Employment Partnership & Placement Manager

We provide award-wage employment to people with disability through our flourishing café in Balaclava, a local football club canteen, a cooking school, and other exciting projects. We also employ core staff without disability, to provide training, mentorship and support, and to ensure everyone is set up to thrive and succeed.

As the organisation has matured, we have implemented an Employment Pathway model; to act as a stepping stone towards mainstream employment, providing our employees with disability the skills, confidence, and independence to live a life with purpose.

We are on the hunt for a Partnerships & Placement Manager to work alongside the Senior Leadership team of All Things Equal to develop new employment partnership opportunities, nurture relationships and ensure that there is an ongoing pipeline of open job opportunities for our trainees after their time at All Things Equal.

Working 1:1 with trainees, the Partnerships & Placement Manager will provide effective hands-on coaching and mentorship to trainees as they prepare to transition out of All Things Equal and into a mainstream workplace.

Upon trainees entering a new workplace, the Partnerships & Placement Manager will be the key stakeholder between the trainee, their family, All Things Equal and the employment partner. They will keep abreast of issues and concerns as they arise, and ensure that All Things Equal is proactive in implementing strategies to create a safe, positive and long term work environment for our trainees in their mainstream workplaces.

Recognising that each trainee has unique qualities, skills and support requirements, the Partnerships & Placement Manager will tailor their support to each trainee, ensuring that the trainee is best equipped for their new role.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Employment Partner Relations

Together with the senior leadership team, the Partnerships & Placement Manager will:

• Source new mainstream employment partners.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with employers to create sustainable employment opportunities and outcomes for trainees.
• Have regular communication with employment partners, providing guidance and mentoring to best support the trainee in work. This may include developing training for the team, and tailored resources.
• Quickly and thoroughly resolve challenges that may arise between an employment partner and trainee/family.
• Identify risks in employer workplaces and develop strategies to mitigate those risks.
• Develop key processes and structures for long-term sustainability of the transition program.

Training, Development and Support of Trainees

• Listen effectively to trainees about their professional goals, and account for these in planning mainstream employment opportunities.
• Work closely with the ATE team to assess suitable candidates and match them with employment partners.
• Provide effective hands-on direction and coaching to trainees to build their capabilities, with positive support and guidance. This includes all stages of job applications, interviewing, onboarding and maintaining their job.
• Communicate reasonable expectations of trainees to cafe team members and transition employment partners, ensuring that everyone has an effective balance of striving towards their goals and contribution to the workplace.

Stakeholder Management

• Communicate with stakeholders, trainees and families, allowing for a holistic approach to individualised support.
• Provide structured post transition support for trainees and employment partners on an ongoing basis.
• Represent All Things Equal at networking events.

Planning & Administration

• Prepare resources for trainees that may assist them in progressing within their role at All Things Equal or with transition partners.
• Communicate regularly with CEO and General Manager in relation to any challenges, successes or opportunities you observe for trainees.
• Participate in regular professional development with Disability specialists to develop skills, talent and expertise in your role as Partnerships & Placement Manager.
• Develop and maintain partnership and placement database, measuring employment outcomes and other impact metrics.

OUR DREAM CANDIDATE

• Extensive experience in people management with a proven ability to build and maintain strong relationships
• Driven by a passion to play a part in changing the way people with disability are included in the workforce - you will have an understanding, awareness, and/or appreciation of the disability space and the importance of a person-centered approach.
• Incredible interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate with trainees, their families, employers and the ATE management team.
• You are empathetic, kind and genuinely care about others.
• Strong understanding of the hospitality or similar service based industry and its landscape.
• Knowledgeable, compassionate, patient and possesses the attributes of a good teacher and mentor.
• Adaptable and Open-Minded: You embrace change, openly accept feedback, and are open to new ideas and approaches.
• Current Working With Childrens Check and Police Check.
• Must have valid Visa and Australian working rights.
• Experience working with employment services desired but not required.