Team Leader – Transitions to Work

An exciting opportunity exists for a Team Leader to support the engagement and progress of young people in the Transition to Work program in Broadmeadows.

• Focus on youth employment
• Attractive salary packaging options

Summary of program and its objectives:

This role will sit within BSL’s Youth Transitions Division. The Youth Transitions division is not a service delivery arm in the conventional sense. Instead, we function as an ‘incubator’ for the development of practice and service models that engage and sustain young people experiencing disadvantage in education, training and employment. We work with young people, community, business and all levels of government across Australia to develop, test, refine and consolidate effective and scalable models. This includes concerted effort to bring attention to the realities faced by young people experiencing disadvantage and to the urgent need for policy and practice reform. The BSL’s Youth Transitions Division utilises an ‘Advantaged Thinking’ approach across all our programs and has a key role in the development and delivery of training and resources to enable partner organisations to ensure young people’s aspirations, skills, attributes and talents are recognised and harnessed.

Transition to Work

Funded by the Department of Jobs and Small Business, the Transition to Work (TtW) program provides young job seekers aged 15–21 with intensive one-on-one support to gain employment or to continue their education.

The BSL operates many TtW sites across the Frankston–Mornington Peninsula area and in Broadmeadows. We also co-ordinate the TtW Community of Practice (CoP) and provide a central contact point for the 12 community organisations currently operating across Australia to deliver on a co-designed TtW service model.

Main responsibilities of the role:  

The role of the Team Leader is to:

• Manage operational aspects of the Youth Transitions to Work programs across Hume including risk and ensuring achievement of program outcomes and quality assurance with a particular focus on the Transition to Work program in Broadmeadows.
• Work in collaboration with the State Manager to ensure the quality of the Transition to Work program with engagement and progress of young people in the program, during and post-program, which includes responsibility for placement of participants into education and employment outcomes.
• Build the leadership capability and capacity within the team through coaching and role modelling the capabilities and behaviours of an effective leader.
• Supervise the staff responsible for the Youth Transition to Work programs including Transition to Work and hold accountability for the KPIs of a team of Youth Development Coaches.
• Establish and grow networks within the community to encourage referrals into the programs, build partnerships with employers and education providers to ensure sustainable education and employment placements are maintained for program participants.

To meet the selection criteria, candidates will require:

• Relevant tertiary qualification and/or appropriate experience is essential including experience managing employment services contracts.
• Demonstrated experience of excelling in an outcomes-focused environment.
• Extensive experience using the Department of Jobs and Small Business – ESS database.
• A depth of knowledge about the causes and consequences of youth unemployment and the kinds of strategies that are successful in helping young people follow pathways to work.
• Successful experience and achievement in team leadership including supervision of direct service staff, performance management, learning and development and change management. Sound record of building enduring relationships and establishing sustained partnerships.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills to liaise and build relationships with a broad range of people at all levels and from diverse backgrounds. An ability to communicate effectively with people who have limited English skills is essential.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills, and an ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.
• Highly-developed administration and computer skills and competency in Microsoft Programs and an ability to learn new systems quickly.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and as an effective team member to achieve goals.
• Understanding of and empathy with the values and ideals of the Brotherhood.

This is a full time position on maximum term contract for parental leave replacement.

Salary will be in the range of $76,760 – $81,472 per annum, based on skills and experience plus superannuation. Attractive salary packaging provisions are available to increase take home pay.

As part of the Brotherhood’s recruitment and selection process, applicants will be required to undergo pre-employment checks as required, applicants will be subject to, but not limited to, the following checks: National (and International if applicable) Police Check, Victorian Employee Working with Children Check, Right to Work in Australia, Disability Worker Exclusion Scheme Check and current professional registration.

A copy of the position description and screening questionnaire can be downloaded at https://www.bsl.org.au/about/careers/jobs/ . For further information about the role phone Elysia Delaine on 0447 117 457.