Workforce Partner

**Workforce Partner**:

- Posted: 28/10/2025
- Closing Date: 26/11/2025
- Job Type: Permanent - Full Time
- Location: Seymour
- Job Category: Community Services and Development

**About the Role**

As a **Workforce Partner** at MADEC, you’ll play a key role in connecting local employers with people ready to re-enter the workforce. You’ll build trusted relationships with businesses, understand their workforce needs, and create employment opportunities for people seeking meaningful and sustainable work.You’ll be the link between business and community, helping employers find the right people for their workforce while supporting people to develop skills, gain experience, and achieve long-term success in meaningful employment.

**Every connection you make helps a local business strengthen its workforce and gives someone the opportunity to grow, contribute, and change their life through sustainable employment.**

No prior employment services experience? No problem — we’ll provide full training and support. What matters most are your people skills, initiative, and genuine care for helping others succeed.

**Your Day-to-Day Will Involve**:

- Build and maintain trusted relationships with local employers
- Proactively identify and create new job opportunities by engaging potential and existing employers
- Discuss workforce solutions, training needs, and government incentives with employers to support sustainable employment
- Record and manage job vacancies accurately for effective matching with people seeking work
- Facilitate regular employer engagement and vacancy sessions to connect people with suitable roles
- Serve as the primary point of contact for employer partners, ensuring their workforce needs are met and addressing any challenges

**Desired Skills and Experience**:
**Who Will Thrive in This Role**

You’ll be confident, proactive, and business-minded, with a passion for connecting employers to people seeking meaningful work. You may have experience in sales, recruitment, account management, business development, training, or customer service, but **what matters most is your ability to build trust, identify opportunities, and create pathways for people.**
- You’ll bring:

- **Relationship-building skills** - connect easily with employers, understand their workforce needs, and create trusted partnerships

**- Proactivity and initiative** - confident in identifying opportunities, engaging new businesses, and driving employer partnerships
- **Commercial awareness** - understand the needs of businesses and the local labour market to deliver relevant workforce solutions
- **Organisation and time management** - manage multiple priorities, meetings, and follow-ups efficiently
- **Communication skills** - articulate workforce solutions, advocate for people, and represent MADEC professionally
- **Adaptability** - thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced regional environment
- **Resilience** - stay positive and persistent while navigating business challenges

A current driver’s licence is required for local travel and employer engagement.

**Why Join Us?**
- At MADEC, we know that a motivated and supported team delivers the best outcomes for the communities we serve. We offer:

- Salary packaging up to $15,900, plus tax-free entertainment benefits
- Access to a 24/7 holistic Employee Assistance Program for mental, emotional, physical, and financial well-being
- Up to 5 weeks annual leave after three years’ service (eligibility conditions apply), plus additional personal leave
- A supportive, inclusive, and diverse workplace where your contributions are valued
- Ongoing training, professional development, and career progression opportunities
- The satisfaction of working in a purpose-driven organisation that changes lives every day

**Our Commitment**

MADEC embraces diversity and is committed to creating a culture of belonging. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, ages, abilities, and cultures. We adhere to the National Principles for Child Safety, and all team members are expected to be committed to child safety and well-being.

**Ready to Apply?**

Be part of a team that truly changes lives — one connection at a time.

**MADEC Australia | Helping People | Addressing Needs | Improving Lives**
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