talent acquisition manager.

Reporting to the Senior People and Culture Manager, the role maintains an internal advisory model committed to merit based, transparent and diverse hiring practices while designing and implementing a compliant recruitment methodology aligned with Fair Work, National Employment Standards and the Australian Standard for Workforce Screening.

About The Role:

As the Talent Acquisition Manager, you’ll be expected to…

• Partner with department heads, hiring managers and business leaders to provide expert advice on recruitment, market conditions, remuneration mapping and candidate availability.
• Build high level trust with stakeholders by developing a deep understanding of team requirements and role nuances that extend beyond standard position descriptions.
• Manage and oversee relationships and expenditure with external recruitment agencies and third party suppliers, ensuring performance, cost control and minimal reliance on external providers where possible.
• Provide day-to-day coordination of the Talent Acquisition team, allocating job requisitions and monitoring capacity to ensure sustainable workload distribution and high-performance standards.
• Ensure all recruitment activity aligns with approved workforce priorities, providing the CPO with insights on market conditions, skill shortages, and pipeline risks.
• Oversee the implementation of a streamlined and efficient recruitment process for all vacancies, from initial search and job posting to professional interviewing and comprehensive pre-employment verification in alignment with the Australian Standard for Workforce Screening (100-point checks, security, and referee checks).
• Oversee and lead significant annual pipelines, including Apprenticeship and Engineering Work Experience (E-WEX) programs, managing everything from campaign planning and sequencing to overseeing applications, assessment design and panel preparations to stakeholder coordination with Engineering leaders and stakeholders.
  
  

About You:

Ideally you’ll have…

• An active AGSVA clearance, Baseline minimum.
• Demonstrated experience leading recruitment functions in complex technical or engineering environments.
• Proven capability in high-volume recruitment and assessment centre delivery.
• Strong understanding of merit-based and compliant recruitment practices.
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced, high-accountability environment.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Sound understanding of Australian employment legislation as it relates to recruitment.
• Strong operational leadership and prioritisation capabilities
• High attention to process integrity and quality
• Adaptive and collaborative leadership style
  
  

Our offer to you:

• Competitive remuneration;
• Flexibility and work-life balance;
• Unique opportunity to contribute your great skills to the programs of national significance;

Interested? Apply ASAP through Randstad by clicking “apply now” or send an email to Lynette Cardinal at lynette.cardinal@randstad.com.au

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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.