Employment Coach

Are you looking for a role where you can make a difference?

As an Employment Coach you will actively engage with participants to overcome career challenges, develop essential skills, and achieve their employment goals. SYC delivers employment services at over 50 locations throughout Australia. We are currently seeking a passionate Employment Coach to join our team in Preston.

Key responsibilities:

• Providing one-to-one coaching sessions to participants, assessing their career needs and creating personalised action plans.
• Conducting career assessments and helping clients identify their strengths, interests, and values to guide their employment goals.
• Using sales strategies to work collaboratively and network with community organisations to create opportunities for participants.
• Assisting participants in developing effective job search strategies, including resume writing and interview preparation.
• Referring participants through training, counselling, and other services to increase long term employment outcomes.
• Ensuring compliance requirements are met.

About You

As someone who enjoys working autonomously within a broader team environment, enthusiastic, empathetic, and dedicated to make a difference in people's lives. You will have experience in administration, strong attention to detail, the ability to meet deadlines and outlined KPI targets and able to work in an agile environment. The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Experience in customer service, client facing or an administrative role.
• Time management, organisational skills and the ability to plan and prioritise in order to achieve outcomes.
• Excellent communication skills with well-developed verbal, and written skills, and the ability to conduct client assessments, developing case plans and case notes and reports.
• Interpersonal conflict resolution and negotiation skills along with the ability to identify innovative and lateral solutions to problems.
• Ability to develop relationships with employers and relevant stakeholders.
• Excellent computer skills.

Key screening requirements:

• Be willing to complete a Working with Children Check and National Police Check
• Have a valid and current Drivers License
• Be eligible to work in Australia

Additional benefits

• Additional day off to celebrate your Birthday*
• Salary package up to $15,900 each Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) year, plus additional salary packaging of $2,650 towards meals and accommodation.
• Access an additional one week of paid leave each year, through SYC loyalty leave*
• Discounted Corporate Private Health Cover
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Wellbeing leave
• Qualifying periods and terms apply.

About us

SYC exists so everyone can succeed.

A not-for-profit organisation, we invest back into the Australian community, helping tens of thousands of people every year with housing, education and employment.

Founded in 1958 to support young people experiencing disadvantage, we have extended this expertise to people of all ages for more than three decades.

To learn more about us, visit our website: https://www.syc.net.au/services/employment

To apply please click the Apply Now button.

If you have any questions, please email [email protected]

SYC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is proud of our diverse workforce. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people with disability to apply. If you require assistance completing your application, please contact our recruitment team who will be happy to support you via [email protected].