Employment Consultant - Workforce Australia (WFA)

MTC FutureReady; Brisbane; Sur place; AUD 70 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Salary packaging

Fitness Passport

Workplace Banking Program

Shopping discounts

Monthly RDOs

Career development

Recognition awards

Employee Assistance Program

Flu shots & wellness initiatives

Long Service Leave

Parental leave

Résumé du poste

MTC FutureReady is seeking an Employment Consultant – Workforce Australia (WFA) in Toowong, Brisbane, on a full-time contract. You will manage a caseload, coach participants, and build tailored plans to help job seekers secure sustainable employment.

The role involves partnering with government and community organisations to deliver holistic, person-centred support. Reporting to the Area Manager, you will develop co-case management strategies, source vacancies, and broker employer introductions

Qualifications

• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong problem solving and conflict resolution abilities.
• Strong listening skills and ability to handle challenging behaviour.

Responsabilités

• Manage a caseload of jobseekers to secure sustainable employment.
• Coach and mentor participants to address barriers.
• Develop tailored plans with participants to meet goals.
• Leverage external partnerships to support co-case management strategies.
• Support participants in finding work by sourcing vacancies and brokering introductions to employers.
• Build rapport with participants and manage expectations throughout their journey.

Connaissances

Communication & interpersonal skills

Problem solving

Mentoring & coaching

Listening skills

Description du poste

Employment Consultant - Workforce Australia (WFA)

MTC FutureReady is an independent social enterprise that is here to help people take practical steps towards real progress. Our focus is to empower people from all backgrounds to improve their skills and their employment prospects.

Our targeted training programs, meaningful employment services and unbeatable support are all designed to bring about fresh possibilities and drive life-changing transformation. Every year we support more than 20,000 people with new skills, confidence and opportunities across New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and the ACT.

About the Role

We are seeking a motivated and results-driven Employment Consultant – Workforce Australia (WFA) to join our Employment Services team in Toowong on a full-time contract. Our Employment Services division is committed to creating meaningful opportunities that empower individuals to secure sustainable employment and make positive contributions to their communities. We deliver a holistic, person-centred program that supports job seekers through tailored case management, coaching, work skills and effective job matching. Our success is driven by strong partnerships with government, business and community organisations, enabling us to achieve positive and lasting employment outcomes.

Reporting to the Area Manager, the key responsibilities of this role will include:

• Managing a caseload of jobseekers with the objective of finding them suitable and sustainable employment through improving their capacity to work by addressing non-vocational and vocational barriers.
• Guiding and supporting participants with non-vocational barriers through coaching, mentoring and connecting to additional community support.
• Partnering with participants to ensure they feel supported and have a plan that is tailored to their individual needs and goals.
• Utilising MTC external partnerships to develop co-case management strategies to support customers with intensive interventions.
• Supporting participants in finding work through sourcing vacancies and brokering introductions to employers.
• Building rapport with participants and understand their goals, progress and circumstances including managing expectations.

About You

The ideal applicant we are seeking will have:

• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to forge effective relationships with a wide range of key stakeholders.
• Strong positive problem solving, conflict resolution skills and mentoring and coaching ability.
• Strong listening skills and an ability to handle challenging customer behaviour.

Why Choose Us

For us, it’s more than just work. At MTC we help people take meaningful steps forward in work, and in life. When you join us, you’ll become part of a purposeful, empowering and rewarding workplace. The bonus is that the experiences, support, and training you gain here will also help you grow as an individual.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and at MTC, you will be working in a diverse and inclusive environment. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people with lived experience of disability are welcome and strongly encouraged to apply. If there are reasonable adjustments to a recruitment process, role, or your work environment to help you, let us know.

Our core values of empathy, innovation, collaboration, and achievement, create a people-centric culture that empowers us to do what it takes for our customers to know that they matter.

We offer great benefits when you join the MTC team:

• More take-home pay through salary packaging (including meals, entertainment and novated car leasing).
• Access to Fitness Passport – discounted access to hundreds of gyms, pools and fitness facilities.
• Access to Workplace Banking Program
• Discounts on shopping, lifestyle, and everyday expenses.
• Monthly RDOs providing an opportunity to focus on your wellbeing and spend time with friends and family
• Career development with hands-on training and growth opportunities.
• Recognition awards where your peers can nominate you for doing great work.
• Free counselling through our Employee Assistance Program.
• Health perks like free flu shots and wellness initiatives.
• Portable Long Service Leave – earn long-service rewards that follow you, not just the job.
• Paid parental leave to support you and your family

As part of our commitment to the safety of the children and vulnerable communities we work with, you will be required to undergo a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (funded by MTC) and Working with Children Check (funded by you).

As this role requires access to Workforce Australia systems, you will be required to set up a myID account.