• Are you an innovative thinker who is passionate about supporting young people?
• Are you looking for a new challenge in an exciting and innovative social enterprise setting?
• Full/ Part time role based in CBD and visiting sites across Metropolitan Melbourne
• Competitive salary $80k to $88k base salary + super + salary packaging (providing up to an extra $6,400 take home pa)
• Flexible work – work from home opportunities, hours and workplace flexibility

ABOUT GOOD CYCLES

We are on a mission to create safe and meaningful jobs through innovation and demonstrate how social enterprise can play a pivotal role in a sustainable future.

For 10 years Good Cycles have been leaders in social enterprise, using the bike and innovation to positively impact the lives of young people, by reducing barriers to employment and improving the community we work in.

Good Cycles is an independent not-for-profit that empowers young people by creating a safe and inclusive workplace, offering employment in a range of bike-based services, as well as in horticulture and infrastructure/asset maintenance.

Our profits go towards supporting young people who face barriers to employment through our Youth Employment Program and by creating jobs of the future that deliver social and sustainable outcomes.

The Youth Employment Program

Our Youth Employment Program is designed to support young people through coaching and skills development alongside real-world work experience. Through on-the-job learning, we improve job readiness, support networks, financial wellbeing, and resilience.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

The Youth Coach would work as part of the Impact Programs team, helping to provide vocational assistance to young people in the Good Cycles Youth Employment Program. The aim of the program is to empower young people who have faced barriers to employment to prepare for future employment transitions by gaining meaningful on-the-job experience and transferable skills while supporting them to respond to challenges as they arise (e.g. housing, mental health concerns, work-related issues).

ABOUT YOU

You have:

• A relevant tertiary qualification in Youth Work, Social Work or related and minimum 3 years professional experience supporting young people in in youth work practice or related field
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills and the ability to deliver innovative solutions
• A commitment to professional and ethical practice and the Child Safe Standards
• A current full Victorian driver’s license and access to a vehicle

Confidence and ability to ride a bicycle in and around the Melbourne CBD is highly regarded.

We encourage women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people identifying as LGBTQI+ and all cultural and linguistic backgrounds to join our team. People of all abilities should apply. 

If you would like to make a time to discuss the role or if you have any questions please contact Andy McManus - Youth Employment Team Leader: [email protected], using the subject line: Youth Worker - Employment Coach enquiry via EthicalJobs.

A position description is attached.