• Support refugees and asylum seekers into professional careers
• Unique and successful non-profit social enterprise model
• Based in Sydney

ABOUT CAREERSEEKERS

CareerSeekers is a non-profit social enterprise working with leading employers to create paid, professional internship opportunities for refugees and people seeking asylum. We help unleash the talent of refugees in Corporate Australia, while assisting employers to realise meaningful diversity aspirations. We work with both mid-career professionals eager to reignite their career in Australia, and university students seeking a pathway to graduate employment.

We have a track record of delivering outstanding results for both participants and employers. Around 80 of Australia’s most well-known employers host our participants and over 90% of participants secure professional employment within 6 months of graduating university.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Advisor role is key to ensuring CareerSeekers delivers positive experiences and beneficial outcomes for our participants and employment partners. This role is in our University Student program.

Advisors support a caseload of participants as they progress through the CareerSeekers program. They also work closely with managers of interns to make sure they are equipped to host their interns. Advisors may also work with central human resources contacts for some smaller employment partner relationships.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• Assessing the suitability of prospective participants
• Coaching participants in the lead-up to internships, plus facilitating some group training
• Developing profiles for participants, highlighting their skills and past experience, for consideration by employment partners
• Briefing managers and other employer representatives on the CareerSeekers programs
• Supporting students during graduate recruitment by connecting them to internal and external resources
• Ensuring the internship program integrity is maintained, through setting objectives, reviewing intern progress reports, and maintaining regular contact with the intern and their manager

While this is not a management position, advisors bring and develop leadership skills in their role as a mentor to interns.

This role reports to the Program Manager and works closely with a team of other Advisors and Seniors Advisors.

ABOUT YOU

• You are excited about supporting refugees and people seeking asylum to achieve professional success
• You can lean on your own professional experience to share insights about Corporate Australia
• You understand the realities of working in a small organisation. You are flexible, take ownership of work and are persistent in finding solutions to challenges
• You have strong organisational, administrative and computer skills (ideally in Google suite and MS Office), with strong attention to detail

WHAT WE OFFER

This is a rewarding role with a successful and growing purpose-driven organisation. We are a small and close-knit team.

This is an opportunity to have a real, tangible impact on the lives of people from a refugee background, aspiring to a professional career. Be inspired by the life journeys of the amazing people in our program and work with our corporate partners supporting their leading diversity and inclusion initiatives.

CareerSeekers staff receive salary packaging benefits.

HOW TO APPLY

Please click Apply Now to submit your application.

For enquiries about the role, please contact Carolyn Sykes, [email protected] using the subject line: Advisor enquiry via EthicalJobs.