Career Support Advisor
ABOUT JMC
Founded over 40 years ago, JMC is a heritage higher education provider specialising in the creative industries. We offer smaller classes, real studios with incredible equipment, and lecturers who still work in the industries they teach, from TV production to music theatre to game design.
Our positioning is direct. JMC graduates, and our staff, are working creatives and collaborators. They excel at their own craft, and they’re also exceptional team players.
We’ve been doing this for over 40 years, and we plan to keep doing it for many more. This is a place to build a career chapter, not just a CV line.
YOUR ROLE, HONESTLY
The Career Support Advisor plays a key role in supporting JMC students to successfully transition from education into employment in the creative industries. Providing direct, one-on-one advisory support to students on career pathways and job readiness, responsible for the local delivery of career readiness and employability initiatives across the student lifecycle
Reporting to the Career Support & Advisory Lead, responsible for building and maintaining a pipeline of employer relationships to support work-integrated learning and graduate employment, the role supports career programming, internship engagement and employer-facing activity in collaboration with Academic and Student Engagement teams.
The role also works closely with the Head of Industry & Alumni to identify alumni suitable for mentorship and career/industry engagement activities.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Provide one-on-one and group-based career advisory support to students.
- Support students with CVs, cover letters, portfolios, interviews, networking, job search strategies and professional communication.
- Guide students to identify career pathways aligned to their discipline, skills, goals and industry realities.
- Support students to build confidence, agency and readiness for employment, freelance work, internships or further industry engagement.
- Deliver career workshops, drop-ins, information sessions and employability initiatives aligned to national programming.
- Support discipline-relevant career activities in collaboration with academic teams and Heads of Department.
- Promote career resources, events and opportunities through appropriate student communication channels.
- Support students at key transition points including major projects, internship preparation, graduation and early alumni transition.
- Support student access to internships, work-integrated learning and industry opportunities where required.
- Assist the Career Support & Advisory Lead with employer engagement activities, guest speakers, industry panels and opportunity promotion.
- Maintain accurate records of employer contacts, opportunities and student engagement activities.
- Contribute to reporting on student participation, internship uptake, employer engagement and employability activity.
Work Health, Safety & Wellbeing
All JMC Academy employees share responsibility for maintaining a safe and healthy workplace. In this role, you are expected to take reasonable care for your own health and safety, and for the health and safety of others who may be affected by your work; comply with JMC Academy’s WHS policies, procedures and safe work practices, and follow reasonable instructions from JMC or emergency response personnel; report all hazards, incidents, injuries and near misses to your line manager as soon as practicable; participate in WHS consultation, training and wellbeing initiatives relevant to your role; and contribute to a respectful, inclusive and psychologically safe work environment, free from bullying, harassment and discrimination.
WHAT YOU’LL BRING
- Experience in career advising, student support, employability programs, recruitment, employment services or related fields.
- Strong coaching and interpersonal skills with the ability to support students at varying levels of readiness.
- Understanding of employability, job search strategies and career development principles.
- Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple students, activities and follow-up tasks.
- Ability to work collaboratively with academic teams, campus teams and industry stakeholders.
- Experience in higher education or creative industries is desirable.
- Comfortable working within a nationally coordinated shared-service model.
- Working with Children check required.
YOU’LL THRIVE HERE IF
- You are passionate about helping students turn their creative ambitions into successful careers.
- You enjoy building meaningful partnerships with employers, industry and alumni to create real opportunities for students.
- You are proactive and enjoy creating new programs, frameworks and initiatives that make a measurable impact.
- You are comfortable working across multiple campuses, disciplines and competing priorities.
- You communicate with confidence, whether coaching students, facilitating workshops or representing the organisation externally.
- You are adaptable, solutions-focused and comfortable in a dynamic, fast-moving environment.
YOU’LL FIND IT HARDER IF
- You prefer highly structured, repetitive work over building new programs and adapting to changing priorities.
- You avoid networking or developing relationships with employers, industry and internal stakeholders.
- You struggle to balance strategic planning with hands-on delivery and follow-through.
- You are uncomfortable leading teams, influencing others or collaborating across multiple departments.
- You are not motivated by improving student outcomes, measuring impact or continuously refining programs and services.
THE PRACTICAL BITS
BASE: Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane, with hybrid working and some in-office presence for collaboration and key events.
REPORTS TO: Career Support Advisory Lead
TYPE: Full time, permanent.
SALARY: Competitive, commensurate with experience; we’ll talk specifics early in the process.
APPLY TO: [EMAIL or link to ATS]
WHAT TO SEND
A CV and a short cover note (no longer than a page). In your note, tell us briefly: the largest paid media budget you have personally traded, the single optimisation that made the biggest difference, how you’re using AI tools (including Claude) in your trading today, and your experience preparing for or trading within Google AI Overviews and AI Mode placements.
