Employability Skills Trainer

Are you ready to make a difference in the lives of others, and your own?

As an Employability Skills Trainer your role will be to deliver, facilitate and administer assessments, training and support services to Employability Skills Training participants so they can become more competitive in their local labour market.

APM delivers Employment Services Programs from over 400 sites nationally and you’ll be based at our Lake Haven site. We lift people up, supporting them in employment, independence and improved wellbeing. It’s exciting, challenging, inclusive and rewarding. Together we aspire to enable better lives for our own people and the people we serve.

Who are you?

You are an experienced career counsellor or career development trainer with the ability to use specialised career assessment tools and formulate individual career pathway plans for individuals. You have experience in supporting individuals to secure employment with your strong ability to build relationships, network and promote services.

You love working in a productive and collaborative environment, and want to bring your drive, passion and most importantly your first-class customer service to a role where you are enabling better lives. You’ll also enjoy helping colleagues so that we can achieve great results and make a difference, together.

Am I suited to being an Employability Skills Trainer with APM?

We find people with a background in training, career counselling and/or development a great fit for this role. Your desire to help people and meet business objectives will make you a good fit for an Employability Skills Trainer. It’s desirable that you have your Certificate IV Training and Assessment or be on the way to completion.

What you will be doing...

Promoting APM and the Employability Skills Training program

Supporting and guiding participants identify their skills, abilities and secure employment

Developing career development plans for our participants

Organising, planning, implementing and facilitating training programs for our participants

Building relationships with local employers and community organisations

To be considered, you will have...

Eligibility to work in Australia

A current driver’s licence and a comprehensively insured vehicle

Willing to complete a Criminal History Check

Able to pass a Working with Children Check

Ability to work Monday to Friday - 8:30am to 5:00pm

Certificate IV Training and Assessment (desirable)

As a member of the APM team, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:
An attractive base salary + Super

Supportive and interactive induction process with dedicated L&D team

Genuine career development opportunities

Work within a supportive and high performing team

Discounted health insurance

Access to our free Employee Assistance Program

Ability to purchase additional leave

Employee Wellbeing Program, and more

About APM Group

We’re a diverse team of over 9,000 people across 11 countries with a shared purpose - to enable better lives. Our purpose is the common thread that lives in everything we do, and it starts with enabling better lives for our employees and their families too.

Our work enables the people we serve to realise their ambitions and aspirations through sustainable employment, independence, better health and wellbeing, and increased social participation.

When you join APM, there’s an opportunity to grow your career in Human Services, across multiple global brands and geographies. You can expect a great work-life balance, extensive learning opportunities, networking programs and employee benefits. But most of all you can expect to make a lasting impact on the lives of others, who rely on our services.