Social Inclusion Advisor

Sydney, NSW, AU, 2009**About John Holland**:
We're all about transforming lives by finding solutions to complex challenges. We do that by providing leading design, engineering, construction and asset operations, across infrastructure, transport, building and property in Australia and New Zealand.
From the epic, to the intimate, everything we do improves life for someone, somewhere. It gives our business momentum and means we approach things a little differently.
While our competitors talk about what they do, we focus on why we do it. We transform communities to make them easier to move around, more connected and better to live in.
Are you up for the challenge?

**Your key responsibilities will include**:

- Identify and Manage relationships with Aboriginal businesses, Community Organisations, Not For profit organisations and Social Enterprises in NSW
- Developing and managing relationships with local Aboriginal Community groups and Traditional Owner groups
- Reviewing and writing of tender plans regarding Aboriginal participation, social procurement and skills and training
- Tracking and reporting of social inclusion data including hours worked and training undertaken by Aboriginal people, young people, trainees, cadets and other cohorts
- Provide support to projects to ensure they meet and exceed social inclusion requirements Implementing tender strategies into delivery
- Engaging with businesses, GTO's, RTO's, Universities and TAFE that assist in Apprentices, Trainees and Undergrads Linking Aboriginal businesses and Social Enterprises to potential packages of work with the procurement/commercial teams
- Supporting and/or delivering Cultural Awareness Training
- Implementing Reconciliation Action Plan activities onto projects
- Supporting event organisation for days of significance i.e. NAIDOC Week, Cultural Diversity Week
- Supporting Social Inclusion Manager & People team as required

**To be successful, you must have**:

- Working knowledge of Federal and State Government Social Inclusion policies applicable to the Construction industry
- Experience working with Aboriginal-owned businesses and/or community groups
- Experience engaging with Social Enterprise or Not for Profit organisations
- Experience working with and/or advocating for disadvantaged cohorts
- Experience creating employment pathways and/or training programs for disadvantaged cohorts
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills

As part of the team, you help us deliver on our promise to transform lives.
Your success is reflected in ours, so we're committed to being an employer of choice. We pride ourselves on having a diverse and inclusive workplace, as different perspectives and ideas will deliver our long-term success.
We'll do all we can to help you develop your skills, and make a difference, right from the start. We have a flexible workplace and focus on all aspects of your physical and mental health and safety. We want you to be with us for the long-term, so providing you with rich career experiences and ongoing development is our priority.

**_Women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and other minority groups are encouraged to apply._**

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