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Employment Consultant
🌟 Empower Youth to Succeed 🌟
At APM, our purpose is simple yet profound - to enable better lives every single day. We are fiercely committed to excellence and delivering culturally responsive, quality services to our community. Guided by our Tikanga Māori values of Manaakitanga, Kotahitanga, Wairuatanga, Whānaungatanga, and Rangatiratanga, we make a genuine difference.
Great opportunity based in Whanganui!
We’re looking for dynamic and motivated individual to coach jobseekers on their journey to employment. This is your chance to make a real impact by helping young people build confidence, develop essential skills, and overcome barriers to work. If you have experience in youth work, recruitment, sales, social services or any other relevant experience, we want to hear from you!
What you'll do
Provide support and guidance to young people into employment
Provide one-on-one coaching and mentoring to support youth in identifying their strengths and career goals
Help young people navigate challenges relating to circumstances that may impact their employment journey.
Meeting your clients that are referred from Work and income and focusing on work first employment pathways leading to financial independence.
Creating meaningful connections with local employers and businesses, government & industry/sector partners, and other providers to seize golden work opportunities for our jobseekers.
Getting to know your jobseekers, understanding their stories, and fostering trust so that you can effectively help them gain mahi. aligned with their goals, experience and strengths.
Helping jobseekers upskill by identifying training needs for their chosen industry/sector and liaising with training providers to gain short course certification.
Your background
Current full NZ driver’s licence
Our Employment Consultants are selected from a wide range of careers -- including recruitment, social services, sales, business development, government and industry.
Life skills, enthusiasm to help people, grit & resilience, and the ability to bring the best out of people are key attributes we look for.
You will need to be self-driven, even entrepreneurial in your approach.
What's in it for you?
5 weeks annual leave to spend more time with family & friends
Work vehicle for business and personal use
A genuine commitment to flexibility and trust to take ownership of your day
The opportunity to help people in the Whanganui area to enable better lives!
A focus on work/life alignment to ensure your professional and personal life complement each other seamlessly
Submit your targeted CV and a cover letter to support your application (please note, your cover letter can be uploaded just before final submission on the second page). Applications for this role close 1st October 2026. Applications will be reviewed as they are received and we may close the advertisement before the stated closing date if a suitable applicant is identified.
For the full job description or more information, please reach out to Roz, Talent Coordinator at roz.kamoto@apmworkcare.co.nz
Join us as we continue to enable better lives!
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