Education and Employment Coordinator

About the role

This is fulltime (35 hours / week) contract opportunity until August 2026 and is based at Foyer Central in Chippendale

• Highly preferrable to commence during the first week in December 2025

Foyer Central is located in the heart of Sydney and offers 53 studio apartment style accommodation for young people with a lived experience of out of home care.

Foyer Central is a bold evidence-based program for young people aged 18-22, funded by a combination of social investment and government funding, and supporting young people's transition to adulthood and independence.

Using a strength based Advantaged Thinking practice approach, the program aims to provide young people the opportunity to create a culture of ownership, inclusivity, creativity, respect and learning in a connected and vibrant community.

As the Education/ Employment Coordinator you will form an integral part of the Leadership team and will be responsible for educational and employment opportunity programming.

As part of this role, you will deliver and/or facilitate structured and unstructured learning opportunities for the young people including mentoring and coaching, networking within the local community and via strong partnerships with education and employment networks and representatives.

Your goal will be to motivate young people to engage in employment and education opportunities and activities as part of holistic life domain planning. You will provide a safe and stable environment, demonstrating positive role modelling to enable young people to meet their goals and achieve their full potential.

What we need from you:

• Tertiary qualifications in Social Sciences and demonstrated relevant work experience with young people.
• A passion for working with young people and a sound knowledge of the challenges faced by young people leaving the out-of-home-care system.
• An understanding of trauma informed practice (or willingness to learn).
• The ability to initiate and develop positive connections with relevant educational and employment focused agencies, programs, and services in the local community.
• A willingness to learn about and work within an Advantage Thinking practice model.
• The capacity to work with and supervise a small team of workplace students and volunteers including induction, monitoring, and rostering.
• A current NSW Drivers Licence, WWCC and National Police Check with the ability to work flexible hours.

Why Join Uniting?

At Uniting, we care for you while you care for others.

• Salary packaging benefits – increase your take-home pay.
• Wellbeing support – tools and programs to support your physical and mental health.
• Professional development – ongoing training, supervision, and career pathways.
• Inclusive and flexible workplace – we value your uniqueness and support work-life balance.

To be considered for this position you MUST be a current Uniting employee and will need to upload your resume as well as a Cover Letter responding to the 3 Targeted Questions below (2 A4 page max);

TQ1: Tell us about your ability to encourage young people from a range of socio-economic and cultural backgrounds to participate in education and employment and how you work in partnership with young people to achieve their goals.

TQ2: Tell us about your demonstrated skills and experience in initiating and developing positive connections with relevant educational and employment focused agencies, programs, and services in the local community.

TQ3: Please describe your ability to build and maintain positive connections with educational and employment-focused agencies, programs, and services in the local community. In your response, outline your passion for working with young people and your understanding of the challenges faced by young people transitioning from out-of-home care.

Should you have any questions, please contact Alex Sullivan from Uniting's Talent Acquisition Team at /

Closing date: 11:55pm, Tuesday 4th November 2025

Employment with Uniting is subject to satisfactory background checks, which include National Police Checks, Working with Children Checks and Reference Checks.

About Uniting

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