Employment Engagement Officer
Help people rebuild confidence, reconnect with work, and create better lives.
At Konekt, we believe meaningful employment has the power to change lives. As an Employment Engagement Officer, you'll play a critical role in helping people recovering from injury find sustainable employment while partnering with local employers to create opportunities that support successful return-to-work outcomes.
This is an opportunity to combine your recruitment, employer engagement, business development, and relationship management skills in a role where every placement makes a real difference.
Why join Konekt?
At Konekt, we invest in our people and provide opportunities to grow your career while making a genuine impact in the community.
Benefits include:
- Flexible work arrangements
- Ongoing learning and professional development
- Career progression opportunities within Konekt and the APM Group
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Corporate health and wellbeing discounts
- Salary packaging options, including novated leasing
- Supportive and values-driven team culture
The Opportunity
As an Employment Engagement Officer, you'll work closely with job seekers, employers, insurers, and rehabilitation professionals to achieve successful employment outcomes.
You'll identify opportunities in the local labour market, build strong employer partnerships, and advocate for clients to secure meaningful and sustainable employment.
This role offers a balance of employer engagement, candidate support, reverse marketing, and business development, making every day different and rewarding.
What you'll be doing
- Assessing and profiling job-ready clients to support employment outcomes
- Matching candidates to suitable vacancies based on their skills, experience, interests, and capacity
- Building and maintaining relationships with local employers
- Identifying new employment opportunities through employer engagement and cold canvassing
- Reverse marketing candidates to prospective employers
- Supporting clients with job search activities, interview preparation, and employment planning
- Researching labour market opportunities and industry trends
- Promoting employer incentive programs and return-to-work solutions
- Maintaining accurate records and case notes within internal systems
- Providing regular updates and progress reports to rehabilitation and case management teams
About You
You are motivated by helping people succeed and enjoy building strong relationships with employers and stakeholders.
We're interested in candidates with experience in:
- Recruitment or agency recruitment
- Employment services or disability employment services
- Reverse marketing
- Business development or sales
- Labour hire or workforce solutions
- Return-to-work, rehabilitation, or vocational services
You'll also bring:
- Strong relationship-building and networking skills
- Confidence engaging employers and generating opportunities
- Excellent communication and influencing skills
- The ability to manage multiple priorities and achieve targets
- Strong administration and reporting capabilities
- A proactive, resilient, and solutions-focused approach
- A genuine passion for helping people achieve positive outcomes
A National Criminal History Check will be required for the successful applicant.
About Konekt
Konekt is one of Australia's leading workplace rehabilitation and occupational health providers. Every year, we help thousands of Australians recover from injury, return to work, and improve their quality of life.
As part of the APM Group, we are connected to a global network of health, employment, and human services professionals who support more than two million people each year to realise their potential.
When you join Konekt, you're joining a team united by a shared purpose: enabling better lives.
Ready to make a difference?
Apply now and help create employment opportunities that transform lives.
Konekt embraces DIVERSITY and places a high priority on the principles of respect, equity, and diversity. We welcome applications from candidates of diverse backgrounds, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and people with disabilities.
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