Youth Employment Support Coordinator
- Servicing Blacktown, St Mary's and Mount Druitt
- Full time contract until 30 June, 2022.
- Great Salary Packaging plus 17.5% annual leave loading
Do you like the idea of contributing to a nonprofit organisation supporting young people at risk? If you have a passion for supporting young people to achieve their employment goals and you are a people leader then we would love to hear from you!
ABOUT THE ROLE
As a Youth Employment Support Coordinator, you will:
- Ensure effective delivery of the Youth Employment Social Impact Program (YESIP) in line with contractual requirements and organisational outcomes.
- Engage and assess young people into the YESIP program, supporting them to address barriers to employment via a case work support model.
- Support young people aged 16 to 24 years who are experiencing multiple and complex barriers to employment.
- Develop and maintain key referral pathways with job services and other youth focused agencies.
- Supervise our Employer Engagement Worker.
YOU WILL HAVE
- Demonstrated experience delivering outcome-based services that have consistently achieved contract performance targets.
- Experience in working with young people from diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds.
- Demonstrated experience in developing and delivering group training workshops including: literacy, numeracy, communication, computer literacy and other employability skills.
- Ability to work individually with vulnerable young people to develop realistic and achievable individual employment plans.
- The ability to work collaboratively and innovatively within a team.
- Strong administrative skills, record keeping skills, computer literacy skills and experience with database management systems.
- Willingness to work flexible hours and at other sites when required.
HOW TO APPLY
Applications close at 5.00pm on Friday, 26th November and should be sent to: Anne-Maree Clarke, NSW Programs Manager at NSWAdmin@whitelion.asn.au , using the subject line: Youth Employment Support Coordinator.
To be considered for this position applicants will need to provide a resume and cover letter addressing why you are interested in working at Whitelion, what you will bring to the organisation and the skills and attributes relevant to the role.