Federation University Australia Hiring for Talent Acquisition Partner Job at Ballarat Full Time

• Human Resources – Berwick or Ballarat Campus
• Full-time, fixed-term appointment
• HEW 7, $90,899 – $98,241 p.a. plus 17% superannuation

About the role

You will be the recognised authority in recruitment practices and will work in partnership with recruiting managers to fill vacant academic, general and TAFE staff positions as well as build and maintain effective relationships to promote positive employee experiences across the University.

Act as a trusted advisor and work in partnership with managers to provide market mapping, head hunting, recruitment, and consulting services to deliver an exceptional recruitment experience across the University. The Talent Acquisition Partner blends full life-cycle recruitment and hard-to-fill needs using integrated and innovative talent strategy development where consultation, data driven storytelling, and collaborative partnerships is fully leveraged.

The Talent Acquisition Partner, partners with the business, establishing long-term trust with leaders at all levels, and partnering cross-functionally across all Portfolios of the University. Success is achieved through the development of recruiting plans, employing sourcing strategies and resources as well as developing new, creative recruiting ideas.

About Federation University

At Federation University, we are driven to make a real difference to the lives of every student, and to the communities we serve.

Across our university and TAFE campuses in Ballarat, Berwick, Brisbane, Gippsland, and the Wimmera, we deliver world-class education and facilities. With the largest network of campuses across Victoria, as well as a growing Brisbane base, we are uniquely positioned to provide pathways from vocational education and skills training at Federation TAFE through to higher education.

Federation University’s Strategic Plan 2021-2025 outlines our ambition to be Australia’s leading regional university. Our University and TAFE provide integrated lifelong learning, skills, and impactful research enabling people and communities to prosper locally, regionally, and globally.

We are the number one ranked University in Australia for First Generation Student Enrolments (Good Universities Guide 2022). Along with top rankings in Victoria around student support, social equity, skills and employment.

About you

Reporting to the Manager, Talent, you will be an experienced Talent Acquisition specialist, ideally with an understanding of building effective partnerships with internal clients.

You will possess experience in end-to-end generalist recruitment, specifically working in hard-to-fill and niche positions. You will be in it for the long haul, understanding the candidate market, both domestically and internationally and offering innovative solutions for the University.

You will be familiar with e-Recruitment systems, LinkedIn Recruiter and ideally, how to build an employer brand through your candidate care and beyond.

Experience within the higher-education sector will be highly regarded.

You will:

• collaborate with leaders to understand workforce plans and hiring requirements, and develop tailored sourcing strategies;
• undertake end-to-end recruitment processes utilising innovative tools for talent acquisition;
• provide customer-centric candidate care;
• undertake online sourcing technology, skills and psychometric testing, interviews, and online reference checking;
• undertake targeted sourcing, utilising social media platforms, networking and other innovative resources;
• support the redesign of talent acquisition systems, methodologies, templates, and procedures; and
• actively build and sustain effective working relationships and working closely with other members of the Human Resources Team.

Directions from Victoria’s Chief Health Officer require all Victorian-based Federation University workers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unless they are an Excepted Person as defined by the COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination (Workers) Directions. All applicants must therefore be able to comply with this requirement.

How to apply

Please apply by Sunday 20 February 2022.

Applicants are required to submit a suitability statement not to exceed one page, in addition to a resume.