Employment Consultant

• Opportunity to join a progressive team in Brookvale and Chatswood!
• Meals & Entertainment card + $15,900 in salary packaging
• Expanding organisation with multiple career pathways

Who are we?

Ability Options provides employment and disability services to people who need assistance to achieve their aspirations and inclusion the community. We operate services to support people with disabilities and those whose lives are changed as a result of accidents, unemployment and disadvantage.

We are committed to a workplace culture that recognises diversity, equity and human rights. We respect and value the contribution of people from all cultures, backgrounds and beliefs, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people and people with disability.

The Role

This role is internally known as "Recruitment Mentor."

Base Locations: Brookvale and Chatswood, NSW (with some travel between sites)

Employment:  Max-Term Full Time (until June 2025), 38 hours a week

Remuneration: $63,623 per annum + Super + Salary Packaging

As Recruitment Mentor, you will be focused on finding employment outcomes for participants within the Disability Employment Services (DES) program by identifying opportunities and securing placements.

The key to your success in this role, will be building and maintaining effective relationships with local employers, pro-actively understanding their resourcing needs and successfully matching candidates to opportunities. A solid understanding of people centred case management principles including barrier management is core to your continued success.

Your key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Build a pipeline of customers through active community engagement and networking
• Business development activities to identify new and ongoing employment opportunities and to develop a strong understanding of the local labour market
• Develop strong relationships with customers, both face to face and over the phone, to understand their placement potential and the actions needed to assist them to be job ready
• Conduct customer appointments and guide customers through the process, identify barriers and devise appropriate management plans and pathways
• Maintain progress reviews and identify next steps at each milestone
• Meet your performance indicators by converting sales leads into placements
• Deliver effective and timely communication and post placement care to both employers and customers

Essential Criteria

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Demonstrated recruitment experience
• Excellent customer and client interpersonal skills
• Drive to work in a targets based, fast paced environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and able to adapt style to suit audience
• Knowledge and application of Disability Employment Services (DES) contract DEED and guidelines desirable but not essential
• Ability to prioritise workload, use initiative and multi-task
• Self-motivated, enthusiastic and reliable work style
• High level of computer literacy
• Satisfactory background checks including Police Check and Working With Children Check (or willingness to obtain)    
• Knowledge of and commitment to child safe standards and mandatory reporting requirements
• Experience working with in the disability service sector highly regarded
• Current driver’s licence (minimum P2)
• Copy of your Comprehensive Car Insurance and Motor Vehicle Registration

Culture & Benefits

Ability Options is a value driven organisation where the people we support are at the centre of everything we do. We have built an inclusive and progressive culture at Ability Options encouraging everyone to continue to learn and develop their career whether that is through coaching and mentoring or leadership training. 

In return for skills and experience, our people receive a competitive remuneration package, access to Fitness passport, employee discounts, a rewards and recognition program, flexible work arrangements including RDOs and the ability to significantly increase your take home pay with not-for profit salary packaging.

If you are passionate and have the desire to unlock possibilities for those we support, then we would love to hear from you!

Ability Options prides itself on being an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, ages and gender as well as people who identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people with a disability.

Ability Options is committed to the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of children and young people. All successful applicants are subject to probity and pre-employment checks. Vaccination against infectious diseases is strongly encouraged.