City of Melbourne Hiring for Manager Talent Acquisition Job at Melbourne Full Time

• Develop, drive and implement our refreshed Talent Acquisition service model
• Be part of our People, Culture and Leadership transformation
• Permanent full time position
• $133,471 – $150,220 + 10% Super + ADO option

We are the City of Melbourne (CoM), a city of possibility, where the world meets and the extraordinary happens. A place to be bold and inspirational. We are rapidly transforming to meet the evolving challenges faced by a global city. With a vision of being a leading organisation for a leading capital city, our mission is to create positive impact for our community. Each day, we work with passion and purpose so that together we achieve incredible things.

Together we Make the Difference


How this position will Make the Difference to City of Melbourne…

As a leader within our People, Culture and Leadership (PCL) branch, you will play an integral role in our cultural change and digital transformation journey. You will lead a new Talent Acquisition team and ensure the delivery of contemporary recruitment for CoM, including specialist, management and executive/senior appointments.

You will work closely with leaders and partner with our broader PCL branch to develop and implement a talent strategy that identifies opportunities to strengthen and improve practices and process, and to understand current and future workforce challenges that are faced by our stakeholders.

We are implementing a new HRIS and you will play a critical role in embedding the recruitment solution and ensuring your team are well prepared for the transition so that they can support our leaders through the process. You will have the opportunity to influence policy and procedural changes within this space and will be called upon to provide strategic advice and support across hard to fill roles.

What you will bring…

As a credible and trusted leader, you can build and manage internal talent teams within a high volume/high demand recruitment environment. Forward thinking, you are a natural influencer able to balance responsive priorities and long-term strategies using technology and social media to optimise the outcome of Talent Acquisition initiatives and proactively building talent pipelines.

You are person-centred in your approach, have exceptionally strong leadership and relationship skills and can roll your sleeves up when needed to get things moving along. You have a strong analytical mindset and passion for using data to inform business decisions. As CoM is a diverse organisation, it would be beneficial for you to have worked in an in-house Talent Acquisition function working across diverse positions/industries.

This is the perfect role for a strategically focused Talent Leader who is seeking their next opportunity to continue to build and develop our refreshed Talent Acquisition function.

Why work with us?

There are great benefits of working at the City of Melbourne, some more unique than others. You’ll be part of a team who work together to contribute to bigger things – creating a lively, safe and inviting place for our community, visitors and employees within our city. We offer 20 weeks parental leave, regardless of gender and corporate discounts through our CoM Unity platform.

We care about your development and provide opportunities to grow with access to formal learning and countless secondment opportunities across our richly diverse organisation. We care about your development and provide opportunities to grow with access to formal learning and development and growth opportunities across our richly diverse organisation. We offer flexibility in how you work and we will work with you to ensure work/life balance.

Further information

For further information please refer to the attached position description or contact Angela or Andrew below:

Angela Meinke, Director People, Culture and Development – [email protected]

Andrew Chapman, Head of People and Performance – [email protected]

How to apply…

As part of the online application form you are required to:

• Attach your current resume
• Attach a cover letter (no more than one page) addressing the key requirements of the role
• Applications will be accepted until 11:45PM, Friday 13 May

It is a mandatory requirement of the City Of Melbourne for all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19

If you have any questions, or for more information, please contact [email protected].

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City of Melbourne is proud to be a workplace that champions diversity. Our commitment is for our people to be safe, included and supported so that they can be at their best. As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage applications from people regardless of their gender identity and expression, ethnicity, cultural background, sexual orientation, disability and age. We look for the right values, skills and knowledge to build our capabilities so that we can best deliver for our community.