IEA Employment Consultant - Armidale

Apm-Employment-Services-1; Armidale; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance incentives

Career development

Purchased annual leave

Certificate IV funding

Vehicle salary packaging

Job summary

APM is seeking an Employment Consultant to support people with disability in securing employment, blending people skills with employer engagement in Armidale and across NSW. Based in Armidale with regular outreach to Tenterfield (three days every fortnight), you will help participants become job-ready, market candidates to employers and build sustainable pathways for employment.

The role offers a base salary plus performance-based incentives, plus ongoing training and a supportive team

Qualifications

• Experience in sales, business development, recruitment, or customer-facing roles.
• Eligibility to work in Australia and willingness to complete assessments.

Responsibilities

• Support participants to become job-ready and connect them with employment opportunities.
• Actively market candidates to employers and generate job opportunities.
• Build relationships with local businesses to create sustainable employment pathways.
• Balance people support with proactive employer engagement to deliver outcomes.
• Drive employment results by advocating for participants and securing placements.
• Develop a strong pipeline of employers and identify new job opportunities.

Skills

Sales

Business development

Recruitment

Customer facing

Job description

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

Job Description

Make a real impact – create opportunities and change lives!!!

Are you passionate about supporting people with disability to secure employment that could change their life? Do you have a knack for identifying an individuals’ employment match?

If so, YOU could be our next Employment Consultant within our Inclusive Employment Australia Program.

Location: Based in Armidale, NSW, this role includes regular outreach work in Tenterfield, NSW, where you will be based three days every fortnight to support clients and deliver services.

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.

About the role: -

This is a dynamic role where you get to combine people support with sales, relationship building and administration, this is your opportunity to make a meaningful difference every day.

You will:

• Support participants (many facing barriers such as disability, injury, or long-term unemployment) to become job-ready
• Actively market candidates to employers and generate job opportunities
• Build strong relationships with local businesses to create sustainable employment pathways
• Success in this role comes from your ability to balance people support with proactive employer engagement and outcome delivery.

Key Responsibilities: -

• Build strong relationships with participants to understand their employment goals and position them for success.
• Coach participants to be job-ready, competitive, and interview confident.
• Assist participants with resumes, interview preparation, job search strategies and facilitate access to training and upskilling opportunities.
• Drive employment outcomes by actively advocating on behalf of participants to employers and securing job placements.
• Generate new employment opportunities through cold calls, employer visits, and face-to-face engagement with employers to generate job opportunities.
• Build and manage a strong pipeline of employers to consistently convert opportunities into placements.
• Identify and capitalise on hidden job opportunities through proactive business development.
• Pitch candidates confidently, positioning their skills to meet employer needs.
• Influence hiring decisions by promoting the commercial and social value of inclusive recruitment
• Negotiate job trials, work experience placements, and wage subsidies to secure employment outcomes.
• Maintain and grow employer relationships to drive repeat business and ongoing vacancies.
• Achieve and exceed KPI targets across placements, engagement, and activity levels.
• Conduct regular appointments and track participant progress toward employment outcomes.
• Manage compliance, documentation, and data entry in line with program requirements.
• Track performance against KPIs and achieve employment outcome targets.
• Celebrate milestones and successful placements to build participant confidence and engagement.

What Success Looks Like: -

• Strong employment outcomes for participants.
• A growing network of engaged local employers.
• Consistent achievement of KPIs and performance targets.
• Positive, long-term placements that change lives.

About You: -

You are:

• A natural communicator and relationship builder with confidence engaging employers.
• Experienced in sales, business development, recruitment, or customer-facing roles.
• Passionate about helping people overcome barriers and succeed.
• Resilient, target-driven, and motivated by achieving outcomes.
• Organised and able to manage multiple priorities.

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.

• Base 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.

To be considered, you will have...

• Eligibility to work in Australia.
• A current driver’s licence and a comprehensively insured vehicle.
• A MyGovID (Standard level).
• Willing to complete a National Police Check.
• Able to pass a Working with Children Check.
• Available towork Full-Time Monday to Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm.

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.