Western District Employment Access currently employs around 100 staff at its offices in Warrnambool, Portland, Hamilton, Colac, Ararat, Horsham, Ballarat and Stawell.

WDEA offers many benefits for all potential employees.

These include:

• fantastic team environment and culture (WDEA consistently scores well below industry average staff turnover rates)
• exceptionally supportive workplace
• a family-orientated workplace
• a wealth of experienced staff to help with any problems or questions
• professional approach
• rewarding environment
• approachable Managers/CEO
• open and honest management styles.

Particulars:

• WDEA staff operate under the Labour Market Assistance Industry Award 2010
• Salary Packaging is available, including meal and entertainment exemption benefits
• a dedicated Human Resources Co-ordinator is available to all staff
• a dedicated Training and Development officer
• a Senior Case Managers group.

WDEA’s Current Training Plan (reviewed bi-annually):

• First-aid Training
• Mental Health First Aid
• Defensive Driving
• Cert 4 Training and Assessment
• Cert 4 in Mental Health
• Cert 3 and 4 in Business
• and more...

WDEA-designed Training Packages include:

• Case Management
• Marketing
• Cultural Awareness  
• and more...

WDEA Social Calendar
WDEA embraces a fun and enjoyable workplace and we endeavour to provide activities to promote team work and a great team culture. As a part of our team, you may like to join in:

• Glenelg River Challenge (40km canoe trip down the Glenelg river, tents and all)
• Paintball
• AFL trips to Melbourne
• trivia and karaoke
• Christmas party
• Dunkeld Races 
• the WDEA Warriors Basketball team
• birthdays and other big events
• whale boat racing
• lawn bowls
• and more...

Salary Packaging
Western District Employment Access is a Public Benevolent Institution which means we can offer WDEA staff salary packaging benefits. Our salary packaging is outsourced to a salary packaging company. WDEA offers full use of Meal and Entertainment benefits (VISA Card), remote area exemptions and also laptop options.

Salary packaging is discussed and explained in greater detail during our induction process.

Click here for further information about salary packaging
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