Careers

Social Worker / Client Support Worker

Exciting position with a respected and established Not for Profit
Work to empower Queensland residential renters
Generous salary sacrificing options

Are you looking for a new challenge, want to empower your clients through change?

Tenants Queensland is looking to employ a Social Worker or Client Support Worker in an inaugural position. If you are an experienced, competent person with the drive to build and integrate a new client support practice within a well-established organisation, this job is for you!

As a reputable not-for profit, Tenants Queensland has provided tenant advisory and advocacy services with and for renting households since 1986. We are now looking to extend our service offerings through the establishment of a new program of client support.

ABOUT THE ROLE

In a staged manner, the successful candidate will develop a practice framework for the delivery of client support work in the organisation, support our tenant advisory team to continuously improve their ability to support vulnerable clients, directly deliver support services to some clients, and create a learning environment through supporting social work student placements (or related disciplines) located in various TQ offices.

TQ QSTARS Tenant Advice Worker

Full or Part time position – 4 or 5 days/wk
Location: Brisbane CBD
Closing Date: 9am Wednesday 11 December2024

Opportunity to make a genuine difference and be part of a supportive values driven team
Significant training and mentoring
Generous salary sacrificing packaging available

Are you a great communicator, tenacious advocate, and a problem solver with a focus on social justice? Please read on…

TQ QSTARS HUB Tenancy Advice Worker

Location: Regional options
Closing date: Wednesday 11 December 2024

Brisbane CBD location, close to public transport
Significant training and mentoring
Generous salary sacrificing packaging available

Are you a great communicator, tenacious advocate, and a problem solver with a focus on social justice? Read on…

THE OPPORTUNITY

The TQ QSTARS HUB Tenant Advice Worker (part time) plays a critical role in the delivery of expert, accurate and consistent tenancy advice to residential renters.

You will be a part of the statewide HUB contact centre team supported by the HUB Coordinator and statewide training officer. The HUB contact centre aims to empower and support tenants and residents by providing high quality advice regarding tenancy law related issues and triaging matters to QSTARS regional offices and external referral services.

We’re looking for our next QSTARS HUB superstar to support the statewide rental community.

Financial Counsellor

Full Time
Locations: Brisbane CBD | Cairns
Closing Date : 5pm Monday 23 December 2024

Exciting position with a respected and established NFP
Work to empower Queensland residential renters
Fixed term contract to December 2025 with the possibility of extension
Generous Salary Packaging Options

The Organisation

Tenants Queensland is a specialist state-wide community legal service and provides free tenancy law advisory services for residential tenants. TQ was established in 1986 and seeks to represent the interests of all Queenslanders who rent their home including those living in marginal tenures such as caravan parks and rooming accommodation. We pride ourselves in providing specialist advisory services to renters, advocating on behalf of them, and securing improvements to Queensland’s residential tenancy laws.

The Role

We are looking for two qualified Financial Counsellors, one full time and one part-time position (3 days per week) in Cairns (part-time only), Brisbane, Logan, Sunshine Coast or Rockhampton TQ office. With at least three to five years’ experience in delivering financial counselling services. The Financial Counsellors will have a strong commitment to social justice, to extend our range of tenant advisory services for Queensland residential renters.

You will financially empower renters by providing tailored and specialist financial counselling services to residential renters experiencing or at risk of financial hardship and you will integrate the services with TQ’s tenant advisory and legal work.