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Workforce Development Officer

Financial Counselling Victoria
  • 0.8 FTE
  • Collaborative team environment
  • Not-for-profit salary packaging benefits

ABOUT FCVic

Financial Counselling Victoria (FCVic) is the peak body and professional association for over 250 financial counsellors throughout Victoria. Financial counsellors provide free information, support and advocacy to Victorians in financial difficulty, and assist over 60,000 people annually.

FCVic plays a key role in sector professionalisation, support and development, and advocating for policy change to improve outcomes for vulnerable Victorians.

We are seeking a suitably qualified Workforce Development Officer to support new financial counsellors entering the workforce,and develop strategies to help increase sector capacity.

THE ROLE

The primary purpose of this position is to support new financial counsellors entering the workforce, as well as the continued development of the existing workforce.

In doing this, the staff member will liaise with financial counselling students and interns, financial counselling agencies, and a range of other stakeholders, including Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) and Financial Counselling Australia (FCA).

Reporting to the FCVic Training Manager, this position will work in close collaboration with other FCVic team members to develop the financial counselling sector in Victoria. The funding for this position is to support the financial counselling sector in Tasmania as well, so the position will have similar responsibilities for Tasmanian workforce development in its remit but will be based in Melbourne.

KEY SELECTION CRITERIA

Primary responsibilities

  • Work closely with students, financial counselling agencies and RTOs to ensure that Diploma students are able to access effective learning and training through placements and/or internships
  • Support the “intern model” through training and networking opportunities for the interns employed by agencies
  • Develop sustainable mentoring models, with associated training and guidelines
  • Develop and coordinate effective mentor networks
  • Assist in developing strategies to increase the number of students undertaking and completing the Diploma of Financial Counselling
  • Contribute to development of a workforce development strategy for the sector
  • Work with FCAT to develop appropriate workforce development arrangements in Tasmania.

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

  • Tertiary qualification in organisational development, learning and development, adult education or equivalent workforce experience
  • Experience in undertaking or managing placements and/or traineeships for a practice-oriented profession

Highly desirable:

  • Diploma of Financial Counselling
  • Experience working as a qualified financial counsellor, or experience working with the financial counselling sector
  • Experience with the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT

The position is for a term of 12 months, at 0.8 of a full time position (4 days per week).

We offer a competitive salary of $80-91K (pro-rata) based on experience, plus not-for-profit salary packaging benefits, and superannuation.

For enquiries, please contact Tanja Haeusler, Training Manager on 03 9663 2000 or email [email protected], using the subject line: Workforce Development Officer enquiry via EthicalJobs.

A full Position Description is attached below.

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