Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health Hiring for Talent Acquisition Lead Job at Melbourne Full Time

• Full time ongoing role HS8, offering annual salary of $126,000.00 + 10.5% super + salary packaging
• Based at Thomas Embling Hospital
• Diverse and supportive environments

A career in the forensic mental health sector is diverse, challenging and rewarding. A career at Forensicare will be like no other. If you’re passionate about supporting people in their mental health recovery, Forensicare is where you need to be. You will be a part of a caring and supportive team, making a real difference to people living with the dual stigma of mental illness and offending. We approach our work with curiosity and a commitment to understanding the unique needs of our consumers and carers. Working across community, hospital and prison settings, you can learn, apply your specialist skills and advance in your profession. Together, we can contribute to a more connected, compassionate mental health and criminal justice system.

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Forensicare is the statutory agency responsible for the provision of adult forensic mental health services across Victoria.

We address the needs of people experiencing mental health issues, the mental health sector, the justice sector and the general community. These services are delivered through inpatient services at Thomas Embling Hospital, community services through the Community Forensic Mental Health Service and prison-based services at several locations. This position will be based at Thomas Embling Hospital and will be required to work across all Forensicare sites.

Forensicare is situated across five sites across Victoria with its largest site being Thomas Embling Hospital,located in Fairfield just 15 minutes north of the Melbourne city centre.Thomas Embling Hospital is a 136-bed secure hospital providing acute care, rehabilitation and continuing care programs. It includes a dedicated women’s unit.

About the Role:

The Talent Acquisition Lead will provide proactive talent sourcing, pipelining, and acquisition expertise to lead strategies to attract and retain Forensicare’s skilled workforce to meet the current and future workforce needs outlined in the Strategic Workforce Plan and Recruitment and Retention Plan.

This position will utilise various sourcing and marketing channels to identify hard to fill roles and work closely with key stakeholders to address current skills shortages by positioning Forensicare as a Workplace of Choice for prospective employees.

The Talent Acquisition Lead is also responsible for the coordination of the Immigration portfolio at Forensicare. The position manages two separate portfolios: the International Medical Graduates (IMG’s) and Migration advice & support for Nursing and Allied Health employees at Forensicar

Duties:

• Work with the Executive Director, People and Culture and the Workplace Relations Manager to implement key talent sourcing and acquisition actions in Forensicare’s Staretgic Workforce Plan and Recruitment and Retention Plan.
• In collaboration with the Workplace Relations Manager, build the capability for effective hiring decisions by supporting Hiring Managers in designing and implementing effective targeted hiring startegies and activities.
• Provide significant input and expertise to coach specific teams for the preparation, coordination and follow up of sourcing and talent acquistion campaigns to ensure objectives are met.
• Proactively build and maintain talent pools and the pipelining of candidates sourced both locally and internationally.
• Develop networks and engage in industry forums to target talebnt markets both locally and internationally.
• Manage the tender, contract and relationships with external talent acquistion and sourcing stakeholders including local and international agencies.

About You:

• Proven experience providing strategic recommendations and solutions to meet workforce planning needs.
• Excellent relationship management and consulting skills including the ability to undertake consultative processes, influence and negotiate with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated knowledge of attraction, recruitment and selection strategies, particularly best practice.
• Exceptional communication, negotiation and organisational skills.
• Demonstrated capacity to source relevant organisational information to understand future business needs and preempt potential project risks, issues and challenges.

What you need:

• A relevant tertiary qualification in Human Resources or Marketing and/or significant relevant experience.

This position is subject to a Police Check.

A culture where people matter.

• Excellent supervision and investment in the skill development of managers and supervisors.
• Celebration and reward for good performance, through employee recognition.
• A leading, multi-faceted approach to safety, with unparalleled strategic, practical, individualised and team-based supports to minimise risks and fear and maximise safety and security, underpinned by our workplace health and safety strategy.
• Access to an employee assistance program – an external, confidential, self-referral employee wellbeing program, for personal or work-related matters.
• A mental health and wellbeing program providing psychological support, peer support and critical incidence response programs, as needed.

For more information on employee benefits visit https://www.forensicare.vic.gov.au/careers/employee-benefits

Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of three COVID-19 Vaccination prior to commencing work at Forensicare. Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The current orders require evidence of three doses.

Current Forensicare employees should apply through eRecruit using an account which is linked to their Forensicare email address and should contact People and Culture if they are unable to access their Forensicare eRecruit account.

Forensicare is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and developing a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people who identify as LGBTQI, people with a lived experience of disability, as well as people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Forensicare promotes our guiding principles of curiosity, purpose, strong ethics, compassion and fairness; and promotes behaviours that are consistent with these values at all times. Forensicare is an equal opportunity employer and offers a smoke free environment.