Early Response Work Broker

2-year fixed term, Full time Supportive, inclusive environment Creating social impact

The Early Response Team (The Team) is a dedicated team of staff who are responsible for delivering Redeployment Support. This involves identifying and supporting people who are disadvantaged in the labour market to retain their employment or transition to new good and appropriate employment or upskilling opportunities.

About the role

As an Early Response Work Broker, you will work in collaboration with your Early Response Team to develop and carry out a regional plan for the delivery of an effective end to end redeployment support service.

The Team has two core functions:

1. Delivering prompt tailored support for people at risk of job displacement 2. Gathering intel and opportunities to enable effective early intervention

The Team are one part of a broader ecosystem of supports, services, and opportunities for business and people at risk of job displacement. The Team will make a significant positive impact on individuals and communities, as you establish relationships and partnerships with various internal and external stakeholders to tailor services to meet people's needs.

The team are mobile within the Canterbury region to respond to job displacement where it occurs.

What we offer Excellent induction and on-going training. Regular coaching and career development opportunities. A starting salary from $78,222 through to $94,689 per annum. Consideration will be given to the successful candidate's individual relevant skills, experience, and other factors to determine the actual starting salary.

About you

You must have strong people and influential skills and be able to negotiate outcomes. Having a background in business development, partnership management and/or, sales and account management or similar would be an advantage. You enjoy using your initiative, be a self-starter, looking for and acting on opportunities, solving problems and have a positive can-do attitude.

You must enjoy building relationships and making new connections with people.

Be tenacious and professional and driven to address challenges Enjoy building relationships and making new connections Be flexible, solutions focused and have experience in a customer-centric role Up to date information on current labour market developments and trends Be able to work with people from diverse backgrounds and at all levels Excellent communication skills, be persuasive and articulate as well as possessing good report writing skills Be a great listener and a quick learner Have a full and clean NZ Driver's Licence