Project Officer - Jobseekers2Communities

The WA Council of Social Service has an agreement with the Commonwealth Government through the Jobs Fund to provide a new service to the community sector in Perth, to enhance the capacity of the West Australian community services sector, while responding to emerging and current needs of the labour market.

The Project, entitled Jobseekers2Communities will provide job seekers with a gateway into a career in the community services.

The Project Officer position will form part of the Jobseeker2communities project worker pool. Pool workers will be required to work across a number of not for profit organisations within the Perth metropolitan area.These projects will be focussed on providing backend administration and management system support tasks and will be time limited. Pool workers will be matched to projects based on areas of expertise and skills.

Who Is Eligible?

• You must live in the southern coastal suburbs of Perth.
• You must have a good work history but be currently unemployed – for example due to the global financial crisis you may have been retrenched or laid off, or had your hours cut, etc.
• You must have the kind of skills we are looking for.
• You must be willing to travel to work in the organisations who request project Pool Workers.
• You must be adaptable and professional in your approach to work.
• You must be willing to undergo training to help you make the transition into working in the not-for-profit community sector.

When will applications close?

There will be three rounds of inductions for Pool Workers over the course of the next 18 months. Prior to each round of inductions, WACOSS will call for Organisations to apply for Pool Workers. The first round of applications will be required to be at the WACOSS office by 5pm on 18th December 2009.

If you need more information, please call the Program Coordinator Eira Clapton: eira@wacoss.org.au or 9420 7222