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Why WISE?

WISE is an Australian not-for-profit employment services provider with offices in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and the Northern Territory.

WISE provides employment services under the Australian Government’s Disability Employment Services (DES) and jobactive programs and their services are free to eligible job seekers and employers.

If you are looking for employment, WISE may be able to assist. WISE will get to know you and your situation, and tailor their free employment services to your individual training, health and living needs.

WISE can help you acquire the skills, education and confidence to get and keep meaningful work.

Contact WISE

Main Office:

552 Victoria Street

North Melbourne, VIC 3051

Pace Mentoring Applications – OPEN NOW

Are you a student or jobseeker with disability, or do you know someone who is?

Positive Action towards Career Engagement (PACE Mentoring) connects students and jobseekers with disability with mentors from leading Australian businesses. It gives you an opportunity to develop your skills and confidence in a workplace setting. Previous mentors have come from organisations such as, ANZ Bank, Victoria Police, Bupa, The Attorney Generals Department, and Ashurst.

Mentoring Supports Curtis to Develop Key Employability Skills

“My main goal when I started PACE was to find a job. Simon helped me with my resume and gave me tools and tips to support my job search. We practiced mock interviews and he gave me some good practical feedback. The arrangement continued after the program concluded and I now see Simon once a month,” Curtis.

To read more about Curtis’s experience with the PACE Program, please visit our website.

How it works

You will be paired with an experienced professional who you will meet with six to eight times within a four-month period between August and December. The meetings last between one and two hours. You can discuss your career goals and aspirations, and get help to develop a plan for your personal and professional development.

Your Mentor will help you identity and reach your career development goals and build your confidence in a workplace environment. Meetings with your mentor may include:

• Reviewing resume and cover letters
• Mock interviews
• Networking with other professionals
• Building confidence
• Attending events and team meetings.

APPLY HERE before the end of June to be considered for the Spring 2018 cohort of PACE.

Find out more

Join our information session webinar on Wednesday 6^th June to hear more about the program.

Date: Wednesday 6^th June

Time: 11am – 11.45am

Step 1: Webinar Login

http://omnovia.redbackconferencing.com.au/redback

Participant Code: 6367393293

Step 2: Teleconference

Phone: 1800 896 323

Participant Code: 6367393293

• To receive Audio, please ensure you have dialled into the teleconference as well as signing into the webinar online.

Positive Action towards Career Engagement (PACE Mentoring) connects students and job-seekers with disability with mentors from leading Australian businesses. It gives you an opportunity to develop your skills and confidence in a workplace setting. Previous mentors have come from organisations such as, ANZ Bank, Victoria Police, Bupa, The Attorney Generals Department, and Ashurst.

How it works

You will be paired with an experienced professional who you will meet with six to eight times within a four-month period. The meetings last between one and two hours. You can discuss your career goals and aspirations, and get help to develop a plan for your personal and professional development.

Your Mentor will help you identity and reach your career development goals and build your confidence in a workplace environment. Meetings with your mentor may include:

• Reviewing resume and cover letters
• Mock interviews
• Networking with other professionals
• Building confidence
• Attending events and team meetings.

APPLY HERE before the end of June to be considered for the Spring 2018 cohort of PACE.

Find out more

Join our information session webinar on Wednesday 9^th May to hear more about the program.

Step 1: Webinar Login

http://omnovia.redbackconferencing.com.au/redback

Participant Code: 6367393293

Step 2: Teleconference

Phone: 1800 896 323

Participant Code: 6367393293

Please advise if you have any accessibility requirements for the session. We can arrange captioning for the session with 72 hours notice.

For more information, please contact us at applications@and.org.au or call 03 9621 2276.

ANZ’s 2019 Graduate Program Opportunities for Students with Disability

ANZ’s Graduate Program is designed to challenge, reward and help grow curious minds. ANZ is interested in people from diverse backgrounds, who are excited to be a part of an industry that’s rapidly transforming for a digital and social world and who want to make a difference for ANZ customers, culture and community.  The Graduate Program aims to provide students with the foundations needed to grow and succeed.

Diversity of thinking is key to success, so ANZ encourages students from all degree disciplines to apply for their program.  Their university marks aren’t all that is considered.  ANZ is equally interested in their creative thinking and comfort in adapting to new people and situations.  ANZ are looking for people who learn from challenges and failures and who are digitally savvy and data literate.  Their interests, hobbies, skills and experiences also help us because students are more than a list of skills and attributes.

ANZ has always had a strong history of recruiting students with a disability.  Last year alone they recruited seven students with disabilities into their 2017 Summer Internship Program and will be taking on another three into their Graduate Program for 2018.

ANZ welcomes suitable candidates with disabilities to apply by encouraging those students that identify as PWDs to share this information on their application for ANZ’s 2019 Graduate Program.

Applicants who choose to identify as a person with disability will allow them to help these candidates through the various on-line phases of their application and prepare them for the possible Assessment Centre process.  It will also allow them to provide the necessary reasonable adjustments so that they can increase their chances of success.  Any applicant who shares they have a disability in their application will be contacted by Rob Crestani, Senior Consultant – Abilities Program, personally.

This also allows ANZ to manage their induction and on-boarding to ANZ should they be successful.  Another benefit could be opportunities for unsuccessful candidates to be considered for informal internships through our Abilities Program which works with the various businesses within the Bank to create employment for people with a disability.

Students can apply at for the 2019 ANZ Graduate Program at  http://www.anz.com/about-us/careers/graduate-intern-program/graduate-program/ and can go to this website now to find more details about the program.

Feel free to contact Rob Crestani (rob.crestani@anz.com +61 3 8655 0922) should you have any questions or concerns.

What is ‘GradAccess’?

GradAccess is a centralised recruitment stream for people with disability into Australian Public Service graduate programs.

GradAccess gives you the opportunity to gain a graduate role in a number of Australian Government agencies through a single centralised recruitment process.

As a graduate in the Australian Public Service you will experience dynamic roles across a wide variety of work areas. This unique opportunity will equip you with skills and knowledge to give your career a professional edge.

Over the course of the graduate period, graduates will experience:

• Ongoing positions in their employing agency which may involve rotations in different business areas;
• On the job structured training designed to help establish and build a fulfilling career; and
• Networking opportunities to build personal and professional networks.

GradAccess is a safe and supported entry point to a fulfilling career in the Australian Public Service. The GradAccess team will offer you friendly and professional support throughout the entire process.

• Applications for the 2019 graduate programs will open on 28 May 2018.

The majority of the graduate opportunities in 2019 will be located in Canberra. If you are successful, your employing agency can assist you with relocation costs.

• Please see links to the Information Brochure and Key Dates.

Applications close on 27 April 2018

The Disability Scholarship Program is an initiative from the department’s Disability Action Plan. The program aims to achieve a long-term increase in the number of qualified people with a disability employed across all areas and all levels of the public service.

The 2018 program will be offering a limited number of scholarships for people with a disability in Victoria in the following areas of study:

• law
• criminology
• para-legal
• psychology
• social work
• other justice-related fields.

The scholarship will be awarded on a merit principle, taking into account an applicant’s eligibility, past academic results, ability to complete a course of study, and competitiveness against other scholarship applicants.

The scholarship program will provide eligible students with a fortnightly study allowance as detailed in the scholarship guidelines.

Please find below links to electronic copies of:

• Program Guidelines
• Application Form
• Program promotional flyer

Apply NOW – by 8 April 2018

What is the Stepping Into program?

• Are you in your last or second last year at university?
• Are you registered with your university’s disability services?

AND’s Stepping Into program can help you gain paid, hands-on work experience with leading Australian businesses.

We work closely with these sought-after organisations to ensure quality internships are delivered in accessible and inclusive working environments.

Grow your self-confidence and build your network of contacts, while you study. Stepping Into will make it easier for you to transition from study to employment.

View a full list of eligibility criteria.

If you have questions, you might find the answer you’re looking for in our frequently asked questions section.

Applications  for Winter 2018 positions are now open. Visit the current opportunities page to review positions available.

Stepping Into is a paid internship program designed specifically for university students with disability, who want to gain some paid hands-on work experience in their chosen field of study. The Australian Network on Disability (AND), work with their members to identify and provide opportunities for university students with disability to “step into” the workplace to gain exposure to their potential career field and get involved in projects and work alongside experienced professionals.

Macquarie’s summer internship program gives students in their penultimate year of study the opportunity to gain invaluable hands-on experience. Working alongside leading industry professionals you will receive structured induction, on-the-job training and networking opportunities. The program runs for 10 to 12 weeks over the summer period. A summer internship offers you valuable work experience and can set you up for a successful career once you complete your studies.

Positions in Melbourne – applications close 11:59PM Monday 8 June 2015

Banking and Financial Services Group

Business Banking
These positions are open to students studying Business, Commerce, Accounting and Economics. Experience in a customer service role is not essential, but would be highly regarded.

Investment Banking
These positions are open to students studying Commerce, Economics, Accounting, Engineering, Law, Marketing, Mathematics, Statistics and Sciences.

Corporate and Asset Finance Group –

Express Lending
These positions are open to students studying Business/Commerce, Accounting and Finance. Customer service experience will be highly regarded, but is not essential.

Stepping Into is a paid internship program designed specifically for university students with disability, who want to gain some paid hands-on work experience in their chosen field of study. The Australian Network on Disability (AND), work with their members to identify and provide opportunities for university students with disability to “step into” the workplace to gain exposure to their potential career field and get involved in projects and work alongside experienced professionals.

Students benefit by gaining valuable experience in their potential field of work, opportunities to develop networking skills, contacts and social skills associated within the professional environment, as well a chance to showcase their skills and knowledge in the workplace. The internship experience will equip students with newly obtained skills, knowledge and experience that will serve as a valuable attribute on any future graduate’s resume.

All students may benefit from participating in the Stepping Into program, by gaining skills in job applications and interviewing, with support and resources offered by AND, such as briefing sessions hosted by the Stepping Into Program Manager, interview tips and guides, professional communication coaching as well as continual support throughout the program.

AND will be hosting an information session at the Australian Catholic University on Friday 15 May for students to come along and hear about the Stepping Into program. They will be discussing the opportunities available for our winter program in July, and allowing students to ask any questions they may have.

The National Disability Insurance Agency are offering Business, HR, Law, PR and Communications and IT students paid internship opportunities in Geelong and Canberra this winter through the Stepping Into Winter internship program.

Are you a student with disability who wants to:

• Gain paid work experience in a leading organisation?
• Build a network of contacts?
• Develop valuable skills and experience?

Stepping Into is a paid internship program designed specifically for university students with disability who want to gain some paid hands-on work experience.

Positions with NDIA for students are in the following areas:

• Engagement Branch – Geelong
• Risk and Business Planning team – Geelong
• Legal – Information law – Canberra
• Finance branch – Geelong
• ICT Management – Geelong
• ICT Management – Canberra
• People and Culture intern – Geelong

You can view the position details and download an application form on our website.

The internships will run over the university holidays in July, allowing students to accommodate their studies and other commitments. Placements are for a minimum 152 hours. These hours can be worked either full time or part time depending on your requirements for workplace adjustments. Students must be in their penultimate or final year of study to participate in Stepping Into, and must be registered with Disability Services at their university. For full details on eligibility requirements, please click here.