Talent Acquisition and Development Specialist

Job Title
Talent Acquisition and Development Specialist
Job Location
Melbourne
Division
Practice Management - People and Culture
Description
- **1. Objectives and scope of the position**
- The Talent Acquisition and Development Specialist is responsible for developing and delivering the recruitment and learning strategy for KordaMentha across all service lines and practice management, engaging multiple channels and networks to source and develop exceptional talent.
- Manage the firm's learning management system (LMS) incorporating training records maintenance and partner with all service lines to identify training needs and embed a high performance culture.

**2. Duties and Responsibilities**

2.1 General Recruitment

Responsible for managing and marketing end-to-end recruitment and sourcing strategies at all levels across the firm
- Oversee the firm's talent acquisition pipeline, including maintenance of recruitment job boards and internal tracking platforms.
- Create and review position descriptions to reflect relevance and currency.
- Manage recruitment agency terms of business and preferred supplier panels.
- Coordinate and regularly promote KordaMentha's employee referral program.
- Provide timely industry best practice recruitment advice and business updates.
- Engage with service line leaders and hiring managers to identify and coordinate internal representation for guest speaking opportunities (industry forums/panels, networking events in conjunction with Marketing, interviews and assessment centres and university careers workshops) to proactively identify exceptional talent in line with the firm's forecasted needs.
- Support the Director People and Culture with the firm's annual market salary reviews, including industry benchmarking.
- In collaboration with practice management and office service line leaders, manage the KordaMentha parental leave keeping in touch, career break, return to work and alumni programs
- Provide monthly updates on talent acquisition metrics to the Director People and Culture.

2.2 Graduate and Vacationer Recruitment

Lead, promote and deliver the firm's graduate and vacationer recruitment programs, including scheduling and participation at The Big Meet careers expo and relevant university fairs in Australia and Singapore.
- Manage onsite and virtual careers fairs comprising logistics, participation, wrap up and review.
- Prepare (and update as required) interview packs and case study material for assessment centres.
- Coordinate and facilitate assessment centres.
- Manage the progress of all graduate and vacationer communication (including reference checks, offers, declines).

2.3 Learning and Development

With support from the People and Culture team and Service Line Leads, develop innovative ways to drive employee engagement, accountability and collaboration
- Create systems and processes for a data driven people function with a focus on delivering measurable results across engagement and cultural health
- Manage the learning and development calendar, online learning content and platforms, including compliance training
- Design and embed a training series to upskill our people leaders
- Development, refine and report on all training processes and initiatives

**3. Qualifications and experience/ skills required**
- Relevant tertiary qualification in organisational development, business or equivalent.
- Minimum 5 years' experience leading inhouse recruitment and managing volume graduate campaigns
- Experience managing multiple functions within professional services
- Experience designing and leading large scale cultural change projects at senior levels
- Experience designing and leading recruitment initiatives with proven results for hiring, promotion and retention
- Exceptional stakeholder management and relationship building skills
- Flexible and agile to adapt to changing business needs
- Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Office suite