Employment Consultant

BUSY Ability; Michigan; On-site; USD 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

3 extra annual leave days

Bonus incentive plans

Retail discounts

Parental leave

Fitness Passport

Internal advancement

Training budget

BUSY Benefits program

Lifesaving impact in community

Job summary

BUSY Ability seeks a dedicated role to support young people into sustainable work or education. You will assess barriers, provide guidance, coach for interviews, and prepare resumes while coordinating with community organisations.

The role is full-time on-site at our Ingham Office, with a fixed term until 29 January 2027. You’ll enjoy generous leave, bonus incentives, staff discounts, training budgets, and a pathway for internal growth.

Qualifications

• Excellent customer and client interpersonal skills required.
• Ability to meet performance targets, KPIs, and compliance requirements.
• Highly organised, detail‑focused, and able to manage competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Provide intensive, pre‑employment support to improve work-readiness of youth.
• Conduct assessments to identify barriers and provide direction for sustainable employment.
• Support job search activities: interview coaching and resume preparation; match participants to vacancies.
• Engage with employers and promote participants to unlock employment opportunities.

Skills

Customer service

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Client-first mindset

Relationship building

Background checks

Job description

Our purpose is to make skills, education and employment accessible to every person, so they can create their own world of unbounded possibilities.

About BUSY…

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.

Job Description

About the Role…

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 is full time fixed term until 29 January 2027.Working hours; Monday to Friday 8:30am-5pm based from our Ingham Office.

CHAMPION OUR CLIENTS; BE THE PERSON WHO BELIEVES IN THEM TODAY!

• 3 additional paid annual leave days – Christmas closure
• ACHIEVABLE and generous bonus incentive plans
• Retail discounts, paid parental leave, access to Fitness Passport
• Clear pathways for internal advancement
• Dedicated training budget for personal and professional growth
• BUSY Benefits program‑retaildiscountsand access to Fitness Passport
• Enjoy work that genuinelyimpactslives
• Employee Assistance Programwith Sonder Wellbeing App
• Tools of the trade to support your individual role
• Work as part of a team whilst working autonomously with your clients!

Desired Skills and Experience

A bit about you...

• Excellent customer and client interpersonal 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

Next steps...

This role will actively commence recruitment from the date of advertisement. The closing date of this ad is dependent on the appointment of the role.

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.