At MacKillop Family Services, we believe recruitment is more than just filling roles it’s about finding the right people to support children, young people, and families when they need it most.
This role is a full time permanent position primarily located from our South Melbourne office.
As our Talent Acquisition Partner, you will lead a passionate Recruitment Team, drive strategy, and shape the hiring experience across the organisation. If you thrive on purpose, love mentoring others, and want your work to create real impact, this is your chance to lead with heart and help us find the people who are look for this same purpose in their new role.
You will work closely with our Industrial Relations Business Partners to truly understand workforce needs because at MacKillop, we know that great recruitment decisions matter. Your role is to harness this insight, guide hiring managers, and help us uncover the gold stars.
While your focus will be on internal recruitment this role also requires strong external stakeholder engagement. You will play a key part in building talent pipelines, developing strategic partnerships with universities and training providers and enhance our employer brand across the sector.
The incumbent will have:
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Psychology, Social Work, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• A knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal culture and values and an awareness of the current issues faced by Aboriginal children, young people and their families.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of end-to-end recruitment practices, legal requirements and compliance requirements applicable to the out-of-home care sector.
• Proven ability to attract and retain talent in a competitive job market.
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders internal and external.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with a demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively with others and exercise influence in a diversity of contexts.
• Ability to participate collaboratively and constructively within teams of peers, staff and other stakeholders, as well as initiative and effective personal judgement when working alone.
• High level of organisation and project management skills.
• Experience in HRIS systems an advantage.
About you:
Previous experience in internal recruitment, talent acquisition or agency settings
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
Passionate about child safety and meaningful work
Innovative, solutions-focused and proactive in a fast-paced environment
Experience using LiveHire and other advertisement platform
Knowledge of or interest in the community services sector is highly valued
If this sounds like a position that you might be interested then we are looking to hear from you. For more information please contact Natalia Ellaway on 0411 608 284