The BUSY School is part of The BUSY Group, a not-for-profit organisation presenting over 47 years as a community partner providing employment services, vocational education and training, apprenticeships, mentoring, Inclusive Employment Support, and allied health services.
The BUSY School is an independent Special Assistance School with 10 campuses across Queensland and New Zealand, providing an alternative program for Year 11 and 12 students who are disengaged or at risk of disengaging from education. Our program has expanded to include The BUSY School Online (TBSO) offering flexible access to our program for all students across Queensland.
Each campus provides a supportive and safe learning environment for young people by providing them with an education program that includes vocational education and training (VET), work experience and opportunities for school-based apprenticeships and traineeships. Our team support the students to gain employability and transferability skills to increases their sense of wellbeing, resilience, belonging, academic achievement, career exploration and employment outcomes.
Our teams’ focus is centred at re-engaging our students to learn, remain eligible for a Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) and gain employment or further training outcomes upon student’s graduation from Year 12.
Job Description
About the position...
Work Readiness Officers will assist in the development and delivery of a work readiness program to students, BUSY Schools to Work. The primary purpose of the Work Readiness Officer is to support students to gain practical work readiness skills to be successful in work experience, work placement and prospective school-based apprenticeship or traineeship opportunities.
The role is proactive in planning and delivering work readiness programs and using a case management approach to understanding individual student vocational training and education pathways and seeking industry-based opportunities.
This role is permanent full time due to commence as soon as possible.
BUSY Benefits:
Competitive salary
NFP Salary Packaging (up to $15,900 per year) PLUS meal and entertainment card
12.5% superannuation
14 weeks paid parental leave
13 weeks long service leave with access at 7 years
Clear pathways for internal advancement
Dedicated training budget for personal and professional growth
BUSY Benefits program - retail discounts and access to Fitness Passport
Enjoy work that genuinely impacts lives
Employee Assistance Program with Sonder Wellbeing App
Desired Skills and Experience
About you...
The successful applicant will have experience delivering engaging programs to groups of students (adult or senor high school)
A demonstrated ability to successfully engage young people in relevant and dynamic learning
Proven ability to develop cooperative working relationships and work as part of a team with broad range of internal and external stakeholders, in industry, vocational education and training and the school community to ensure outcomes for students are achieved.
Ability to obtain a Blue Card and National Police Check with no outcomes
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, veterans, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and people with disabilities.
