Employment Consultant

Interact Australia; Morwell; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Interact Australia in Victoria is seeking an Employment Consultant to help participants achieve sustainable employment through the Inclusive Employment Australia program. You will identify opportunities and place candidates with local employers.

Engaging with jobseekers, you’ll develop tailored employment plans, provide pre-employment preparation, and offer ongoing post-placement support while building strong community relationships.

Qualifications

• Experience in employment services, recruitment, disability support, or related sectors.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills with diverse stakeholders.
• Solutions-focused approach and ability to motivate others.
• Willingness to learn and grow within the industry.
• Ability to prioritise workload, use initiative and multi-task.
• High level of computer literacy.

Responsibilities

• Engage with jobseekers to understand goals, skills, and support needs.
• Develop tailored employment plans and provide pre-employment preparation.
• Partner with employers to identify inclusive opportunities and place candidates.
• Build strong relationships with community organisations and stakeholders.
• Provide ongoing post-placement support to employees and employers.
• Address workplace adjustments, mentoring, and training needs to ensure success.
• Monitor progress and intervene to overcome barriers to retention.
• Maintain accurate records and compliance with program requirements.

Skills

Communication skills

Relationship building

Team player

Organization / multi-tasking

Self-motivated

Job description

Interact Australia work to promote social inclusion, health and wellbeing by empowering people to achieve their full potential.

As a values based not-for-profit organisation, we champion and support people with a disability in their choices, offering a range of person-centred supports, matched to meet unique circumstances and individual needs. We deliver innovative programs and services that remove barriers and create pathways for people living with disability, illness, injury, or disadvantage.

Offering a range of disability and community programs and supports through, Inclusive Employment Australia (IEA), National Panel of Assessors, NDIS, and State-based insurances such as NIISQ and iCare, across VIC, NSW, QLD, SA and TAS. We are looking for passionate individuals to join oursupportive IEA team in VIC servicing locations across the Latrobe Employment Services Area, including Morwell and Traralgon.

Interact is proudly part of IntoWork a national group ofbusinesses, opening doors to apprenticeships, training, employment and support.

Working with Interact

Interact Australia value every employee by acknowledging and respecting their individuality, by inspiring action & change, and by creating connections to achieve social inclusion and equality.

Benefits of working with us include:

• Competitive remuneration package
• Generous salary packaging options
• Learning and Development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program
• Career progressionwithin the IntoWork group.

About the role

As a dedicated Employment Consultant, you will be focused on finding employment outcomes for participants within the Inclusive Employment Australia (IEA) program by identifying opportunities and securing placements. These roles work to achieve sustainable employment outcomes for participants by building and maintaining effective relationships with local employers, pro-actively understanding their resourcing needs and successfully matching candidates to opportunities.

Your key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Engaging with jobseekers to understand their goals, skills, and support needs
• Developing tailored employment plans and provide pre‑employment preparation
• Partnering with employers to identify inclusive opportunities and place candidates into meaningful roles
• Building strong relationships with community organisations and stakeholders
• Providing ongoing post‑placement support to both employees and employers
• Addressing workplace adjustments, mentoring, and training needs to ensure success
• Monitoring progress and intervene early to overcome barriers to retention
• Maintaining accurate records and compliance with IEA program requirements

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Experience in employment services, recruitment, disability support, or related sectors
• Strong communication and relationship‑building skills with diverse stakeholders
• A solutions‑focused approach and ability to motivate others
• An eagerness to learn and grow within the industry
• Strong team player attributes
• Ability to prioritise workload, use initiative and multi-task
• Self‑motivated and enthusiastic
• High level of computer literacy

We are wanting to hear from candidates who enjoy providing a positive customer and client experience, thrive in a target based environment, are motivated by exceeding their professional and personal goals and are looking for a career - not just a job.

Please note:

The successful candidate will be required to participate in an Australian Federal Police check, NDIS Quality and Safeguards Worker Screening and a Working with Children Check, prior to confirmation of appointment to the position.

The successful candidate will also be required to demonstrate entitlement to work in Australia, and to disclose any pre-existing injury or disease which may be adversely affected by undertaking the inherent requirements of the position.

Interact Australia embraces and celebrates the diversity of our workforce. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging and community for our clients, participants, and employees.

Interact Australia are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from candidates who represent the rich diversity of our society, particularly those who may be marginalised, or experience barriers to employment and employment inequity. This may include people who are First Nations, are culturally and racially diverse (CARM), living with disability and neurodiversity, and or have family and caring responsibilities. Likewise we welcome applications from people of varied sex, religion, gender identity, age and sexuality.

We are committed to supporting National Reconciliation efforts through the implementation of our Reconciliation Action Plan, fostering respectful relationships and creating meaningful opportunities with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.