Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

About the Business

Talent Group: Talent International (technology & digital recruitment), Solve by Talent (workforce & talent solutions), and Avec Global (consulting & specialist talent solutions). With HQ in Sydney and a growing US presence in New York, we operate globally and are building a modern growth engine focused on organic discovery, brand authority, and inbound demand.

Reports to: Client Lead

Role Purpose:

The Senior Talent Acquisition Partner operates as a key member of a the TA team on a client site delivering first class service and consulting on all aspects of the hiring of people to their business.

Team Purpose:

The onsite team is responsible for all recruitment activities of the Client across all divisions of their business and offices in APAC.

Account Management, Business Partnering & Personal Brand

• Responsible for creating a happy and engaged group of hiring managers

• Establish and build strong relationships throughout the client business while becoming a trusted advisor with the C-Suite

• Obtain & maintain a deep understanding of business

• Positively consult to and influence hiring managers and HR on their recruitment processes & selection techniques

• Staying up-to-date with recruitment best practice, and utilizing this knowledge to consult to HR and the business to ensure the Client is at the forefront of the market

• Build a personal brand and presence in the relevant digital technology or media communities across the US

Sourcing & Recruitment

• Supporting the leadership team with guidance on role prioritization, size and scoping.

• Responsible for delivery on a broad array of roles within the US with a focus on delivering incredible candidate experiences

• Undertake the full recruitment process according to Solve's & the Client's methodology

• Assist hiring managers & HR create compelling and accurate job descriptions that reflect the roles they are trying to hire

• Write and publish captivating job advertisements that represent the employer brand

• Proactive sourcing of candidates to fill positions: Utilizing database searching, online search techniques such as X-Ray Search, meet-ups, events and referrals as well as creatively identifying new channels

• Support HR & Marketing with awesome social content reflecting the Employer Value Proposition

• Occasionally engage other recruiters within Talent or other agencies (which may also include negotiating terms of business on behalf of the Client), & manage that supplier relationship through the hiring process

• First round interviewing of candidates (and joining managers on later rounds where required)

• Writing, producing and submitting honest & clear candidate briefs to hiring managers

• Candidate nurturing within relevant communities to build long term pipeline

Coordination of offsite Sourcers

• Clearly briefing roles types for coordinated search

• Guiding the Sourcers toward quality and relevant search outcomes

• Assisting with continuous improvement of their CV & call-based screening techniques

Data & Reporting

• Providing the Client stakeholders with market insight to assist with their decision making

• Interpreting data to communicate insightful stories that inform hiring decisions with visually led reporting

• Ensure all data relating to candidate interaction with the business is recorded accurately

• Engaging the business internally to ensure awareness of open roles and a desire to refer people to them

• Completion of candidate / hiring manager and employee surveys where relevant

Experience:

• At least 7+ years recruiting with both in-house or RPO, and agency experience.

• Account Management experience preferred

• Technology or GTM recruitment experience preferred, with the ability to recruit across a broad array of positions

• Experience working in a nimble fast paced business

• Experience recruiting in data led environments

Education/ Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or above preferred but not required

Skills/Abilities:

• Collaborative nature and the ability to adjust one's perspective according to the situation

• Confident, positive demeanour and great presentation skills

• Exceptional communication skills both in person and via video / phone

• Good customer service skills and the ability to adapt your communication to a disparate audience

• Strong organizational competency and an attention to detail

• Demonstrable persistence

• Knowledge of diversity-based hiring techniques and proven ability to use them

• Proven ability to build relationship to the level of trusted advisor with stakeholders of senior levels

• Consistently takes a quality approach to recruitment and maintains a strong work ethic

• Proven ability to work within a structured process in an ambiguous and ever shifting environment

• Sound judgement and decision-making skills

• Good knowledge of recruitment processes and talent attraction strategies

• Demonstrated ability to build a local and regional candidate network

• Strong HR / Recruitment technology skills - ATS / CRM / Social search tools

• Possessing sophisticated candidate search techniques knowing how to identify quality candidates from multiple online locations such as Slack groups, Stack Overflow, Github, Dribbble, LinkedIn, Facebook etc,

• Desire to mentor and pass skills more junior member of the team

• Coachability and desire for personal continuous improvement

Core Competencies:

• Adaptability

• Coachability

• Collaboration

• Conscientiousness

• Customer Service Focus

• Influencing/ persuasiveness

• Initiative

• Problem solving

• Relationship building

• Resilience

Does the role involve shift work or non-standard hours:

• Sometimes requires attendance at industry, team, or company events for both the client and Talent out of hours.

Will the person be expected to travel:

• There can be occasional interstate or international travel though not often