Job Description

Work & Learning Centre Advisor

Workdays negotiable - approx. 30.4 hours per fortnight

Morwell Based. Travel to client locations required - company pool car available for use

Applications close COB Wednesday 6th May 2026.

Welcome to CCG - a community-based not-for-profit Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and Registered Charity, committed to providing accessible and impactful learning experiences for learners from all walks of life.

We are on the lookout for a passionate and dedicated Work and Learning Centre Advisor to help support local learners to engage with education, training and employment opportunities. Working predominately offsite, the WLC Advisor is responsible for fostering partnerships with Employment Providers and other agencies, networking to inform course content, delivering courses for the local community, and connecting with learners.

RESPONSIBILITES

• Provide personalised, face-to-face guidance and support to learners, including pathway planning, mentoring, and referrals to appropriate education, training, and employment opportunities.
• Actively network and build relationships with local employers, training providers, and community partners to raise the profile of the WLC and identify opportunities for learners.
• Maintain accurate learner records and prepare reports as required.

CAPABILITIES/KEY SELECTION CRITERIA

The candidate should demonstrate experience and practical application of the following capabilities within a work setting.

• Career Assessment and Counselling: Ensures clients and students understand the purpose of assessment in career development work.
• Career Development & Program Delivery: Prepares and presents program proposals that consider context, budget, objectives, and outcomes, selects tools, techniques, and technology to best facilitate the program, seeks client or student feedback with a desire to adapt and improve and demonstrates awareness of client or student needs in building relevant and accessible career resources and pathway information.
• Employer/Industry Liaison: Applies effective networking, presentation, negotiation, and influencing skills and uses labour market information to assist clients in job search strategies and career planning.
• Diversity & Inclusion: Applies culturally appropriate and trauma informed practices when working with individuals or groups and conducts specialised vocational counselling for people with disabilities, with neurodiversity and a range of social and emotional challenges.
• Child Safety & Ethical Practice: Engages in ethical practice with other practitioners, clients, students, employers and the public, preserves the client’s right to privacy and seeks clients expressed consent before disclosure of client information and avoids or discloses conflicts of interest which compromise the best interests of their client.
• Communication & Interpersonal Skills: Uses verbal communication skills including reframing, questioning, reflection and active listening skills, uses communication skills to assess clients’ needs, uses written and verbal language appropriate to the audience and context, uses digital communication ethically and effectively, writes and maintain accurate client or student records using systems provided by the organisation and contributes appropriately to multi-disciplinary teams and respects the value of others contributions.

MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS

• Clear Police check
• Clear Working with Children Check
• Current Victorian Drivers License

QUALIFICATION

• Case Management experience (preferred)

If this sounds like the next step you want to take to make a difference to the community in a meaningful way, please submit your application with resume and cover letter addressing the selection criteria listed above.

For further information and a full position description please see our website https://ccg.asn.au/jobs/

Community College Gippsland (CCG) is a child safe organisation with zero tolerance for child abuse and is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all students. CCG supports and adheres to Child Safety Standards.

United we belong. Together we thrive.

The CCG community welcomes people from all backgrounds, abilities and identities. We are enhanced by our diversity and learn through inclusion, respect and understanding.

At CCG we:

• Provide a safe and inclusive environment that is free from discrimination
• Empower students and harness their uniqueness through voice and agency
• Ensure equal employment opportunities for all and encourage the participation of underrepresented staff
• Celebrate the differences of our people and recognise their unique contributions to our community