Employment Consultant

Apm-Employment-Services-1; Canberra; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Training & development

Inclusive team

Milestones celebrations

Annual leave purchase

Certificate IV funding

Service recognitions

APM Family Hub

Vehicle salary packaging

Job summary

APM is seeking an Employment Consultant for our Inclusive Employment Australia Program at the Canberra, ACT site. You will support people with disability to prepare for, find and maintain sustainable employment, helping them unlock their potential and secure meaningful work.

You’ll partner with employers, advocate for inclusive hiring, and create pathways to success. This role offers a busy, impact-driven environment with opportunities for training and career development within a diverse team.

Qualifications

• Diversity champion: belief that everyone, regardless of ability, deserves a chance to succeed.
• Connector: ability to create opportunities for participants and speak to stakeholders with confidence.
• Innovative thinker: sees challenges as opportunities and creates pathways to success.
• Compassionate: aims to make a lasting, positive impact on others' lives.

Responsibilities

• Find the perfect match – support participants with disability to prepare for, find and maintain sustainable employment.
• Boost Confidence – help participants see their strengths, overcome obstacles, and start their new employment with purpose.
• Shake Things Up – provide creative solutions to overcome employment challenges with tools and support for success.
• Advocating – be an advocate for inclusive hiring practices and workplace adjustments.
• Celebrate the Moments That Matter – celebrate each successful placement with participants.
• Building lasting connections – form partnerships with diverse, inclusion-minded companies.

Skills

Diversity champion

Connector

Innovative thinker

Compassionate

Job description

• Job Function Group: Employment Services
• Job Function: Inclusive Employment Australia
• Employment Type: Full Time

Job Description

Are you passionate about supporting people with disability to secure employment that could change their life? Do you have a knack for identifying and individuals’ employment match? If so, YOU could be our next Employment Consultant at our Canberra, ACT site within our Inclusive Employment Australia Program.

Who Are We:

As part of the APM group, you have the opportunity to grow your career in Human Services across multiple global brands and geographies. A diverse team of over 16,000 people across 11 countries with a shared purpose – to enable better lives for our employees and the communities we work in. Our work enables the people we serve to realise their ambitions and aspirations through sustainable employment, independence, better health and wellbeing and increased social participation.

Who You Are:

A champion of diversity and inclusion – you believe that everyone, no matter their abilities, deserves a chance to succeed

A natural connector – you know how to create opportunities for participants and speak to stakeholders with confidence

Innovative and solutions focussed – You see the challenge as an opportunity and have experience creating pathways to success

Compassionate and empathetic – You want to make a lasting and positive impact on the lives of others

You may also have experience in another industries or roles like sales, retail, call centre, hospitality, consulting, business development, and administration. These skills can set you up for success in this role!

What You’ll Be Doing:

Find the perfect match – you’ll support participants with disability to prepare for, find and maintain sustainable employment.

Boost Confidence – You will help participants see their strengths, overcome obstacles, and take on their new employment with a renewed sense of purpose

Shake Things Up – You will provide creative solutions to overcome employment challenges, making sure every participant has the tools and support for success

Advocating – You will be an advocate for inclusive hiring practices and workplace adjustments

Celebrate the Moments That Matter – Every successful placement is a success, and we are all about celebrating success, big and small with our participants

Building lasting connections – You will form partnerships with companies that are passionate about diversity and inclusion, making sure everyone has a chance to shine!

Why You’ll Love It

This isn’t your average desk job. We are all about breaking barriers, creating opportunities and helping people with disability thrive by securing and supporting them into employment.

• Competitive salary plus performance-based incentives that reward your success
• Ongoing training and career development – we are committed to your growth
• Supportive and inclusive team environment where your contributions make a difference every day
• Celebrating milestones – we love to recognise and rewards hard work with fun events
• Purchased Annual Leave
• Funded Certificate IV in Community Services or Mental Health Peer Support (eligibility criteria applies)
• Service recognitions
• APM Family Hub
• Maxxia | Vehicle salary packaging

At APM we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities and cultures including indigenous peoples, the LGBTQI+ community and people with disability.