EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY: Work Placement Program
July 20, 2010
The Multicultural Development Association is seeking expressions of interest from people from non-English speaking backgrounds to participate in an Office Administration Work Placement Program.
The program will assist unemployed refugee and migrant job seekers from Brisbane’s Southside by providing paid work experience opportunities in the office administration field. The program will place 15 participants with local not-for-profit host organisations for 15 weeks to learn new skills on-the-job and gather Australian work experience.
Typical work duties will include:
- Administrative tasks (e.g., typing, data entry, drafting documents, ingoing/outgoing mail processing, order processing, receipting payments, filing documents, photocopying, faxing, emailing, etc.)
- Reception and customer service tasks (e.g., welcoming clients or customers, answering the telephone, responding to enquiries, etc.)
- Project work tasks (e.g., researching information, collating documents, collecting and processing data, etc.)
The program is supported by one day a week of non-accredited training in general employability skills and basic admin skills.
To be considered for participation, applicants should have some knowledge and/or previous overseas experience in office administration or customer service, as well as good communication and computer skills. Applicants must also be able to work full-time hours.
The program will run from Monday, 27 September 2010 to Friday, 14 January 2011.
Application Process
- Please download the Participant Information Sheet and Expression of Interest Form.
- Read carefully the Participant Information Sheet.
- Print out the Expression of Interest Form, fill it in and sign it.
- Prepare a type-written copy of your current resume.
- Submit your Expression of Interest together with your resume to MDA by 5pm on Monday, 30 August 2010.
Applications can be submitted:
- by post to:
MDA Employment Services
512 Stanley St
South Brisbane QLD 4101
- by email to:
wpp@mdabne.org.au
This project has been funded under the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation’s Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative.