Our purpose is to make skills, education and employment accessible to every person, so they can create their own world of unbounded possibilities.
About The BUSY Group…
The BUSY Group is a not-for-profit organisation which presents 45 years experience as a community partner. With multiple business entities operating across 100+ locations Australia-wide and now in New Zealand and the United Kingdom, we offer an extensive range of employment services and programs, vocational training, apprenticeships, mentoring, NDIS, disability employment support, specialist schools and allied health services.
Job Description
About the Role…
The key to your success in this role will be building and maintaining effective relationships with local employers, pro-actively understanding their resourcing needs and successfully creating job opportunities for our participants. If you are a business development or sales professional looking to make your mark by focusing on business growth by connecting young people with fulfilling careers, then this is the job for you!!
You may ask what every day looks like?
Deliver business development and reverse marketing activities to identify new and ongoing local employment opportunities
Develop a strong understanding of the local labour market by building relationships with employers and identifying opportunities for interviews and employment for our young people
Drive Participant attraction and build a pipeline through active community engagement and networking, events, and targeted campaigns
Deliver business development and reverse marketing activities to identify new and ongoing local employment opportunities and to develop a strong understanding of the local labour market
Develop strong relationships with Participants, both face to face and over the phone, to understand their placement potential and the actions needed to assist them to be job ready
Meet your performance indicators by converting sales leads into placements
Negotiate wage subsidy agreements with employers
Work closely with Employment Consultants to identify employer skills needs and appropriately match young talent
Why Join BUSY?
Competitive, above award salary circa $72K + super + bonus
4 additional paid annual leave days – 1 My BUSY Day and 3 days at Christmas
Work/Life balance - flexible work options
Paid parental leave, retail discounts and access to Fitness Passport
Generous bonus plans with achievable targets
Training, development, and career progression opportunities
Enjoy work that genuinely impacts lives
Work as part of a team whilst working autonomously with your Participants and employers!
This role is full time, fixed term until 30 June 2027 with the possibility of extension, based in Dandenong.
Desired Skills and Experience
A bit about you...
Committed to empowering young people by connecting them with meaningful, sustainable employment opportunities
Proven success in building employer relationships, generating new opportunities, and converting leads into outcomes
Ability to design and deliver initiatives that respond to local labour market needs and drive sustainable, employment outcomes
Able to build rapport and communicate professionally with employers at every level of business
Manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, performance-driven environment, while remaining flexible and responsive to changing needs
Next steps...
This role will actively commence recruitment from the date of advertisement. The closing date of this ad is dependent on the appointment of the role.
The BUSY Group is an organisation that prioritises the safeguarding of children and all vulnerable people by actively adopting strategies that embed a culture of zero tolerance for abuse of any kind. The appointment of successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory employment screening including criminal history and relevant working with children checks.
The BUSY Group is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and strongly encourages applications from First Nations People, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and people with disabilities.
