Employment Consultant

Advanced Personnel Management; Whanganui; On-site; NZD 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5 weeks annual leave

Work vehicle for business and personal

Flexibility and trust to takeOwnership

Job summary

Advanced Personnel Management in Whanganui is looking for a dynamic Employment Consultant to coach jobseekers on their journey to employment, helping them develop confidence and skills to overcome barriers. You will build trust, identify strengths, and connect candidates with training and local employers to secure work.

The role focuses on work-first pathways and close collaboration with Work and Income, industry partners, and training providers to enable sustainable outcomes for youth in the

Qualifications

• Current NZ driver’s licence is required.
• Life skills, enthusiasm to help people, grit & resilience, and the ability to bring out the best in people are key attributes.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and guidance to young people into employment.
• Provide one-on-one coaching and mentoring to help youth identify strengths and career goals.
• Help young people navigate challenges affecting their employment journey.
• Meet clients referred from Work and Income and focus on work-first employment pathways.
• Create meaningful connections with local employers and partners to seize opportunities for jobseekers.
• Get to know jobseekers, understand their stories, and foster trust to help them gain mahi aligned with their goals, experience and strengths.
• Help jobseekers upskill by identifying training needs and liaising with providers for short course certification.

Skills

NZ driver's licence

Self-driven

Entrepreneurial mindset

Resilience

Coaching / youth support

Job description

Empower Youth to Succeed

At APM, our purpose is simple yet profound - to enable better lives every single day. We are fiercely committed to excellence and delivering culturally responsive, quality services to our community. Guided by our Tikanga Māori values of Manaakitanga, Kotahitanga, Wairuatanga, Whānaungatanga, and Rangatiratanga, we make a genuine difference.

Great opportunity based in Whanganui!

We’re looking for dynamic and motivated individual to coach jobseekers on their journey to employment. This is your chance to make a real impact by helping young people build confidence, develop essential skills, and overcome barriers to work. Ifyou have experience in youth work, recruitment, sales, social services or any otherrelevant experience, we want to hear from you!

What you'll do

• Provide support and guidance to young people into employment

• Provide one-on-one coaching and mentoring to support youth in identifying their strengths and career goals

• Help young people navigate challenges relating to circumstances that may impact their employment journey.

• Meeting your clients that are referred from Work and income and focusing on work first employment pathways leading to financial independence.

• Creating meaningful connections with local employers and businesses, government & industry/sector partners, and other providers to seize golden work opportunities for our jobseekers.

• Getting to know your jobseekers, understanding their stories, and fostering trust so that you can effectively help them gain mahi. aligned with their goals, experience and strengths.

• Helping jobseekers upskill by identifying training needs for their chosen industry/sector and liaising with training providers to gain short course certification.

Your background

• Current full NZ driver’s licence

• Our Employment Consultants are selected from a wide range of careers -- including recruitment, social services, sales, business development, government and industry.

• Life skills, enthusiasm to help people, grit & resilience, and the ability to bring the best out of people are key attributes we look for.

• You will need to be self-driven, even entrepreneurial in your approach.

What's in it for you?

• 5 weeks annual leaveto spend more time with family & friends

• Work vehicle for business and personal use

• A genuine commitment toflexibility and trustto take ownership of your day

• The opportunity to help people in the Whanganui area to enable better lives!

• A focus onwork/life alignmentto ensure your professional and personal life complement each other seamlessly

Applications for this role close 1stOctober 2026.