Job Placement Consultant

Company Description

IPAR is a national occupational rehabilitation provider supporting thousands of people who may be living with an illness, disability, or injury. Whether it is through workplace rehabilitation, counselling, injury prevention or finding new employment, our care is tailored to each and every individual. We work with our clients to identify their goals and provide psychological or physical supports to help them live life to its fullest potential. Our team of highly skilled allied health professionals and employment consultants include Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Exercise Physiologists, Psychologists and Rehabilitation Counsellors. IPAR is just one of the purpose-built, industry leading brands in the global 

Why joins us?

• Access to IPAR’s health and wellness program with fun team monthly activities to support your overall well-being and to connect with your peers
• IPAR’s Star Award reward and recognition program for top achievers
• A "promote from within" culture where every team member is supported to build a career  
• Employee Referral Program - Monetary incentives for successfully recommending great talent!
• Be part of a diverse and multidisciplinary team who are knowledgeable, collaborative, supportive & fun!
• A comprehensive onboarding program to ensure a great start and ongoing support to excel
• Opportunity to join our Diversity & Inclusion committees, including the IPAR Pride Group, i-parent, Reconciliation Action Plan committee.
• Corporate benefits including Fitness Passport, Travel Perks, Discounted Health Insurance, Novated Leasing, Salary Packaging, EAP, Parental & Purchased Leave.

Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Job Placement Consultant to join our dynamic, passionate, and highly skilled Bendigo team on a Full Time basis (also Open to Part Time 0.8FTE).

As a Job Placement Consultant, you will support and inspire people post injury on their journey back to work by providing high quality job seeking and candidate marketing services, while delivering an exceptional customer experience.

Some of your day to day includes:

• Support injured workers to develop effective job seeking skills, including resume development, interview preparation, online job search strategies and cold canvassing
• Work collaboratively with Case Managers to achieve successful return‑to‑work outcomes, including participation in regular job‑seeking meetings as required.
• Conduct labour market research and prepare relevant reports.
• Assist with identifying and promoting employment opportunities for injured workers, making use of available programs and initiatives where appropriate.

You will bring energy, initiative and confidence to problem solving and driving positive outcomes. Your strong written and verbal communication skills, combined with a person‑centred approach, will enable you to build effective stakeholder relationships and consistently exceed client expectations.

Qualifications

Our new team member will have:

• Background in Employment services, Case Management/Disability Employment (Desirable but not essential)
• Great interpersonal skills to build and develop relationships with key customers
• Strong resume writing skills with a good understanding of local labour market
• A passion for assisting people to gain employment and enhance their careers
• A current drivers' license and access to their own vehicle

Additional Information

Every day, we seek better together, for our clients, our customers, our community and each other.

Here at IPAR, we have three simple but powerful values that drive every decision we make as a business and as a team. Our values have been created by our people and reflect the incredible team that work here, and what is important to them.

Great People - To be an IPARian means being caring, collaborative and inclusive. We’re accountable, approachable and authentic, lifting ourselves and others to be the best we can be each and every day.

Big Hearts - We’re here to make a positive difference for our clients, our customers, our team and our community. We believe in making meaningful connections as we support people in their time of need.

Bold Ideas - Is there a better way? Let’s find it. We show curiosity and courage in the face of challenge or change and draw on experts, insights and evidence to continually deliver the highest quality solutions.

If you would like to have a confidential discussion about the role [quoting REF10484B] or if you want to express of interest for a career with IPAR, please contact the Talent Acquisition Specialist, Grant Devlin on 0474740466 for a confidential discussion. 

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You are welcome here.

Our fast-growing team of more than 4,000 people around Australia represent a huge array of life experiences, skills and ways of thinking. We value all these differences. 

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, proudly welcoming people with disability including mental health conditions, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, carers and Indigenous Australians to our team.

We are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs.