Looking for a career that does more than pay the bills, but gives back to your community and has genuine impact?
Right now, organisations across Queensland are working hard to support people experiencing unmet housing need and homelessness, and they need more skilled and passionate people like you to help them find safe and stable homes.
HomeNow is your first step to discovering a new rewarding and impactful career.
Today, Thursday 10 October, is World Homeless Day. Each year, the global day aims to raise awareness, celebrate and benchmark progress, and advocate for improved policies and funding to help prevent and end homelessness.
But what IS homelessness, and what does it actually look like? The short video below can help dispel some myths and misconceptions.
Provide a high calibre of administration support through a range of tasks, including preparing accurate correspondence and documentation, data entry, addressing finance queries and general office duties.
On offer: Not-for-profit salary packaging benefits, flexible working, extra leave purchasing.
Role Spotlight: Administration and Support Services
Each HomeNow update features a key role in the housing and homelessness sector. This time, we're focusing on Administration and Support Services roles.
Contributing to the housing and homelessness sector doesn't always mean working on the frontline or in specialist roles. Every organisation needs people with great administration and organisational expertise to keep things running smoothly in the background to esnure direct support services are delivered to those who need it.
Administration and Support Service roles often encompass a wide range of tasks and skills, great for people who like variety in their work or are interested in exploring different specific streams for potential future roles. If you’re new to the sector, an administrative role at a homelessness support service or housing provider is perfect to develop or use existing transferable skills, while also gaining sector-specific knowledge and experience.
Tasks and areas of work can include:
Documentation: document preparation, preparing agendas and minutes for meetings, assisting with presentations, filing emails and reports, assisting with client files and records.
Customer service: answering phone calls and directing enquiries to colleagues and stakeholders, welcoming guests to the office/facility.
Executive support: Diary management for executives and other colleagues, organising meetings with stakeholders, arranging travel.
Office management: Asset management, arranging maintenance and cleaning, preparing rooms for meetings, ordering stationery and other equipment, liaising with external providers and stakeholders.
HR support: Monitor and maintain staff training records, coordinate onboarding of new employees.
Sound like a career that would suit you? Check out some housing and homelessness organisations where your Administration skills could make a real difference.
If you are passionate about social justice and empowering vulnerable people, one of these two available roles could be perfect for you.
Key duties: Provide information and advice to tenants, advocacy in disputes, collaborate with legal professionals, contribute to community education.
Benefits of working in homelessness and housing
Giving back to your community and knowing you're making a difference, to boosting your take-home pay through salary packaging - there are many benefits to working in Queensland's housing and homelessness sector. Here are just a few:
Career progression
Diverse Roles: From frontline support to policy development to finance and accounts, there is something for everyone and each role has an impact. Opportunities for lateral career progression into other fields is common.
Professional Growth: Many organisations invest in training and development to deliver better services and enrich employee skill sets, and sector-wide education is available.
Partnerships and collaboration: We're better when we work together, and there are many partnerships between government, for-profit and not-for-profit organisations. Collaborate with colleagues across the sector on projects and expand your network.
Our sector is challenging, but the rewards are life-changing - for you and the people you'll support. From overcoming challenges to creating lasting change, every success in the housing and homelessness sector inspires those working in this field to keep pushing forward.
Check out real stories from our colleagues across Queensland's housing and homelessness sector in the video below.
The HomeNow campaign showcases rich and rewarding career pathways in Queensland's housing and homelessness sector, to attract dedicated, passionate and skilled people. The HomeNow website and project is delivered by Homelessness Queensland and Q Shelter under the Workforce Connect Fund. This project is funded through the Workforce Connect Fund, powered by the Queensland Government’s Good people. Good jobs: Queensland Workforce Strategy 2022-2032.
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