Employment Consultant

Live North West QLD; Mount Isa City; On-site; AUD 77,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave days

Bonus incentive plans

Advancement opportunities

Training budget

BUSY Benefits program

Parental leave

Fitness Passport access

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

BUSY At Work, part of The BUSY Group, is seeking a Transition to Work coordinator in Mount Isa to deliver intensive pre-employment support to help young people become job-ready.

You will conduct assessments, partner with local employers, coach candidates on interviews and resumes, and help place participants into sustainable work or education.

Qualifications

• Excellent customer and client interpersonal skills.
• Strong administrative skills.
• Comfortable working with performance targets, KPIs and compliance requirements.
• Highly organised, detail-focused, and able to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong client-first mindset with the ability to build rapport with diverse backgrounds.
• Ability to build relationships with participants, employers and stakeholders from diverse backgrounds.
• Ability to obtain a Working With Children Check and National Police Check with no disclosable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Provide intensive, pre-employment support to improve work-readiness of young people and assist into sustainable work or education.
• Conduct assessments to identify barriers and provide direction and support for employment journeys.
• Engage and refer participants to stakeholders and community organisations; promote program to unlock opportunities.
• Support job search activities including interview coaching and resume preparation; match to vacancies and reverse marketing to employers.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Administrative skills

KPI & compliance

Organised & detail-oriented

Client-centric mindset

Relationship building

Background checks

Job description

Job Description

Working with our Transition to Work contract, you will provide intensive, pre-employment support to improve the work-readiness of young people and assist them into sustainable work or education. You will conduct assessments to identify barriers of the youth and provide direction and support to ensure their journey into appropriate and sustainable employment. MOTIVATE and EMPOWER our clients through their employment journey.

Engaging and referring participants to stakeholders and community organisations. You will place participants into employment by firstly supporting them with job search activities including interview coaching and resume preparation along with matching participants to current vacancies and reverse marketing to identified employers. By doing this you will also be engaging with employers and promoting our program participants to help unlock employment opportunities for them.

This role full time fixed term until 30 June 2027. Working hours; Monday to Friday 8:30am-5pm based form our Mount Isa Office

About the Employer

BUSY At Work is part of The BUSY Group, a not-for-profit organisation. Presenting nearly 50 years' experience in skilling solutions and services to employers and businesses, job seekers and students, through apprenticeship support services, employment, education support programs, and vocational training., The BUSY Group is an organisation that prioritises the safeguarding of children and all vulnerable people by actively adopting strategies that embed a culture of zero tolerance for abuse of any kind. The appointment of successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory employment screening including criminal history and relevant working with children checks.

The BUSY Group is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and strongly encourages applications from First Nations People, veterans, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and people with disabilities.

About the Candidate

• Excellent customer and client interpersonal skills
• Strong administrative skills
• You are comfortable working with performance targets, KPIs, and compliance requirements.
• You are highly organised, detail-focused, and able to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• You bring a strong client-first mindset, with the ability to build rapport and trust with people from diverse backgrounds.
• You build strong relationships with participants, employers, and stakeholders from diverse backgrounds.
• Ability to obtain a Working With Children Check and National Police Check with no disclosable outcomes

Work Environment

• Competitive salary; Circa $77k+ Super + bonus
• ACHIEVABLE and generous bonus incentive plans
• 3 additional paid annual leave days - Christmas closure
• Clear pathways for internal advancement
• Dedicated training budget for personal and professional growth
• BUSY Benefits program - Paid parental Leave, retail discounts and access to Fitness Passport
• Enjoy work that genuinely impacts lives
• Employee Assistance Program with Sonder Wellbeing App
• Work as part of a team whilst working autonomously with your clients!