• Coordinate our employment mentors + support our clients into meaningful employment.
• Above award + increase your take home pay with up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits.
• Part-time 60.8 hours per fortnight, max term to 31 March 2025, based in Shepparton

About the opportunity

Join us to coordinate and support our small team of Employment Mentors delivering the Jobs Victoria Employment Services program located together with the broader Uniting team in our bright new offices in Maude Street Shepparton.

You will provide advice and guidance to the team and support our Employment Mentors to secure suitable placements for clients largely from multicultural, refugee, or asylum seeker backgrounds.

You will also be responsible for achieving milestones, reporting to funding bodies, managing escalated issues and building and sustaining strong working relationships with stakeholders, local employers and participants.

What’s on offer

We support flexible working and will work out a schedule for your part time hours that suits you and suits us.  We can also look at occasional work from home days.

In addition to receiving a full-time equivalent salary of $88,940.25 and superannuation, you’ll also receive 17.5% leave loading and an ability to increase your take-home pay by accessing up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits.

There is also the option to increase your annual leave entitlements through our purchase leave program.

You will have access to paid parental leave for up to 10 weeks and can receive a 10% discount on the childcare subsidy gap fee when using a Uniting Early Learning service or centre.

About you

You are an experienced team leader and know how to provide supervision, support and guidance to team members resulting in high quality outcomes.

You will also bring with you:

• Previous experience in the delivery of Employment Services programs
• Experience in Community / Employer engagement and relationship management
• Demonstrated experience with dealing with complex individuals and situations.
• Experience working with multicultural and newly arrived communities.
• A current driver’s licence (essential)

View the full position description attached here.

How to apply

Click Apply Now to submit your interest and we’ll be in touch shortly. We’ll be reviewing applications as they come through as we’re keen to engage with someone.

If you’d like to know more, please contact Gemma Hepton, Senior Manager on 0478 271 349 (During business hours) or [email protected] using the subject line: Coordinator Employment Services - Shepparton enquiry via EthicalJobs.

About Uniting

At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice. We have a 5,000 strong workforce of employees and volunteers who deliver a diverse range of services across Victoria and Tasmania.

Visit us: www.vt.uniting.org 

Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children, at all times. As a ‘child safe’ organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and relevant Working with Children Check in your State prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking.

Uniting is also committed to equal opportunity and ensuring the workplace is reflective of the community. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability.