Role Purpose

To effectively  and profitably lead the organisation’s delivery of the DEEWR Job Services Australia Contract , Indigenous Employment Panel and Innovation Fund Panel

Location

Cairns

Key skills and attributes required

Role Purpose

Referral of clients to their work experience and intensive activities, liaises with the Employment Coordinators in the management if their clients who are in the Work Experience or Intensive Activity Phase.

Locations:

South Hedland(part Time) Cairns

Key Skills & attitudes required

• Excellent written and verbal communication, negotiation, consultation, marketing and training skills to successfully liaise with internal parties, external employment hosts
• Good working knowledge of, or the ability to promptly acquire knowledge of Computers using Windows based software, Internet, Email and Employment Services Computer Programs
• Knowledge and understanding of the barriers facing indigenous communities, the ability to negotiate tailored activities to overcome employment barriers, skills in providing pre and post placement support and the ability to empathize with and motivate jobseekers Excellent marketing skills to promote work experience activities to hosts
• Demonstrated time management with an ability to make submissions, write reports and acquit expenditure within deadlines

Position Description

PD Work Experience Coordinator

Closing Date

30/7/10

Between the 27th of June and the 3rd of July, twenty five candidates from the Navy led DIDP project embarked on a trip to HMAS Cerberus, just south of Melbourne in Victoria. This is a facility used by the Australian Navy to train every recruit wishing to join their ranks and a special welcome was given by the commanding officer at Cerberus, Mark Hill who had a special affirmation for both the far north and in particular the Torres Straight where he had taken charge of a small Naval vessel some 20 years prior.Â
Two Chief Petty Officers, a leading hand and another two civilian ITEC Employment Mentors were on hand to assist with an action packed week at Cerberus. As part of a 32 week pre-recruitment training regime, the DIDP aims to give young indigenous people the skills, determination and security to pursue a career in the Australian Defence forces on an equal or greater footing than all recruits who aim to join. Skills acquired during the course include life skills, maths and English , high levels of fitness, seamanship (Coxwanes Certificate) and a range of challenging task-work aimed at promoting self esteem and teamwork.
This component of the course involved an in depth look at Navy recruitment and required active participation at levels expected of all recruits which was rather challenging given the cold, rainy and windy conditions. The candidates found themselves up before 6am every morning, doing a range of physical training which included gym work, swimming and physical testing, a mud run, hours of marching and drill as well as a cold water plunge during the survival at sea component. Visits to the gunnery range, small-arms target range, simulated target shooting, museum, a game of AFL at the MCG and a trip to snow also formed part of this hectic week of activity.
The recruits who are predominately from the NPA and Torres Straight (plus a few others from Cairns, Townsville and Rockhampton) did themselves proud with the way they conducted themselves in a disciplined yet fun-loving way throughout their visit to HMAS Cerberus. The trip served its purpose of giving these young men and woman a positive expectation of a career in the Royal Australian Navy and also helped take a little of their own culture to the cold south!

Australian Job Search – www.jobsearch.gov.au

Career One – www.careerone.com.au

Seek – www.seek.com.au

My Career – www.mycareer.com.au

Job Guide – www.jobguide.deewr.gov.au

Centrelink – www.centrelink.gov.au

Australian Workplace – www.workplace.gov.au

Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) – www.deewr.gov.au

Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) – www.facsia.gov.au

Family Assistance Office – www.familiyassist.gov.au

Workplace Authority – www.workplaceauthority.gov.au

National Employment Services Association (NESA) – www.nesa.com.au

Community Enterprises Australia – (CEA) – www.cealtd.com.au

Enterprise Management Group – (EMG) – www.enterprisemg.com.au

Community Housing Australia – (CHFA) – www.chfa.com.au

ITEC Training – www.itectraining.com.au (coming soon)

The Job Shop – www.jobshop.com.au

National Organisation for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Related Disorders Inc. (NOFASARD) – www.nofasard.org

Russell Family Fetal Alcohol Disorders Association (rffada) – www.rffada.org

Role Purpose

Liaises with and visits remote communities. Actively works with clients to commence, undertake JSCI, conduct assessments, formulate individualised plans, undertake reviews and contacts with a job focus, negotiate EPPs and help clients gain meaningful jobs. ECs also support clients with high needs including people with multiple disadvantage and remote clients. ECs will also be required to provide clients with work preparation and job seeking skills.

Locations:

Alice Springs, Far North Queensland , Top End (Darwin)

Key Skills & attitudes required

• A sound understanding of case management and advocacy principles and the capacity to progress clients through to the desired outcome by addressing a wide range of barriers
• Capacity to effectively communicate with people of indigenous/remote communities, people with disability and/or people with multiple Non vocational barriers to employment
• Sound written and verbal communication skills
• Computer literacy using Windows based software, Internet, Email
• Demonstrated organisational and time management skills
• Knowledge and understanding of the barriers facing indigenous communities, the ability to negotiate tailored activities to overcome employment barriers, skills in providing pre and post placement support and the ability to empathize with and motivate jobseekers
• Willingness and ability to travel to remote locations utilizing 4X4 vehicles, light aircraft and other non mainstream forms of transport

Closing Date

30/7/10