AGA (TtW) - Youth Consultant - Ringwood

Due to GROWTH, AGA TtW have new and exciting opportunities for a Youth Consultant to join our team to service the NE Melbourne region. 

What's great about this role:

As a Youth Consultant, you will provide one-on-one support to help a small caseload of clients achieve sustainable and fulfilling employment. 

You will be responsible for delivering high quality, individually tailored services and support, with the aim of placing people into sustainable employment with local employers. You will mentor your clients; provide coaching, guidance, motivation from job preparation to 26 week outcome. Our caseload sizes enable you to spend the time to understand your clients need and match them to the right employer.

With a fully maintained company vehicle, this role embraces a unique and hybrid working model where Mobile Youth Consultants will work both in the field and office visiting clients. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Motivate, engage and inspire clients to build their skills, experience and confidence and to work with them to remove their perceived barriers
• Create individually tailored services and support plans 
• Support people to find suitable, sustainable and meaningful employment opportunities with local or national employers
• Build and maintain networks in the local communities
• Provide post-placement support to our clients

What AGA offers you:

• A fully maintained company vehicle, laptop and mobile phone 
• Professional development and career growth opportunities
• Access to our Employee Assistance & Wellbeing Program which includes a holistic range of offerings including: confidential counselling and financial, nutrition and legal support services
• Opportunities to participate in the IntoWork Wellness Channel that offers regular sessions on supporting your mental, physical and financial wellbeing
• Novated leasing opportunities, corporate discounts and more.

To be successful in this role, you will ideally bring the following skills and experience:

• Knowledge of Employment Services or similar, knowledge of ESS, relevant industry experience/ tertiary qualifications (highly advantageous)
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and build rapport
• Strong demonstrated ability to work with a diverse range of people from different socio-economic backgrounds
• Be passionate about helping people and making a difference in the community
• Be highly organised and possess strong administration skills
• Intermediate proficiency in MS Office or similar software and experience using databases
• Have a current drivers licence
• Be results and target driven
• Be flexible and capable of managing competing demands in a fast-paced and changing environment 

About us:

We deliver Transition to Work services for young people in the northeast metropolitan region of Melbourne,

AGA supports apprentices and trainees to employment As a Registered Training Organisation we offer a wide range of accredited and non-accredited training including pre-employment, transition, partial and full qualification, and specialist industry training.

Our comprehensive service offering along with more than four decades of experience, make us a trusted provider with a reputation for excellence.

Local Delivery, National Support

Does this sound like you? 

If this sounds like you and if you’re looking to take the next step in growing your career in an organisation that values its people and developing a vibrant workforce and culture, then we would like to hear from you!

Applicants must be eligible to work in Australia. It is a requirement of the position to undertake a National Police Check & Working with Children Check prior to appointment.

AGA is an equal opportunity employer. We aim to provide a rewarding environment for all employees and strive to be unique in the benefits provided. AGA encourages applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders.