Talent Acquisition Specialist

3 weeks ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia DroneShield Full time

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Work with cutting edge technology, making the world a safer and more secure place. DroneShield (ASX:DRO) offers an opportunity to solve some of the world's most challenging technical problems in Electronic Warfare, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, RF sensing, Sensor Fusion and distributed systems. Working with high profile customers across militaries, government agencies, airports, critical infrastructure, law enforcement and many others.

With one of the largest listed defence company market capitalisations in Australia and having raised approximately $250m in 2024 alone, DroneShield is undergoing hypergrowth stage, fuelled by rapidly increasing use of drones for nefarious applications, from battlefield, to terrorism, to contraband delivery and commercial espionage.

This role is in the DroneShield Sydney headquarters in Sydney CBD. There are approximately 300 staff based in the 4,000sqm facility today, scheduled to grow to approximately 400 staff by end of 2025. Overseas on the ground presence includes USA, Denmark, Mexico, and UAE, as well as distributors in over 70 countries globally.

About the role
DroneShield is seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition Specialist to join its team in the Sydney CBD headquarters. We are looking for applicants with extensive experience in rapid scaling of engineering and operations teams. The role will report to the Talent Acquisition Manager and be a part of 3 persons' team.

Responsibilities, Duties and Expectations

Liaise with relevant DroneShield hiring managers in setting out position requirements
Maintain DroneShield's presence and conducting candidate searches through various platforms such as Linkedin, Indeed, Seek and other platforms
Conducting initial candidate screening and supporting DroneShield hiring managers through the remainder of the hiring processes
Maintaining order in ATS (Rippling)
Conducting reference checks
We are a global business. Stakeholders are located in different time zones (including our US and European offices). There is a requirement to occasionally work outside of normal business hours

Qualifications, Experience and Skills

Relevant bachelor or postgraduate degree
Extensive previous experience in rapidly scaling engineering and operations teams
Defence experience favourably considered, but not a must have
Technically minded with the ability to grasp engineering role requirements
In-house recruitment experience is preferred, however agency-only experience will also be considered
Highly motivated self-starter, able to operate in a small agile team
Attention to detail
Clear verbal and written communication
Only candidates currently located in Australia or New Zealand will be considered

Note for recruitment agencies: we do not accept floated candidates from external recruiters unless they were instructed to do so.Seniority level

Seniority levelMid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment typeFull-time

Job function

Job functionOther
IndustriesDefense and Space Manufacturing

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