responsibilities

• Build strong relationships with local employers and community organisations.
• Identify employment opportunities and connect participants with vacancies.
• Understand employer needs and provide practical workforce solutions.
• Promote inclusive employment and support employers to hire people with disability or health conditions.
• Represent VERTO at local business, industry and community events.

Skills

Relationship building

Employer engagement

Stakeholder management

Communication

Job description

Employer Engagement Consultant - Inclusive Employment Australia

Full-time position based in Penrith with regular travel servicing the Nepean Region.

Join VERTO as an Employer Engagement Consultant with our Inclusive Employment Australia team. In this rewarding role, you'll build relationships with local employers and community organisations to identify workforce needs, create employment opportunities and connect businesses to secure sustainable employment for our participants. You'll play an important role in promoting inclusive employment, helping employers understand the benefits of workforce diversity and the support available to confidently employ people with disability, injury or health conditions.

What you'll be doing….

• Building strong relationships with local employers and community organisations
• Identifying employment opportunities and connecting participants with suitable vacancies
• Understanding employer needs and providing practical workforce solutions
• Promoting inclusive employment and supporting employers to employ people with disability, injury or health conditions.
• Representing VERTO at local business, industry and community events

What we offer….

• Access to a company vehicle for all work-related travel.
• Salary packaging with up to$15,900 tax freeoptions.
• Additional$2,650 Meals and Entertainment tax freesalary packaging benefits
• Above award leave entitlements including5 weeks annual leave.
• Internal traineeship and people leadership programs
• Salary continuance insurance
• Access to company sponsored formal qualifications.
• Access to free counselling though our Employee Assistance Program

About you….

• Have capacity to regularly travel throughout the Nepean Region
• Enjoy connecting with people from diverse backgrounds
• Can confidently engage with employers, participants and community stakeholders
• Communicate with empathy, professionalism and respect
• Are organised, resilient and solutions-focused
• Bring a positive, solutions-focused approach to challenges
• Find satisfaction in achieving outcomes that genuinely change lives

VERTO is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. We are committed to providing a safe, respectful and inclusive environment for children, young people and vulnerable people. All VERTO team members share responsibility for maintaining a culture of safety, respect and inclusion. We welcome requests for reasonable adjustments to support participation throughout the recruitment process.

Successful candidates will need to provide:

• A current NSW Working with Children Check, QLD Blue Card or ACT Working with Vulnerable People registration, depending on your location.
• New National Police Check
• Right to Work Check
• Hold a current driver’s licence (Provisional P1 or P2, or unrestricted).
• myID

Salary Packaging is available to all VERTO employees through AccessPay, more information can be found at https://accesspay.com.au

Furthermore, please note that the selection process will commence upon the receipt of applications and will close at 9:00am Friday 27th November 2026, or prior if a suitable candidate is found.

Alternatively see our website at https://www.verto.org.au