Gem Careers

We are always on the lookout for sparkly new talent to join our team. If you are passionate about diversity, the future of work for women and truly doing work that matters you could be our person. Plus you must have great energy, be highly skilled and be a pleasure to work with!

Send us your cover letter and CV to hello@freelancinggems.com and be sure to tell us what women’s issue is on your mind.

 

Current Opportunities
Talent Acquisition CoordinatorΒ  apply now

Talent Acquisition CoordinatorΒ 

Freelancing Gems is Australia’s FIRST digital jobs platform that is dedicated to championing women in the gig economy who freelance, consult, work part time, sole-trade or side hustle. We help Australian employers and recruiters connect with β€œRare Gems” of female talent quickly, allowing them to scale or grow their businesses on demand. We also offer permanentΒ  recruitment and headhunting packages for our clients.Β Β 

We are looking for a recruiter to join our growing team in a part time or full time capacity and be part of the foundation team that is changing the future of work for women.Β 

Freelancing Gems has a big mission ahead of us – to help Australian women find their next meaningful role and redefine their 9 to 5, while charging what they are worth. It is no small task, but we are up for the challenge and looking for other motivated individuals to join our team who are passionate about supporting women at work, women’s issues and diversity as a whole.Β 

Is this YOU? Do you want to work in a business that is an industry game changer? Are you looking for flexibility and to do more work that matters? If you answered yes to any of the above we want to chat!Β 

Our success is demonstrated by the impact we have on our members work lives, via job opportunities, education, growth in their careers and their ability to charge competitively.Β Β 

Our primary service is to quickly connect employers to amazing female talent looking for their next contract, freelance, part time or maternity cover job via our jobs platform. Within our first year we have connected hundreds of women with job opportunities and are working on bringing larger scale contracts onboard. We are looking for a talent acquisition coordinator to be our first point of contact with candidates and work closely with our Talent Acquisition Manager to fill all employers talent needs.Β Β 

You will be a positive, proactive individual with a can-do attitude who takes responsibility for the success of their work. You will feel passionately about diversity and our mission and be prepared to level up to do the best work of your career.Β Β Β 

What you will do?

  • Proactively identify and attract prospective candidates in a variety of different industries.Β 
  • 360 recruitment – you will own the process from start to finish, from placing the job ad to reference checks.
  • Finding the rare gems in the market to ensure quality hire and high retention rate for our employers.Β 
  • Ensuring seamless induction and onboarding for the successful candidate.Β 
  • Conducting placement follow ups to compliment our recruitment services.
  • Assist the Talent Acquisition Manager with recruitment campaigns.
  • Connect with prospective freelancers who also champion women at work and convert them to the Freelancing Gems platform.
  • Represent Freelancing Gems at events, flying the flag for our values and mission to attract more business to us. You are a true brand ambassador.
  • Ensure every candidate receives an experience that exceeds their expectations.

What we are looking for?

  • Few years of experience in a fast-paced recruitment role and have a successful track record.
  • Experience in recruiting in the hospitality industry is desirable.
  • You value diversity and take pride in successfully matching employers and candidates that will make magic together.
  • You have the aptitude to leverage our product, culture and mission at Freelancing Gems to attract the right candidates and members.
  • Someone who is a pleasure to work with.Β 

What we offer

  • A company that leads from the front on women’s issues and has created a high performing culture driven by our mission to have a positive impact on the future of work for our members.
  • Flexible approach to work – This is a part time or full time role, we can offer work from home days. We value family and want to make sure you don’t miss the kids swimming carnival if that’s important to you.Β 
  • A commitment to supporting the development of each member of our team via annual professional development opportunities.
  • A positive work environmentΒ 

We are an equal opportunity employer and while our business supports women and marginalized genders we encourage all people that fit the criteria to apply.Β 

Please include a cover letter and your CV and tell us a bit about what issue facing women is on your agenda. Send applications to sune@freelancinggems.com.

Events and Sales Internship apply now

Events and Sales Internship – Freelancing Gems

 

A new jobs platform for women, Freelancing Gems is looking for an Events and Sales Intern for 1 day a week.Β 

 

The successful Intern will work closely with the Advertising & Partnership Director and the Member Manager.

Located in Brisbane and WFH

Hours are 9.00 am – 5.00 pm- you can pick the work day that works for you.

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Responsibilities will include:Β 

  • Creation of sales leads and generationΒ 
  • Reach out to new business leadsΒ 
  • Assist in ensuring proactive planning, communication and scheduling of a wide variety of eventsΒ 
  • Assist in the content development for events
  • Bump in and out and assist with overall event on the dayΒ 

 

Position Specifications:

  • Studying advertising, communications, PR or eventsΒ 
  • Communication and events skills a must
  • Excellent time management & prioritisation skills
  • Good planning & problem solving skills
  • High level attention to detail
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven team environment on multiple projects
  • Isn’t afraid to get their hands dirty in all aspects of this start up business
  • Understands the social & digital media landscape
  • Shows high levels self-motivation

 

*Ideally intern has own laptop to use for work

 

Please email your application to hello@freelancinggems.com

Freelance Web Developer apply now

What is the role?

This is a very exciting opportunity for a freelance Full Stack WordPress developer to work with us to help evolve our digital platform.

We are looking for a web developer with extensive experience with WooCommerce (and its plugins) with the ability to custom code and configure new web solutions (no page builders).

The ideal candidate is a whiz with WooCommerce customisation, developing and customising subscription, membership and gift card plugins and is family with a more agile workflow.

Who for?

Freelancing Gems is the only Australian job platform and community for female freelancers that showcases the rarest gems of talent, across ALL industries. We champion the freelancers, the consultants, the sole-traders, the small business owners and the side-hustlers by providing a digital platform for Australian employers to find and hire the best talent. Freelancing Gems give females the ultimate business toolkit and support network to grow their business.

We are a purpose-led business supporting Australian women of the gig economy and the businesses that champion them. We lead conversations about change, push the boundaries for women and are redefining the 9 to 5.

We are looking for a web developer to align to our values as we grow and make impact together.

What doing

You will work with our strategic leadership team to finesse and evolve our web platform https://freelancinggems.com/

Whether it be custom coding a new subscription solution, coding a landing page, looking for ways to optimise the user experience or updating the website with our latest promotion, you will be our go to for all things web.

Areas of focus will be:

  • Freelancers members area
  • Employers members area
  • Woocommerce shop
  • Job search directory
  • API integrations – CM Commerce, campaign monitor, automations

Taking custom designs and custom coding them into the existing web platform for specific requirements, keep a source code repository to maintain the code, and assist with keeping a simple front end experience yet building a powerful back end system.Β 

Ideally we would love someone with a creative eye for detail, is up to date with the latest trends and technology, adheres to best web practice standards.

Experience

  • Minimum 5 yrs experience web development with med – large WordPress and Woocommerce sites
  • Expert level in PHP, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Jquery, SASS
  • Experience operating from the terminal, SSH, FTP
  • Skilled in building sites that are functional, using the latest tech trends
  • High level skills using custom codes, ecommerce sites & API integrations
  • Can take raw designs in Adobe Suite / Sketch and code intoΒ  beautiful responsive web code
  • Nice to haves, experience with
  • Site Speed – maintain / optimize page Load speeds
  • Strategy – Customer journey / conversions / SEO
  • Site security mitigationΒ 
  • Hosting environments – eg CDN

Working environment

  • WFH – Be an extension of our team, yet remain the master of your own destiny
  • 1-2 days per week
  • On site for strategy meetings from time to time

To apply please click ‘apply now’ and submit your portfolio of work.

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Female made.
Female run.

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