Employment Consultant

Creative, rewarding and dynamic role for a customer-driven professional
- High-performing, respected DES provider with great workplace culture
- Not for profit + salary packaging benefits

**At Maxima, we see potential.**
- Are you an experienced, employment consultant or mentor?
- Do you enjoy building relationships and assisting customers?
- Do you like finding new solutions and implementing them?

We are seeking experienced employment consultants, with exposure to the Disability Employment Services (DES) contract to assist our customers into long-term, sustainable employment.

You must be passionate about what you do, with a customer-centric attitude and the energy to succeed.

This full-time role is a fixed-term, parental leave contract, based at our Wonthaggi site.

**What will your role involve?**
- Assessing a Customer’s strengths and barriers to employment and implementing a tailored job plan to assist them into employment
- Progressing Customers toward and into employment in line with organisational and contractual needs
- Exploring and conducting reverse marketing based on Customer’s skills and advocating for their placement
- Placing and supporting Customers into employment
- Undertaking Post Placement and Ongoing Support activities with Employers and Customers
- Achieving role specific KPIs

**What you’ll need to succeed**
- A high level of assessment and case management skills
- Experience delivering high levels of customer service
- Ability to market and advocate for our Customers
- Understanding of the National Standards for Disability Services
- A belief and passion that everyone has the right to work
- Ability to work within a fast-paced team environment

The Employment Consultant is responsible for assisting Customers through assessment and preparation to achieve a job ready status. You must hold a current driver’s licence, national police check and relevant State/Territory working with children check or be willing to obtain.

**About Maxima**

Maxima is a national not-for-profit employment services and training organisation with a 35-year history. Our mission is to work towards a better Australia by helping people into meaningful employment by connecting and supporting jobseekers and employers.

We are driven by a desire to make a real difference and are rewarded every day by the life-changing outcomes we create for our inspiring customers.

**Culture and Benefits**

At Maxima we distinguish ourselves by offering a supportive working environment. Be welcomed into a culture of continuous improvement and endless learning opportunities.
- Salary sacrifice up to $15,900 of your yearly income
- 17.5% annual leave loading
- Personal Accident & Illness Insurance cover
- Healthy lifestyle initiatives including discounts on health insurance and gym memberships
- Continuous training and development
- Long term career development opportunities
- Volunteering leave
- Employee Assistance Program
- A community-focused team culture
- Mobile devices to get the job done

**How to Apply