Location
Australia

About The Role

  • Have you had a career break of 12+ months
  •  Do you have 5+ years of commercial experience in industry?
  • Are you ready to re-join the workforce with upskilling and career coaching included?   

Our Returners Program supports professionals returning after a career break. Since 2016, we’ve restarted over 500 careers globally, guiding you through every step to regain confidence, skills and opportunities in business or technology. 

FDM, a business and technology consultancy, offers careers across five core Practices, helping you leverage your skills and experience to succeed in your chosen field. 

As an FDM Consultant, you'll provide services to our clients in Australia within FDM's Software Engineering or Data & Analytics Practice. 

After initial upskilling, you'll be assigned to client projects, taking on roles like Software Engineer, Automation Tester, Data Engineer, Data Analyst or Business Intelligence Analyst. You could work on cutting-edge digital transformations, data migration, new application development or business process improvements. 

Example projects include:

  • Developing backend APIs for a new banking application
  • Supporting a data migration project using BI tools for a government platform
  • Building out automation test scripts for an insurance web-based tool

You’ll be assigned to client projects based on your strengths and expertise. FDM’s Skills Lab and expert coaches help you stay on top through continuous learning and webinars. It’s a journey full of exciting opportunities - seize them!

 

Benefits

  • Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
  • Initial upskilling pre-assignment to ensure you’re set up for success
  • Assignments with global companies
  • Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skill set within your field 
  • Buy As You Earn share scheme

About You

  • Have at least 5 years’ experience in a commercial IT role
  • Have at least 1 years’ career break
  • Be able to work full time hours on client site up to 5 days p/week (project dependant)
  • Be based in either Sydney or Melbourne 
  • Australian citizen or permanent resident 
  • Technical experience/background is preferred

 Ready to launch the next phase of your career?   

About Us

FDM powers the people behind tech and innovation. We spot trends, find top talent, and help businesses stay ahead. 

With 30+ years of experience, we coach, mentor, and launch fresh thinkers from diverse backgrounds into world-class careers. Partnering with top global companies, we deliver the right talent at the right time—while guiding our people toward exponential growth. 

🌍 Global impact – 19 centres across APAC, North America, the UK & Europe 
🚀 25,000+ careers launched – and counting 
🤝 300+ trusted client partners 

 

Committed to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion 

Tech careers should be for everyone. With 80+ nationalities represented, FDM thrives on diversity, fuels innovation through unique perspectives, and celebrates success together. As an Equal Opportunity Employer and FTSE4Good-listed company, we ensure every qualified applicant gets a fair shot—no barriers, just opportunities. 

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