Job Placement Consultant in Melbourne

IPAR is a national occupational rehabilitation provider supporting thousands of people who may be living with an illness, disability, or injury. Our care is tailored to each individual through workplace rehabilitation, counselling, injury prevention, or finding new employment. We work with our clients to identify their goals and provide psychological or physical supports to help them live life to its fullest potential.

As a Job Placement Consultant, you’ll help people facing health challenges find new employment opportunities and support them in returning to meaningful and sustainable work. This role will service a caseload across our East & South East Melbourne region.

Your duties will include:

• Work collaboratively with injured workers, potential employers, and your internal team of allied health professionals to provide safe, sustainable opportunities for workers to re-enter the workforce.
• Contribute to injured workers' ability to achieve return to work goals through job skills development, confidence building, and promoting independence.
• Apply and deliver customer service in employment services and job placement.
• Empower clients to effectively present their skills and abilities when seeking employment.
• Broker new employment opportunities in the Melbourne Metropolitan area and surrounds.
• Build strong relationships with local employers and organisations.
• Complete written progress and various other reports on a regular basis.

Qualifications:

• Experience in Occupational and/or Vocational Rehabilitation is highly desirable.
• Previous experience in Employment Services/Disability Employment as a high performer.
• Strong resume writing skills with an understanding of the local labour market.
• A passion for assisting people to gain employment and enhance their careers.
• The ability to grow our services and build strong relationships with key customers.
• Current driver licence and motor vehicle.

New team members are matched up with a buddy and enjoy comprehensive induction and employee assistance programs combined with ongoing workplace mentoring. Clearly defined career development pathways are aligned with a competitive remuneration package, including bonus and incentive schemes and salary packaging options.

We have a robust 'promote from within' culture and secondment opportunities keep life interesting and challenging for our employees. If social events and activities are your thing, we have plenty to choose from too!

Every day, we seek better together, for our clients, our customers, our community, and each other. Here at IPAR, we have three simple but powerful values that drive every decision we make as a business and as a team:

• Great People - To be an IPARian means being caring, collaborative, and inclusive.
• Big Hearts - We’re here to make a positive difference for our clients, our customers, our team, and our community.
• Bold Ideas - Is there a better way? Let’s find it.

If you would like to have a confidential discussion about the role or if you want to express your interest in a career with IPAR, please contact our Talent Acquisition Lead.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, proudly welcoming people with disabilities, including mental health conditions, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people from the LGBTQI community, veterans, carers, and Indigenous Australians to our team.