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Salary- Are you passionate about empowering people with disabilities to achieve their fullest potential?
- Can you lead a dynamic team developing innovative and person-centered strategies to support people with disabilities in their journey towards employment?
- Opportunity for flexibility and creativity in how you manage your time, team and resources
We are an industry leading, non for profit, social enterprise, committed to promoting inclusion, diversity, and equal opportunities for people with disabilities and those experiencing barriers to employment. We create and produce quality products and services for our business customers. This work gives our employees a sense of purpose, belonging and pride that only comes from a job well done - and we must be doing something right - among our many long-term customers are some of the most respected names in Australian business.
At Ability Works Australia, we believe everyone deserves the same opportunities to work - but people living with a disability and those who experience social disadvantage often experience significant barriers to employment. Our focus is on breaking down those barriers by providing training and employment with expert support tailored to the needs of our Employees, whilst delivering high quality commercial goods and services to our customers.
About the opportunity
Reporting to the COO, we are looking for a passionate and dynamic people leader who will lead a team of 2 direct reports (total of 10 in the team) to support, train and ensure the wellbeing of our employees. This is a hands on role, where you will be directly supporting people with a disability and communicating directly with family members, supports and external support providers to ensure that their working experience is the best possible experience. You will:
- Lead our employee support team to deliver the very best outcomes for our employees ensuring their wellbeing, skills development, growth, goal achievement and productivity
- Guide, mentor and develop Employee Support staff and manage escalations of employee support issues
- Foster and Support a culture of accountability and performance through establishing team goals, monitoring performance and providing feedback
- Help to create, deliver and promote our school leaver program, focusing on targeting a new audience of employees, leaving school and entering the workplace for the first time
- Oversee Individual Employment Plans (IEP’s) to ensure goal achievement
- Work alongside our operations team to assist our employees deliver quality products
- Promote and manage work experience programs with locals schools in the area
- Promote employee transition programs working alongside our Customised Employment Team
- Together with the team, ensure compliance with NDIS Practice Standards and Code of Conduct and that employee’s plans and goals under the NDIS are being fulfilled
- Strong experience leading, supporting and mentoring teams
- Positive and solution focused with empathetic and respectful management of conflict
- Ability to work with a diverse workgroup to achieve mutual outcomes
- Promote employee independence, skill development, sense of purpose and pride in their work
- Valuing diversity, and building inclusive environments where people experience belonging
- Effective interpersonal and relationship building skills – with the ability to interact and collaborate with colleagues at all levels of the organisation
- A working knowledge of the NDIS is highly advantageous, however you can learn on the job
- Relevant Formal qualifications (e.g. Community Services/Allied Health/Disability) and experience with people with disabilities and/or other barriers to employment preferred but not required
- Competency in MS Applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, Internet and various other software applications).
A position description is attached.
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