Community Connections Australia provides a range of in-home services for people with a disability and are currently recruiting experienced Full Time staff to work in their customer relationship team.

The role will commence at North Ryde, however the organisation will be moving to Parramatta in the near future.

Within the role you will be required to:

• Liaise with clients by phone and in person
• Provide people with services that meet their needs and goals
• Arrange services, schedules and appointments
• Provide a range of administrative support duties

Closing date: 8 May 2012

Find out more about this customer support position or search for jobs in the disability and community care sector.

Do you enjoy the challenge of learning new skills? Do you have a heart for helping those in your community? If the answer is yes, Easy Care Gardening needs you as a volunteer.

Become a volunteer and help people to enjoy their home gardens longer. Your aim as an Easy Care volunteer will be to provide an easy care gardening service to support the frail, aged, people with a disability, and their carers, to support them to stay in their own homes.

Easy Care Gardening need volunteers in the Ku-ring-gai, Hornsby, Ryde and Hunters Hill areas. No experience is required.

Free training is provided, including sessions on tree care, irrigation, pruning and substantial garden design. Expenses are reimbursed and tools and materials provided.

Closing date: 15 April 2012

Find out more about this volunteer role with Easy Care Gardening or search for more volunteer jobs in the disability and community care sector.

This week's featured jobs are a number of Traineeships and Cadetships, as part of the Aboriginal Jobs Together program, which are available throughout NSW.

The program provides job opportunities for Aboriginal people to work in non-government organisations in the disability sector in various types of roles; from disability support, to social work to human resource management.

The Traineeships and Cadetships are being offered in the following locations:

• Sydney Metropolitan
• North Coast
• Mid-North Coast
• New England
• North West Slopes and Plains
• Newcastle/Hunter/Central Coast
• Orange/Far West
• Riverina/Murray
• Illawarra

For more information and application details please visit the carecareers website.

Our featured job this week is from the Association of Blind Citizens of NSW.

They are seeking a Part Time Coordinator for a 6 month contract, with the possibility of an extension.

The Association of Blind Citizens of NSW is a small self help organisation providing support for people who are blind or vision impaired.

The Coordinator will be responsible for the day to day operations of the Association, supporting its members and clients and liaising with the broader community.

Closing date: 5 March 2012

Find out more about this Coordinator role or search for disability jobs.

Join the carecareers team and help promote careers in the disability and community care sector in NSW. We're a friendly team, based in the Sydney CBD Office of National Disability Services. Details about the Talent Officer position are below. Let us know if you have any questions. You can also read the full details and apply via carecareers.com.au.

carecareers is a dedicated jobsite for the community care and disability sector in NSW and lists in the Top 10 visited in Australia. carecareers is designed to grow the pool of labour available to not-for-profit, government and NGO providers of disability and community care services in NSW. It develops, implements and tests a number of targeted attraction strategies and uses these to help build a talent pool for service providers to tap into.

The Talent Officer will work with the Careers Centre team on the carecareers job board and recruitment services.

Key roles and responsibilities

• Ensure all client/candidate enquiries are responded to within 24 business hours in a professional and appropriate manner
• Ensure consistency in communication and a strict adherence to the style guide
• Ensure workload and productivity is not below minimum standards
• Ensure service levels are achieved and issues reported and escalated as appropriate
• Complete candidate/client care communications and reports as directed and in a timely fashion
• Provide monthly updates on stock to ensure smooth delivery of events

Key attributes

• Experience in recruitment service delivery from either a resourcing or 360 degree role
• Experience in account management
• Proven ability to advise clients on recruitment best practice advice
• Proven ability to advise clients on the best method to deliver specific recruitment needs
• HRMS (HR Management System) and intermediate MS Office experience
• Demonstrated attention to detail with excellent written English language skills
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• Proven client building skills
• Experience in Healthcare sector/recruitment will be highly regarded
• Understanding of working within the public sector is desirable
• Technical competency - NGA
• As travel may be required, independent travel capability is essential 

Qualifications

• A tertiary qualification in a related discipline is desirable but not essential

NDS is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from people with disability.

Interested applicants should send a cover letter relating their experience to each of the Key Attributes, together with their resume, to:

Berice King
Human Resources Coordinator
Ph: 02 9256 3104
Fax: 02 9256 3123
berice.king@nds.org.au 

Closing date: 6 May 2011

Read more about administration roles or complete a Careers Quiz to see what type of job might be for you!