- Work with our Customers to secure great long-term job opportunities.
- Meet the labour needs of business and industry through quality recruitment services at no cost.
- Assist businesses with diversifying their workforce.
- Provide specialist employment and community services to people seeking work, including people with mental illness, injury or disability and Indigenous Australians.
- Deliver work experience projects to the community.
Housing Pathways Assistant - Cannington, Australia - Workskil Australia LTD
Description
About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity to join our growing Housing Pathways team. This team strives to provide exceptional service and support with a customer centric focus whilst supporting with housing challenges for our customers. It operates in a challenging environment given the current housing climate and will provide excellent growth and learning opportunities for the successful candidate. You will be joining a team of varied experience that takes a collaborative approach to innovation and continual improvement.
This role is being offered on a full time, ongoing basis and will be based at our Cannington Office.
You'll also experience the work/life balance that comes with working a 9-day fortnight, with a dedicated and fixed day off every second week. You will still receive the remuneration of a full-time employee in addition to the ability to salary sacrifice. This challenging role will be a well sought-after opportunity so we encourage you to submit your application at your earliest convenience.
What we're looking for
We are looking for an individual with a genuine passion for Housing who is highly motivated and eager to assist our customers to improve their outcomes. Absolutely essential is an ability to work autonomously as part of a decentralised team, you must also be approachable and able to develop a positive rapport with a wide range of customers and staff. You will have exemplary communication skills and be equally comfortable interacting verbally, in writing or in person one on one or in larger group settings. Maintaining detailed, professional and accurate records will be a key requirement of the role.
Also critical is your ability to become a valuable contributor to a small but growing team. This will require you to be reliable, flexible, have excellent problem-solving skills, be precise with a keen eye for detail, willingly accept responsibility to see things through, show initiative and be able to draw knowledge from others.
You will have prior experience in a crisis, transitional, social housing or property management related role and demonstrated experience working with vulnerable people of varied backgrounds who have complex needs. Preferably you will have some form of qualification or certification in Social Services, Community Development, Property Management or similar.
The key to success in this role will be your ability to provide excellent "customer-first" service whilst quickly learning to work with our systems and become a valuable member of the team.
You will also be required to hold a current driver's licence.
Above all else, we are looking for candidates who are aligned with and can demonstrate our organisational values in their work.
About Us
Workskil Australia is a national not-for-profit and charitable organisation, with over 40 proud years of supporting Australians to achieve sustained economic and social self-reliance. We do this by providing a range of employment, work experience, disability, youth, Indigenous and community services across New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia and Victoria.
We promote a positive team culture where high performance can thrive. We value excellent customer service, integrity and honesty in our employees. We look for employees who have a genuine passion for working with those in need, are results-focused and can contribute to a strong team. In return for your truly valued contribution we will support your ongoing career development and offer a friendly, supportive & innovative environment for you to thrive.
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Our values remain at the heart of everything we do and we strive to conduct our business with the highest degree of care, integrity, respect, honesty and service. We believe that the care, respect and high level of service we give to all of our customers is our key point of difference.
Remuneration
A competitive base salary in the range of $87,000 - $95,000 will be negotiated commensurate with skills and experience. As Workskil Australia is a public benevolent institution, we can also offer a portion of the salary through tax effective salary packaging.
About your Application
For your application, please include both a cover letter and resume. Your letter should set out why you are the appropriate candidate for the role. For ease of upload, we encourage you to combine these into one file as a pdf or word document. Please also note that a psychometric assessment is part of the application process, so please allow yourself approximately 15 minutes to complete your application. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
If you progress in your application for this role Workskil Australia will undertake screening, including medical assessments and police checks to ensure that you can carry out the inherent requirements of this role and that reasonable accommodations can be made. Prior to an offer of employment being made, candidates must provide authority for a Federal Police Clearance and other checks that may be a requirement of the position. To learn more about working at Workskil Australia head to
We are actively looking to fill this role and reserve the right to shortlist and interview applicants whilst this advertisement is open so encourage you to submit your application at your earliest opportunity.
Workskil Australia is an inclusive, equal opportunity employer and we particularly welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, applicants from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and applicants who have a disability. We deliver a range of employment and community services to children, young people and their families and are committed to creating a safe environment for children and young people in the delivery of these services.