Pacific Career Development and Employability

**Company Description** Waipapa Taumata Rau** **| The University of Auckland**

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**Job Description** Te Whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity**

We have an exciting opportunitiy to join our Career Development and Employability Services (CDES) team as a Pacific Career Development & Employability Consultant.

The Career Development and Employability Services (CDES) team is the central hub for Careers and Employability services for students across all year levels and faculties.

We take an innovative, student-centred approach to meeting our diverse student body's career development and employability needs; providing** **a wide range of online, virtual and in-person support that enables our students to create their future.

Our model supports the development of self-responsibility and empowers students to connect their study to their future direction and confidently transition from education to work, life and further learning.

This role will see you contribute to developing students' employability skills as they transition from university to the world of work. While you will contribute to the central support we offer, your portfolio focus will be developing the careers and capabilities of Pacific students across the University.

This position provides you with an opportunity to broaden your experience and career development skills and contribute to a diverse, complex and aspirational environment.

This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week, permanent role. The salary is $68,600 - $84,700 per annum depending on qualifications and experience.

For more information, please view the Position Description.

**He kōrero mōu | About you**

You’ll be Passionate about serving your Pacific community, taking a leadership approach to your work to really make a difference to the lives of Pacific students

Be a strong team player, contributing to the central team where needed.

You are highly experienced in both facilitation and delivering high impact career (or personal development-related) workshops and designing workshop content and material tailored to the needs of Pacific students.

This role will see you contribute to developing students' employability skills. As a proactive, energetic and highly collaborative professional, you will demonstrate the experience and credibility to help the team deliver new initiatives and programmes of work to a student body with diversity in age, ethnicity and courses of study.

To be considered for this roles you must meet the requirements below:
**Essential**:

- Tertiary qualification in the following areas: careers & employability, education, counselling, other qualifications will be considered.
- Experience working with Pacific communities/ or in a youth leadership role or similar
- Confident and highly experienced at workshop deliveries to a wider range of audiences
- Confident public speaker when leading events
- Knowledge of indigenous leadership metholodies (In particular Pacific and Maori) an advantage
- Project management; ability to lead and project manage/organise events from start to completion.
- Demonstrated experience in supporting the career development.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in partnership with academics.
- Knowledge of Pacific-focussed career coaching techniques as well as other relevant career coaching techniques (e.g. social cognitive theory, constructivist techniques, Solutions-Focussed, Motivational Interviewing, NLP).
- High level of understanding of group dynamics, facilitation techniques and blended learning techniques.
- Ability to create career resources using a range of technologies.
- An ability to cope well under pressure; managing multiple events/workshops deliveries and tasks during peak times
- Ability to work autonomously while contributing constructively as a member of the careers team.

**Preferred**:

- Experience in a career development role in education, public service, commerce or industry.
- Experience in at least one field of graduate employment, recruitment, HR or a teaching background
- Use and effective interpretation of career assessment tools (values, skills, jobs, industries).
- Knowledge of relevant career development psychometric tools (Career Voyager, Strong Interest Inventory, MBTI).
- Knowledge of career management systems.

**Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou | What we offer**

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