Job Coach - Calder

CVGT; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tax-free salary packaging

Enhanced leave benefits

Long Service Leave

Employee discounts

Career development opportunities

Diversity inclusion recognition

Job summary

CVGT Employment is expanding its team through the Inclusive Employment Australia (IEA) program. As a Job Coach, you’ll deliver tailored, person-centred support to participants, helping them overcome barriers and prepare for meaningful employment across Calder Employment Services Area and multiple sites.

This role focuses on resume development, interview preparation, employer engagement, and compliant administration, with outreach to Sunbury and Mickleham.

Qualifications

• Flexibility and resilience to support multiple sites and adapt to changing priorities.
• Strong relationship-building with diverse stakeholders using an empathetic approach.
• Results-driven mindset in a KPI-focused environment.

Responsibilities

• Deliver individual and group-based coaching, including resume development, job applications, interview preparation, and job readiness activities.
• Identify and address barriers to employment, connecting participants with appropriate services and resources.
• Develop strong relationships with employers and proactively promote participants to identify and secure meaningful employment opportunities.
• Manage a caseload effectively, providing consistent, personalised support throughout the employment journey.
• Maintain accurate records and manage complex administration, ensuring full compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Flexible and resilient

Relationship building

Results-driven

Digital proficiency

Full work rights in AU

Tools

CRM systems

Job description

Due to the continued success of our IEA program, we're excited to be expanding our team.

At CVGT Employment, we believe meaningful work transforms lives.Since 1983, we’ve been connecting people to opportunity, supporting businesses with capable talent, and strengthening the communities we serve. As a not-for-profit, for-purpose organisation with over 100 locations across Victoria, NSW, and Tasmania, we’re proud to champion inclusive employment pathways.

As a Job Coach in the Inclusive Employment Australia (IEA) program, you'll play a key role in helping participants overcome barriers and prepare for meaningful employment. You'll provide tailored, person-centred support that builds confidence, enhances employability, and connects people with sustainable job opportunities. This is an opportunity to make a genuine impact by empowering people with disability, injury, or health conditions to achieve their employment goals through practical guidance, advocacy, and coaching.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver individual and group-based coaching, including resume development, job applications, interview preparation, and job readiness activities that build confidence and employability.
• Identify and address barriers to employment, connecting participants with appropriate services, supports, and resources to achieve their goals.
• Develop strong relationships with employers and proactively promote participants to identify and secure meaningful employment opportunities.
• Manage a caseload effectively, providing consistent, personalised support throughout the employment journey.
• Maintain accurate records and manage complex administration, ensuring full compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements.

This role is based within the Calder Employment Services Area (ESA) and supports operations across our Moonee Ponds, Coburg, Broadmedows and Craigieburn sites, with outreach support to Sunbury and Mickleham.

What You'll Bring

• Flexibility and resilience, able to effectively support multiple sites, adapt to changing priorities, and consistently deliver high-quality outcomes.
• Builds trusted relationships through a strengths-based, emotionally intelligent approach, adapting communication style to engage diverse stakeholders with professionalism and empathy.
• Results-driven and adaptable, able to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, KPI-focused environment.
• Highly proficient across digital platforms, with the ability to manage and navigate multiple systems efficiently.
• Full work rights in Australia, with the ability to obtain a National Police Check and Working with Children Check.

Why You'll Love Working at CVGT

You'll join a team that genuinely cares - for each other, our participants, and our communities. We work together to create an environment where everyone can contribute and belong.

• Boost your take-home pay with tax free salary packaging benefits, including up to $15,900 for everyday living expenses, and up to $2,650 for meals and entertainment.
• Enjoy enhanced leave benefits, including paid time off over Christmas.
• Portable Long Service Leave, enabling eligible employees to accrue long service benefits across the community services industry.
• Feel supported every day through our Employee Assistance Program, wellbeing initiatives, and Perkbox employee discounts.
• Grow your career with ongoing training, development and career progression opportunities.
• Be part of an inclusive workplace, proudly recognised as a Diversity Council of Australia Inclusive Employer (2025–2026).

Applications close on 6 November2026. Applications will be assessed as they are received. CVGT Employment reserves the right to close this advertisement prior to the closing date if a suitable candidate is identified.