Project Manager – Employment Centre

• Full Time Position (fixed term until 30 April 2023)
• Experienced Project Manager
• Work for an Industry Leader
• Generous salary packaging benefits

What we do

Jewish Care Victoria, a not-for-profit organisation, is the largest provider of aged and community services for the Jewish Community in Victoria. Services include Aged Residential Care, Assessment Referral and Individual Support Services, Community Aged Care, Disability, Mental Health, Youth and Family Services and Holocaust Survivors Programs.

The role

We are seeking a Project Manager with experience in business and/or working with people living with a disability to join the Jewish Care Employment Centre. This is part of the Individual and Family Support Team, to manage a project funded by the Economic and Community Participation Program through the Commonwealth Department of Social Services.

The main goal of this role is to develop a plan and test a model to engage with and prepare Small to Medium Business Employers (SMEs) for recruiting people with a disability.  It will focus on making pathways simpler to encourage people with disabilities to apply for jobs and network easier.

This project is about challenging myths, reducing bias and unconscious bias, providing information about various disabilities and providing examples of successful integration. We hope to develop some solutions to encourage SMEs to employ people with a disability through a number of communication and discovery sessions using one on one discussions, stakeholder workshops, forums and focus groups. 

Even while the economy recovers from COVID-19 there are distinct opportunities for SMEs as well as people with a disability.  It is the function of this role to explain and reveal these to the various stakeholders.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Experience in managing projects in the social welfare sector.
• Experience in engagement of committees and a wide range of stakeholders including people with disabilities and their advocates, small to medium businesses and their representatives, and people from the employment support industry.
• Great interpersonal and communication skills both verbally and written.

Benefits & Culture

Jewish Care is committed to the professional development of all staff, providing ongoing opportunities to upgrade staff skill set and expertise.  We aim to provide the highest standard of professional and personal support offering flexibility and conditions not readily available elsewhere, including the option of maximising your income with salary packaging.

Jewish Care employs staff from all cultural and religious backgrounds and provides cultural and spiritual training in the Jewish Ethos. Our recruitment procedures reflect our commitment to the safety and protection of our clients, relevant screening and police checks will be conducted.

Jewish Care proudly celebrates and warmly welcomes the rich diversity of our community and strives to be inclusive for all, including the LGBTI+ community.

Jewish Care acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we live and work. Our services and supports are provided on the lands of the Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung people, and we deeply respect and honour their ongoing cultural and spiritual connection to land, waters and community.