Work Broker - Wellington

Full time (40 hours/week), Permanent and/or Fixed Term

Location:                   Wellington Region, New Zealand
Salary Range:          NZ$79,200 – NZ$95,873 per annum pro-rata, dependent on skills and experience

• Passionate about connecting people into sustainable employment. 


• Confident sales/networker with experience with identifying new job vacancies for our job seeker candidates across the Wellington region.


• Recruitment / employment experience as you will match our job seeker candidates with the employer vacancies.

About our team | Mō te tīma

The Employment Services within Ministry of Social Development is focused on people and supporting New Zealanders into work. We are committed to strengthening the wellbeing, independence, and capability of individuals, whānau, families and communities across New Zealand. 

Our purpose is to assist our job seekers in such a way as to improve employment outcomes - moving them closer to long-term sustainable employment. We know employment supports stronger whanau, communities and provides real independence and confidence. 

Role Overview

As a Work Broker, you will:

• Identify and find the right employment opportunities / vacancies for our candidates – this could be across a multitude of industries across the Wellington region. 


• Have experience in matching candidates to jobs through skills-based matching, experience alignment, or broader life knowledge that might match to open and current vacancies. 


• Deliver candidate management engagement by having great conversations that support our candidates with developing resumes, preparing them for interviews, and building trust and confidence in their journey to work.


• Bring a solid understanding of recruitment / employment – know how to find the right vacancies for the job seeker candidates who are ready to work. 


• Hold a strong connection to the Labour Market team utilising intelligence and industry information to source vacancies


• You will work with Employers from diverse sectors/industry and partner with them to support our job seekers candidates towards sustainable employment.


• Work collaboratively with the Employment teams across the region to ensure our candidates have options to roles available in Wellington, the Hutt or Porirua/Kapiti.

What you bring | Ōu pūmanawatanga

• A positive, proactive, and results driven person who enjoys engaging with Job Seeker candidates and supporting them into employment. 


• This is a very busy role and requires someone who comes from an employment focused background – you will be well organised with great time management skills and comfortable with engaging with employers.


• You will need to be confident with computers as this role requires you to enter data into our systems – updating candidate and employer information for reporting tracking. 


• Demonstrated ability to build genuine connections to promote job seekers candidates into sustainable employment. 


• Proactive and creative mindset bringing innovative ideas on how to identify employment opportunities that promote better labour market outcomes.


• Excellent communicator—strong verbal and written skills with attention to detail.


• You will be flexible and have the ability to work across the Wellington region


• Able to engage effectively with people from diverse backgrounds. 

What We Offer

• Great team environment where we work together to get great outcomes.


• An opportunity to support New Zealanders into work – where you will make a real difference in community outcomes and individual lives.


• A collaborative and inclusive “whānau” culture with strong values around manaakitanga and integrity. 

Apply online via the MSD careers portal and upload a resume/cv. We do not require a cover letter as prefer to have you tailor your resume summary to your “why” this would be a great fit for you. Things you might like to include are:

•    Why this role looks like a great match for you? Your motivation.
•    Details of the skills, experience and knowledge from previous roles that align well to this role.

Position Description | He Whakaahuatanga Tūnga

http://www.msd.govt.nz/hr/documents/position-descriptions/dce-service-delivery/client-service-delivery/work-broker.docx

Salary | Utu-ā-tau: 79,200.00 - 95,873.00