Are you passionate about making a difference in rural communities? NEX Business Farming Wellness (NEX) is looking for a dynamic Business Consultant to join our Financial Capacity Team to help our clients with both hardship, recovery and growth support. If you have a knack for building relationships, high level of finance or business acumen, ability to think differently and strategically to develop new opportunities and problem solve, but most importantly want to work for a not-for-profit organisation focused on viable, sustainable small businesses that create vibrant and healthy communities, we’d love to hear from you!

NEX Business Farming Wellness (NEX) is a not-for-profit organisation committed to strengthening the resilience and prosperity of rural & regional communities, and delivering exceptional value to our clients.

NEX delivers free, confidential, and professional Rural Financial Counselling Services funded by the Federal and State Governments, supporting farmers, fishers, foresters, and rural-related small businesses experiencing financial hardship.

In addition to our core hardship support services, we offer a range of strategic business advisory and coaching services to help clients grow their enterprises.

Our tailored support is holistic, combining financial counselling and business consulting with wellbeing services to ensure business owners are equipped to manage both their personal and professional challenges.

For over 40 years, NEX has partnered with clients to build sustainable futures, especially during times of change, recovery, and more recently focused on growth.

About the Role:

As a key member of our Financial Capacity Team, you will support both farming, agri business and small business clients through both recovery and expansion phases. This role involves:

Delivering strategic planning and business analysis to clients seeking to improve their financial position, make informed decisions, or transition their business models.
Assisting clients with grant writing, delivering business coaching, business succession and marketing strategies, are just some examples of services delivered by the Finance Capacity Team at NEX.
Providing free rural financial counselling to those facing financial distress, including debt management, cash flow planning, and business viability assessments.
Collaborating with clients to co-design action plans tailored to their circumstances, using a structured support framework.
Using Salesforce to record client progress and demonstrate measurable outcomes.

The ideal candidate will bring a proactive, solutions-focused mindset and a genuine commitment to supporting rural businesses—whether navigating hardship or positioning for future growth.

This position is based in South Gippsland (Leongatha) but will be required to support clients in the surrounding shires. NEX provides flexible working conditions to suit the applicant, however it is expected that hours worked will be a minimum of 60hrs per fortnight (up to max. of 75hrs).

If you join our team, you will have:

Personal effectiveness | Demonstrated ability to manage and adjust work to achieve goals; work autonomously; accept responsibility for mistakes and learn from them; always displaying respect and courtesy to others.

Team effectiveness | Collaborative approach for information, learning and effort; understanding and appreciation of diversity in the workplace, capability to work with others to reach common goals; support and building positive and constructive relationships; communicate clearly and concisely ensuring messages are understood; ability to express ideas clearly, listen effectively and provide feedback constructively.

Organisational effectiveness | Understanding of how an individual’s role and work contributes to achieving organisational goals; ability to think ahead and plan accordingly.

Our Values:

INTEGRITY - Respect & trust are our core values & are embedded in everything we do!
COMMUNICATION - We value open, honest & authentic communication, recognising diversity of thoughts.
RECOGNITION - We recognise & celebrate individual & team effectiveness.
IMPROVEMENT - We encourage ‘bigger thinking’ & are focused on continuous improvement.

Our organisational values are underpinned by acceptable workplace behaviours included in our ‘Rules of Engagement’. All staff are required to demonstrate our values and comply with all policies and procedures

Key responsibilities include:

Assist clients in developing and implementing strategic options to improve business sustainability.
Offer free, impartial financial counselling to eligible clients in hardship.
Work closely with clients to analyse financial data and identify growth opportunities or recovery paths.
Support small business owners through both crisis management and growth-focused consulting.
Engage in regular reporting, data entry, and outcome tracking using Salesforce.
Collaborate with colleagues across financial and wellbeing streams to provide comprehensive client support.

Additional Role Requirements:

Frequent travel within the region is required; a current driver's licence is essential.
Occasional after-hours work and overnight travel may be required for conferences, training, or remote client visits.
Attend community and industry events to present/promote services to engage with stakeholder and clients and create referral pathways to NEX services.
This position is based out of Leongatha, with responsibility for supporting clients in surrounding shires.
Flexibility to support service delivery in other locations as required.

Training and Development:

Successful candidates may be required to complete a Diploma of Financial Counselling within six months (RPL may apply).
On-the-job training and ongoing professional development opportunities are provided.
Regular supervision, mentoring, and access to a learning and development platform are included.

Employment Conditions:

Flexible working conditions are available, with a minimum commitment of 60 hours per fortnight (up to a maximum of 75 hours).
Contract to 30 June 2026, with potential for extension based on funding and community need.
Reports to the Business Development Manager and is supported by our Counselling Coordinator.

Key Competencies:

Well-developed communication skills: ability to communicate with a diverse range of stakeholders in a one-on-one or group setting.
Problem solving: high level analytical and planning skills, together with demonstrated ability to analyse relevant financial data, develop and present a range of business options.
Risk Management: acknowledgement and awareness of risk frameworks, mitigation strategies, controls and assurance pertaining to business operations and workplace.
Self management: demonstrated ability to self-motivate, plan, manage and prioritise tasks to meet competing deadlines while working with a range of stakeholders.
Technology: demonstrated proficiency in IT, including a sound working knowledge of all Microsoft applications and the ability to use IT programs to enter data, maintain records, and undertake detailed analysis of data and information.
Safety: awareness and understanding of Workplace Health and Safety requirements, and a proven ability to mitigate risks in an employment situation.
Privacy & Confidentiality: demonstrated awareness of privacy and confidentiality legislation and requirements

Selection criteria:

Agricultural science, business, commerce or economics degree, OR minimum 10 years experience in a financial, business management or counselling/consulting role.
Demonstrated ability to prepare detailed financial analysis for clients, and the ability to develop and present a range of financial and business improvement options.
Demonstrated understanding of rural issues, including a range of farm enterprise activities and business management issues.
Demonstrated ability to use technology to manage, report, highlight and present data (not limited to financial data).
Current unrestricted driver’s licence.
You must be an Australian resident to apply for this position.

Police Checks:

The successful applicant will be required to undergo a police check as part of the selection process.

Selection process:

Applicants should address each individual key competency and selection criteria in their application and provide a resume detailing previous employment history and details of two work or professional referees.
At interview, applicants will be asked to demonstrate competencies in financial analysis, the development of business options and interpersonal skills based on a case study provided prior to interview.
Applicants must be prepared to undertake psychometric testing [personality profiling] to ensure best fit for the role and our organisation.
Applications to be submitted by 30 April 2025 and must be able to commence mid-May 2025.

Salary:

Contracted position up to 30 June 2026, salary will be dependent on qualifications and experience.
A vehicle may be provided for this position, otherwise a vehicle allowance will be paid for all business travel.
Our service offers a flexible workplace and salary sacrifice package, with benefits up to the maximum ($15,900).

This job description indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the role. Duties may be varied and or amended from time to time.

For further details, please visit nexsolutions.org.au

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