Job Development Coach

Yourtown; City of Kingston (NY); On-site; AUD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary sacrifice

RDOs (fortnightly/monthly)

PayLab discounts

Professional development

LinkedIn Learning

Health & wellbeing focus

Wellness program access

Counselling (free)

Private health insurance discounts

Diversity & inclusion

Job summary

Yourtown in Kingston is seeking a Job Development Coach to deliver tailored employment services for young people with disability. This hands-on role focuses on coaching, planning, and enabling meaningful work outcomes for individuals in a face-to-face setting.

You will assess, engage employers, advocate, and provide post-placement support, working with teams and community partners to promote inclusive, strengths-based employment.

Qualifications

• Experience in Disability Employment Services (DES) or similar and ready to apply it with impact.
• High emotional intelligence: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship management.
• Ability to thrive in dynamic youth-focused environments and build connections with young people.
• Understand challenges faced by young people living with disability and help them through employment.
• Motivation to achieve measurable outcomes and belief that employment empowers independence.
• Readiness to make a meaningful difference every day.

Responsibilities

• Conduct individual assessments and develop personalised job plans.
• Create inclusive employment opportunities by engaging with employers.
• Advocate for young people and support them into meaningful work.
• Provide ongoing post-placement support to ensure long-term success.
• Collaborate with internal teams and community stakeholders.
• Promote youth-first, strengths-based approaches to employment.

Skills

DES experience

Youth engagement

Emotional intelligence

Stakeholder mgmt

Job description

Job Development Coach - Kingston

As the Job Development Coach - Kingston you will be on the frontline, delivering tailored employment services to young people living with disability. You will coach, guide, and empower our members to overcome barriers, build work readiness and secure sustainable employment.

This is a hands-on, face-to-face role where you will:

• Conduct individual assessments, and develop personalised job plans.
• Create inclusive employment opportunities by engaging with employers.
• Advocate for young people and support them into meaningful work.
• Provide ongoing post-placement support to ensure long-term success.
• Collaborate with internal teams and community stakeholders.
• Promote youth-first, strengths-based approaches to employment.

What we are looking for

You are passionate about what you do. To you this is not just a job, it is your career - a choice that you make every day! You are passionate about driving real outcomes and shaping a future where employment is not just a goal but a gateway to independence, confidence and community.

• Experience in Disability Employment Services (DES) or similar and are ready to apply it with purpose and impact
• A high degree of emotional intelligence: self-awareness. self-management, social awareness, and relationship management
• The ability to thrive in dynamic youth focused environments and build genuine connections with young people.
• A comprehensive understanding of the challenges faced by young people living with disability and are committed to helping them overcome these through employment
• The motivation to achieve measurable outcomes and believe that employment is a powerful gateway to independence and self worth.
• The readiness to make a meaningful difference. Every day, with every young person.

Your benefits

When you join yourtown you will be welcomed into a safe, inclusive, and diverse community and an established and reputable national organisation. We are a resilient, resourceful, and dedicated team who strive to transform futures and not accept the status quo.

• salary sacrifice options to increase your take home pay
• Fortnightly/ monthly RDOs
• access to Paylab to help you save on everyday items like groceries, pharmaceutical, automotive services, as well as things like clothing, books, electricals, furniture, and even holidays!
• opportunities for internal and external professional development
• free access to LinkedIn Learning including over 16,000 learning modules
• a genuine focus on employee health and wellbeing
• yourWellness program includes free access to Calm & Centr Apps
• access to free and confidential counselling sessions for you and members of your immediate family
• access to discounted private health insurance, banking and finance, insurance, and superannuation through our partner organisations
• an environment that genuinely values diversity and cultural capability and is an equal opportunity employer

At yourtown has a zero-tolerance approach to abuse and we believe that Safeguarding is a shared responsibility of all, for all.

yourtown is committed to providing services that protect and keep children, young people and adults at risk free from harm. The appointment of successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory screening for child-related employment including the completion of a National Criminal History Check and retention of a valid Working with Children Check.

At yourtown, everybody belongs. We welcome, celebrate, and support a diverse and inclusive workforce that represents the communities in which we work.