Job description
Do you want to join a supportive team in a not-for-profit organisation to assist and empower individuals to achieve their goals in securing and maintaining meaningful employment?
EPIC is looking for a full-time Employment Advisor based across the Cairns region who is passionate in making real difference to the lives of people with disability.
Why choose EPIC?
EPIC Assist has been helping people with a disability find and maintain employment for over 30 years. With our combined knowledge, passion and lived experience, all EPIC employees walk the talk and love changing people’s lives for the better. EPIC fosters employee growth with ongoing learning and development. Being a not-for-profit organisation, EPIC also offers generous salary packaging, increasing your take-home pay.
About the Role
The purpose of the role is to reverse market EPIC’s services and participants to local business, which requires passion & resilience. Support local businesses in how to employ people with a disability. Passionate for finding roles for participants, provide ongoing support to local businesses and EPIC’s participants for successful employment.
Our ideal candidate:
- Is self-driven, resilient and skilled at effective time management
- Has excellent communication skills in all forms
- Brings experience and proven success in sourcing new opportunities and growing market share
- Will use consultative selling skills to fully understand client needs
- Has the ability to build brand awareness within your territory
This role is a 6-month contract, full time at 38 hours a week.
EPIC benefits
- Flexible working hours to suit your lifestyle
- Base salary + superannuation + generous not-for-profit salary packaging (up to $15,900 per year, increasing your take home pay) + leave loading
- Additional superannuation based on length of service and superannuation co-contribution of up to $1500
- An extra day off on your birthday (and an allowance)
- Support during tough times. Our Employee Assistance Program (confidential counselling service) is available 24 hours a day to employees and immediate family members
- Discounted Medibank Corporate Health Cover for you and your family
- Accelerate your career through ongoing learning and development opportunities (with an annual professional development budget)
Mandatory requirements
- Current driver’s license
- Must hold or be able to obtain a current Working with Children Clearance (Blue Card)
- Must complete a national police check
- Must be fully vaccinated for Covid-19
EPIC will assist the successful applicant in obtaining a Blue Card and police check.
We make diverse and inclusive hiring a priority
At EPIC, we encourage and support everyone from all backgrounds. We provide equal employment opportunity and make flexible arrangements to ensure everyone feels welcome at EPIC.
What’s next?
We will begin to shortlist candidates within the first week of recruitment and encourage you to apply early!
If you have any questions regarding the vacancy or require any assistance or adjustments prior to interview, please contact our People Experience team at [email protected] using the subject line: Employment Advisor – Cairns enquiry via EthicalJobs, or on (07) 3857 5085.