Talent Acquisition Specialist

**Talent Acquisition Specialist**:
**Job no**: 497412

**Work type**: Permanent Full Time

**Classification**: Band 8 (112,779 - $125,403 pa)

**Categories**: Management, Human Resources, Project Management, Marketing & Communication

**Create our future together at the City of Greater Geelong**
At City of Greater Geelong, we are committed to working together for a thriving community. We do this by delivering over 130 services to our rapidly growing population and working hard to protect and improve what it is that makes Greater Geelong on Wadawurrung country such a great place to live, work and study.

We’re going through an exciting period of change that will help us serve our community better. From digital modernisation to the contemporary, sustainable office we built in Central Geelong, now more than ever is a great time to join our team at the City of Greater Geelong.

Our Community is made up of diverse people from all walks of life, and it’s important to us that our workforce represents and celebrates this strength.

We encourage great people from all backgrounds to join us. We encourage authenticity, because inclusion makes us stronger.

If you’re excited about working together to create a Clever and Creative Greater Geelong, and joining a workplace where all people can thrive, then hit **apply** - we’d love to meet you

**About the role**

As the Talent Acquisition Specialist, you will develop, consult and project manage strategic Talent, Capability and Employee Experience department programs through to implementation to meet organisation's business needs. As an expert advisor, this role will coach the Talent Acquisition Specialist and our people leaders, enabling them to build capability in talent decision making and lead in a way that is consistent with the City’s values, behaviours and leadership capabilities.

The Talent Acquisition Specialist will support the Senior Talent Acquisition Team Lead as 2IC with a focus on executive recruitment, strategic projects, dashboard reporting and training.

Key responsibilities include:

- Act as a Lead talent expert both internally and externally, for assigned portfolio and senior management.
- Provide expert advice and recommendations on hiring decisions to people leaders and provide exceptional service and advice to deliver end to end recruitment process for hires
- Design, consult, test and deliver talent acquisition tools, systems and processes to embed Center of Excellence initiatives, including Leadership Capability Framework, High Potential Talent Management and Succession Planning, aligned to the City’s strategic workforce plan
- Deliver complex analyses of internal and external Human Resources data; identify key trends and contribute to the creation of HR insights that enable the diagnosis of business issues, enhancement of employee engagement, and/or improvement of business performance.
- Champion the City’s Diversity Action Plan by coaching and influencing People Leaders to make diverse hiring decisions by the introduction of workforce demographic data.
- Provide leadership on key Talent Acquisition strategic projects and executive reporting; explain how initiatives directly relate to the People and Culture strategy and action plan, and the City’s vision.
- Play an active role in ensuring Talent Acquisition Data is accurate and up to date to allow for accurate measurement of ROI of Talent Acquisition initiatives.
- Respond effectively to unclear situations, seek to resolve ambiguity and make progress. Seek guidance on how to adapt to changes, respond with appropriate composure and effectiveness.

**About you**

To be successful in this role, you will have a Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Human Resource Management or a related field and proven lead recruitment experience.
- Demonstrates experience in designing and implementing talent acquisition best practices.
- Demonstrates successful experience in project management (i.e. recruitment system implementation, Oracle or similar is desired)
- Demonstrates successful experience in senior stakeholder management. Collaborating and influencing stakeholders to achieve business objectives.

Essential skills:

- Planning and Organisation. Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to work independently while providing guidance and training to others on planning, organizing, prioritizing and overseeing activities to efficiently meet business objectives.
- Reviewing and Reporting. Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on developing appropriate plans or performing necessary actions based on recommendations and requirements.
- Resourcing and Workforce Planning. Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to act independently while guiding and training others on ensuring the organization can recruit people with the skills it needs to achieve competitive advantage, while also balancing its resources in order to meet short-term and long-term strategic goals.
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