Inclusive Employment Specialist – Jigsaw Adelaide

ABOUT THE ROLE:

The Inclusive Employment Specialist (IES) will be the face of Jigsaw in the local community focusing on employer engagement. The IES will work closely with Jigsaw Hub and Zone Managers the Jigsaw Alumni and Jigsaw Paid Trainees and Participants to deeply understand their employment goals and aspirations and use their strong local labour market knowledge and employer networks to identify and create suitable sustainable employment placements.

Key areas of accountability include but are not limited to:

• Engage directly with employers and local IEA providers across the local community to identify and carve suitable sustainable employment opportunities for job seekers with disability.
• Develop and implement structured employer engagement plans that aims to build a solid leads pipeline to meet placement targets.
• Engage in and represent Jigsaw Australia at various networking opportunities (e.g. Business Chamber business networking breakfasts etc) to build new partnerships.
• Meet key performance indicators in relation to employer engagement employment opportunities and job placements.
• Collaborate with the local Hub and/or Zone Manager(s) engage directly with Paid Trainees Participants and Jigsaw Alumni to understand their motivators employment goals and aspirations to understand where to focus efforts in engaging with employers.
• Support Paid Trainees and Participants through job interviews where necessary.
• Support The Jigsaw Growth team in wider strategic employer engagement initiatives.
• Work with local Community Engagement Leads in partnering with community service organisations and other employment service providers with the aim to build solid outcomes-focused wraparound services for job seekers that support their vocational and non-vocational barriers to gaining and maintaining employment.
• Enter and maintain employer and vacancy records into the relevant internal CRM in addition to relevant Department systems including any wage subsidies as required.
• Maintain case notes for both job seekers and employers for any and all engagement.
• Ensure all employment activity complies with the requirements in the Inclusive Employment Australia Deed and guidelines.

Qualifications and experience required:

Essential

• Demonstrated experience in reverse marketing and placing vulnerable cohorts of job seekers into employment; preferably within Disability Employment Services
• Business development/sales experience
• Caseload management of disadvantaged job seekers; preferably within the Disability Employment Services program
• Knowledge of inclusive employment practices and barriers faced by people with disability
• Possess a working knowledge of occupational health and safety practices
• Have the right to work in Australia
• Willingness to travel intrastate based on employer and job seeker support needs
• Willingness to work outside of standard business hours as required based on employer and job seeker needs
• Possess a current satisfactory NDIS Worker Screening and Working With Children Check
• Completion of NDIS Worker Orientation Module
• Possess and maintain current First Aid and CPR certifications
• Other checks and certifications may be required based on customer needs

Desirable

• Solid existing employer networks
• Knowledge of the NDIS sector
• Knowledge of Work Integrated Social Enterprises (WISE)
• Experience in Transition to Work (TtW); ParentsNext/ParentPathways; Jobactive/Workforce Australia; Disability Employment Services (DES)/Inclusive Employment Australia (IEA)

What makes Jigsaw an unbeatable workforce:

• Competitive above award rate salary Super Salary packaging
• A quarterly Wellness Day to pursue wellness initiatives or activities of importance to you!
• Jigsaw employees receive tax-effective salary packaging opportunities meaning you can increase the value of your take-home income (including novated car leasing).
• An opportunity to be part of a passionate team helping to build a fantastic workplace culture whilst carrying out purposeful work.

If you are interested in joining a dynamic organisation at a time of exciting change in the disability sector apply with your current resume and a cover letter addressing the above criteria.

For more information regarding the role or to obtain a copy of the position description please email

As a values-based organisation supporting marginalised communities across Australia we value lived experience and cultural diversity. We encourage applications from people with disability and from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. If you require adjustments to our recruitment process please reach out for a confidential discussion.

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Fighting Chance is a Child Safe Organisation committed to the safety wellbeing and inclusion of all children and young people. We have zero tolerance for abuse harm neglect discrimination or inequality and are dedicated to preventing harm of any kind.

We uphold the rights of children and young people to be heard to have their identity and culture respected and to have their concerns taken seriously and acted upon.

All staff are expected to uphold our Code of Conduct and implement our Child Protection Practices and to actively promote a culture of safety respect and trust in everything we do.

At Fighting Chance we believe that child safety is everyones responsibility.