Highgate Group

Employment Consultant

Highgate Group  •  Campbelltown, AU (Onsite)  •  1 day ago
Apply
AI can make mistakes so check important info. Chat history is never stored.

Job Description

Make a real impact – create opportunities and change lives!

Are you passionate about supporting people with barriers to secure meaningful employment? Do you have a talent for identifying the right employment match for individuals?

If so, YOU could be our next Employment Consultant at our Campbelltown, NSW site within our Inclusive Employment Australia Program.

Who We Are

APM is a global health and human services organisation transforming lives since 1994. Join a team of over 16,000 professionals across 11 countries, empowering people of all abilities to live independent, fulfilling lives. Grow your career with exceptional development opportunities across our global network of brands.

About the Role

This dynamic, dual-focused role blends people support with sales, relationship building and administration—giving you the opportunity to make a meaningful difference every day.

You will:

  • Support participants facing barriers such as disability, injury or long-term unemployment to become job-ready

  • Actively market candidates to employers and generate job opportunities

  • Build strong relationships with local Campbelltown businesses to create sustainable employment pathways

Success in this role comes from balancing participant support with proactive employer engagement and outcome delivery.

Key Responsibilities

  • Build participant relationships to understand employment goals

  • Coach participants to be job-ready and interview confident

  • Assist with resumes, interview preparation, job search strategies and access to training

  • Advocate for participants and secure employment outcomes

  • Generate new opportunities through cold calls, employer visits and face-to-face engagement

  • Manage a strong employer pipeline and convert opportunities into placements

  • Identify hidden job opportunities through proactive business development

  • Pitch candidates confidently to meet employer needs

  • Negotiate job trials, work experience and wage subsidies

  • Maintain and grow employer relationships for ongoing vacancies

  • Achieve KPI targets across placements, engagement and activity levels

  • Conduct regular appointments and track progress

  • Ensure compliance, documentation and data entry

  • Celebrate milestones to build participant confidence and engagement

What Success Looks Like

  • Strong employment outcomes

  • A growing network of engaged Campbelltown employers

  • Consistent achievement of KPIs

  • Positive, long-term placements that change lives

About You

You are:

  • A natural communicator and relationship builder

  • Experienced in sales, business development, recruitment or customer-facing roles

  • Passionate about helping people overcome barriers

  • Resilient, target-driven and motivated by achieving outcomes

  • Organised and able to manage multiple priorities

Why You’ll Love It

This isn’t your average desk job. We break barriers, create opportunities and help people with disability thrive through meaningful employment.

  • Base salary + performance incentives

  • Ongoing training and career development

  • Supportive, inclusive team environment

  • Celebrations and recognition for milestones

  • Employee Assistance Program

  • Purchased Annual Leave

  • Paid Parental Leave

  • Funded Certificate IV in Community Services or Mental Health Peer Support (eligibility applies)

  • Service recognitions

  • APM Family Hub

  • Maxxia vehicle salary packaging

To Be Considered

  • Eligibility to work in Australia

  • Current driver’s licence and comprehensively insured vehicle

  • MyGovID (Standard level)

  • Willingness to complete a National Police Check

  • Ability to pass a Working with Children Check

  • Availability to work full-time, Monday to Friday, 8:30am–5:00pm

Highgate Group

About Highgate Group

Highgate Group is a specialist supplier of processing and packaging products to the food processing industry in Australia.

Australian owned, globally connected. Highgate source, stock and supply a huge range of innovative processing and packaging consumables and equipment from all around the world.

Highgate has become an integral partner to many food processors right across Australia. With a real focus on increasing production efficiency, through-put and yield, many high volume processors rely on Highgate to keep them up to date with the latest and greatest products for the industry.

Together with our extensive warehousing and logistics networks, our team of qualified industry backed representatives has enabled Highgate to become a trusted, proven Australian agent for some of the world's leading manufacturers of processing and packaging products.

Highgate's extensive range of over 4000 product lines include:

F.DICK Knives, Steels & Sharpening Equipment

GIESSER Knives & Sharpening Equipment

VICTORINOX, SWIBO, DEXTER Knives

BOBET, BEAR, DMT Sharpening Equipment

CHAINEX & MANULATEX Chain Mesh Apparel

TERMET Wash Down Equipment

SAFEX Gloves & Disposable PPE Products

TESTO Thermometers, Data Loggers & pH Meters

WRAPEX Pallet Wrap, Carton Liners & Bags

FINETTI Adhesive Tapes & Automation Equipment

STALLION Strapping & Strapping Systems

THERMOSHIELD Ice Packs & Ice Blankets

HIGHGATE - experience the difference!

Call us today on 1800 089 456 or visit www.highgategroup.net.au

Industry
Wholesale & Distribution
Company Size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
Truganina, AU
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
net.au
Social Media