We're looking for a talented and experienced Talent Acquisition Partner to join our expanding Talent Acquisition team. As one of three Talent Acquisition specialists globally, you will be responsible for leading all recruitment activity for Tes Australia.
This is a part-time but busy and varied role; responsible for the entire recruitment lifecycle; from building the employer brand, managing advertising campaigns, performing initial interviews & screening calls and supporting our managers through the selection process. You will be responsible for sourcing high quality talent to challenging deadlines through direct sourcing, advertising, head-hunting and partnering with recruitment agencies so it's important that you can confidently communicate with all stakeholders, report on campaigns and identify improvements.
To be successful in this role, you should be able to develop long-term recruiting strategies and nurture trusting relationships with potential hires and internal stakeholders. Ultimately, you will be responsible for creating strong talent pipelines for our company’s current and future hiring needs.
Main responsibilities:
- Develop and implement a robust, diverse, engaging and efficient talent acquisition strategies that aligns to the organisation’s goals and objectives, driving improvements to the recruitment process and underlying business performance.
- Take personal responsibility for hiring senior, technical, and specialist roles and ensure that recruitment at Tes is diverse and inclusive.
- Work collaboratively with key stakeholders to produce effective recruitment plans that deliver high quality talent aligned to business needs, providing market insights and advising of best practice.
- Support the transition of Tes to a SaaS business with a talent pipeline aligned to the business strategy.
- Determine and continuously develop appropriate hiring strategies including but not limited to direct sourcing, head-hunting, advertising, and working with recruitment agencies/partners to provide high quality candidates at pace.
- Proactively source, attract and screen candidates using a variety of channels with an emphasis on sourcing as many direct candidates as possible to contribute to the reduction of usage of recruitment agencies.
- Building up an in-depth knowledge of a variety of different areas of the business to totally understand the exact requirements of each role that you are resourcing, including attending recruitment scoping meetings with hiring managers to fully understand the brief of each role before starting to source candidates.
- Ensure that Tes provides an excellent and consistent candidate experience from attraction to on-boarding.
- Support internal and external selection processes for promotions and recruitment including benchmarking roles, drafting job descriptions, designing, and supporting the use of selection tools.
- Demonstrate a commitment to continual improvement and deliver regular improvements in the hiring process.
- Ensure up to date records are kept allowing you to produce accurate and regular management information, reporting, KPI & trend analysis.
- Proactively manage, continuously develop, and improve the on-boarding systems to ensure they provide a positive user experience and deliver efficiencies.
- Effectively manage relationships with all recruitment agencies and ensure they are signed up to our standard terms and conditions of business and are fully compliant with those terms.
- Provide effective and collaborative support to the wider HR team as required.
- Proven experience as a successful and effective Talent Acquisition Partner or similar role with demonstrable experience of successful recruiting at pace
- Evidence of managing diverse and inclusive recruitment campaigns and in developing employee value proposition and building employer brands
- Demonstrative knowledge and application of best practices in recruitment and talent management
- Proven experience of successfully using social media, job boards and other direct hire tools for recruitment and talent attraction
- Strong stakeholder management experience with evidence of building and maintaining strong and effective relationships with the ability to influence decision making at all levels.
- Experience of confidently and successfully working closely with and advising Senior Executives on hiring plans
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and use of social media platforms
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills that foster relationships with candidates, hiring managers and external partners
- Excellent time management and organistional skills and the ability to successfully manage multiple projects and recruitment campaigns simultaneously
- Ability to use initiative, anticipate issues and develop practical solutions in a collaborative manner
- Be committed and flexible in approach to work and able to work under pressure, multi-task and prioritise work
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to assimilate information quickly and interpret and act on insights from HR and recruitment related data to continuously improve recruitment activity and contribute to the achievement of Tes’ commercial goals
- Demonstrable experience of using and developing HR and ATS information Systems
- Passionate about providing proactive support and excellent service to the business
- Demonstrable experience of working within a fast paced ever changing environment, demonstrating flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and projects
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with HR colleagues and key stakeholders
- Demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement
- Flexibility and hybrid working environment for work-life balance
- Extra week annual leave – that's 26 days/year to enjoy
- Personal and professional development opportunities with learning allowances
- Working with a friendly and supportive team where our colleagues care as much as we do
- Enhanced Paid Parental Leave
- Retail/local area shopping discounts program
- State of the art city centre offices
- EAP (Employee assistance programme)
- Monthly Tes Social events
- Access to an extensive Learning and Development menu
If you are passionate about people and eager to make a meaningful impact on the company as well as the education industry and believe you have the enthusiasm and skills to be successful in this role, we invite you to join us at Tes.
About the application process: If your application is progressed, our friendly HR team will reach out for an initial phone call, followed by a first and second round interview.
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