senior recruitment consultant - defence (it).

The Role

Join the highest-performing defence recruitment team in the Australian market. We are a specialized, dedicated division within Randstad, currently ranked among the top defence recruitment firms in the country and on track to become the world's largest and most specialized. We partner primarily with top tier defence firms, focusing on assurance and governance programs.

This is a key hire, replacing a high-performing consultant on an "extremely warm" desk with established clients and live roles that generated approximately $200K in Gross Profit (GP) in the last four months.The Opportunity: A 360-Degree Role with Immediate Impact

We are seeking a proactive, competent, and confident Senior Recruitment Consultant to take on a 360-degree permanent and technical recruitment role. You will step directly into active roles while simultaneously taking ownership of new client acquisition to drive business growth.

Your focus will be on permanent placements in the defence sector, specializing in technical roles (engineering, project management, logistics, ICT), with key responsibilities including:

• End-to-end recruitment for permanent, senior-level roles in the Above-the-Line and below the line defence sectors..
• New business development, client hunting, and leveraging the existing connections on the desk.
• Consulting with and expanding relationships within Federal Government and Department of defence clients.
• Playing a crucial sales role to complement the existing team's strong delivery expertise.

The ideal candidate has a proven track record in defence recruitment, with a strong understanding of technical and permanent placements.

Essential Candidate Profile:

• Experience in permanent recruitment with a strong interest in technical roles (e.g., engineering, project management).
• Prior experience recruiting for defence roles (either ATL or BTL clients) or an intimate knowledge of the defence sector and associated job titles.
• A strong, confident, and competent sales personality capable of both account management and active client acquisition.

We are also open to considering exceptional candidates from related fields who possess the right aptitude:

• Account Managers with defence experience who are willing to take on a strong sales component.
• Candidates with a strong technical recruitment background, potentially with Government (GV) experience, who are keen to specialize in defence.
• Veterans (Army, Navy, Air Force) looking to transition into recruitment, provided they possess a proactive, sales-oriented personality.

The Randstad benefits

• Competitive Remuneration: Your hard work pays off with a competitive base salary, superannuation and commissions.
• True Work-Life Integration: Hybrid work options. An overseas Work Away Program that allows you to work from anywhere for 8 weeks each year.
• Participate in our Share Purchase Plan with a 100% input from Randstad to match.

At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.