Recruitment Partner

Not all heroes wear capes … but they do love to make a change in their community

A bit about the role

Here at Youth Projects a Recruitment Partner is responsible for developing and maintaining meaningful employment pathways for young people in your community in accordance with the Transition to Work program. This role requires you to leverage your business development and stakeholder relationship skills in order to identify and secure meaningful and ongoing employment that address our clients unique needs and interests.

It's about much more than just filling vacancies. You're building and nurturing positive working relationships with clients and local employers, understanding their needs and providing them with tailored solutions to their challenges along the way. The best part? All your hard work means stronger employment opportunities for young people in your community, a key determinant of breaking the cycle of disadvantage.

Please note: this is a 12-month maternity leave cover

What You'll Be Doing Day to Day

• Stakeholder relationship management: Find, engage, and maintain relationships with local businesses to find job opportunities and secure repeat placements.
• Provide holistic support: Coach, motivate, and guide program participants, addressing barriers to work and preparing them for sustainable employment.
• Work toward KPI's: Work towards hitting placement and engagement targets through outreach, networking, event promotion and much more

Key requirements:

• Certificate IV in Mental Health, Youth Work, Community Services, Career Development or similar discipline
• Proven experience in Employment Services, Mentoring or Recruitment
• Exceptional ability to develop and maintain stakeholder relationships
• Strong administration skills with competency in all Microsoft Office applications

We're officially recognised as a Great Place to Work… but more importantly, we're a place where your great work gets recognised

Now let's talk about you

Your passionate about working with young people and have the experience to back it up.

You have demonstrated business development and promotional skills to secure new and repeat business.

You have a solid understanding of people centred case management principles including barrier management.

You know not every day will be the same, you can switch from providing support to a service user, to doing your data entry in the blink of an eye.

Changing lives is your passion but you still embrace rolling up your sleeves and mucking in to get the job done.

A bit about us

We are an independent, registered charity providing front line support to vulnerable or at-risk individuals across Melbourne to open pathways out of poverty and homelessness - breaking the cycle of disadvantage. Our work is focused on respect, client-centred care, and harm prevention. Through our holistic model of care, we support people to live longer, healthier lives with meaningful employment and a stronger sense of belonging, safety, and security.

Why should you work with us?

At Youth Projects we are very lucky to have a highly passionate and big energy team. We love what we do and we have fun doing it, all the while keeping things professional We are dedicated to providing a flexible environment to help you get on top of your work-life balance and we prioritise personal development every step of the way by providing regular training and internal development opportunities Most importantly, every day you get to see the way your work impacts real people in your community. But wait, there's more

• Free, locally roasted coffee at the office 
• Generous salary packaging benefits to boost your take home pay
• PLUS additional tax-free salary packaging on meals & entertainment expenses
• Flexible work environment & flexibility to take extra unpaid leave for travel while working
• 17.5% Annual Leave Loading
• Wellbeing initiatives like our Employee Assistance Program
• Additional paid leave for caregiving, wellbeing, family violence, study PLUS an extra five personal leave days

Have you made it this far?

If you're still reading, we think there's a strong chance you might be our kind of person.

Send through your resume + a cover letter by clicking "Apply for the Job."

Recruitment for this position will be undertaken as applications are received, and only successful applicants will be notified. Please note that it is a requirement of all Youth Projects positions that the successful applicant holds a valid Working Children's Check or Police Check.

Our commitment to diversity: At Youth Projects, we value diversity and believe that people from a range of backgrounds bring a variety of ideas, perspectives, and experiences that will enhance our effectiveness. We promote a workplace that actively seeks to include, welcome, and value unique contributions and encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and Indigenous candidates.

Safety screening: Youth Projects is committed to being a child-safe organisation, providing an environment where children who come into contact with the organisation feel safe. Youth Projects has zero tolerance.