Workforce Partner

Posted: 11/10/2024

Closing Date: 10/11/2024

Job Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Gungahlin

Job Category: Employment Services

**Our vision is to have more people in jobs, more people learning new skills, and more communities exposed to positive change, in partnership with employers and industry.**

**About BUSY Ability...**

BUSY Ability is part of The BUSY Group, a not-for-profit organisation presenting over 45 years' experience in its’ field. BUSY Ability enables people with a disability and people with a lived experience of the justice system to realise their full potential through participation in meaningful employment. Engaging in communities across Northern NSW, ACT, Victoria, North QLD, South East QLD including Gold Coast and Brisbane.

**A bit about the role...**

The role devises interventions and solutions to work with the customers and employers to improve prospects of maintaining sustainable employment, while also working with employers to appropriately plan and develop their workforce to create future employment opportunities and to improve overall staff retention. A solid understanding of people centred case management principles including barrier management is core to continued success as well as a detailed understanding of the principles of workforce planning. The Workforce Partner will be well versed in the National Standards for Disability Services and will create future employment opportunities for people with a disability through identifying opportunities to deliver training around workplace diversity and customised employment.

This role is full time, fixed term until 30 June 2025 with possibility of extension based in Gungahlin.

**So, what does an everyday look like?**
- Maintain regular contact with customers and employers, providing mentoring and advice.
- Seek opportunities to further embed CoAct offering and services with employer by imbedding themselves in each employer organisation.
- Ensure effective and timely communication with customers and employers to deliver post placement care, ensuring employment continues and outcome milestones are reached.
- Maintain progress reviews and identify next steps at each milestone, ensuring all customers move forward in their journey.
- Introduce and advise on best practice solutions and effective interventions when required.

**BUSY Benefits**
- Competitive, above award salary; Circa $65k + NFP salary sacrifice + super + bonus
- Generous bonus incentive plans
- Not for profit salary sacrifice
- Training and Professional development commitment
- Career progression and internal transfer opportunities
- BUSY Benefits program
- Employee Assistance Program
- Tools of the trade to support your individual role

**Desired Skills and Experience**:
**A bit about you...**
- Highly developed administrative and organisational skills
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills and ability to adapt style to suit the audience
- Ability to prioritise workload, use initiative and multi-task
- Ability to meet targets and deadline requirements
- Ability to work effectively and collaboratively as part of a team
- High level of computer literacy

**Next steps...