National Manager

Location: Geelong
- Brand: People & Culture
- Date Posted: 6 Jun 2025

**Job Details -**_National Manager - Talent Acquisition_**
- **Job number**: 2046
- **Location**: VIC, TAS, WA - hybrid working available
- **Employment status**: Full Time Permanent
- **Classification**: Common Law Contact ($157,000 - $174,000 (inclusive of superannuation) + Not-For-Profit Salary Packaging Benefits

**About genU**
- At genU, we are a group of passionate, driven individuals dedicated to making lives happier and healthier, especially for people with disability, the ageing, and those experiencing disadvantage. As a profit-for-purpose organisation, we invest directly back into the communities we serve.

**we’re growing**

In an exciting move for the sector and the people we support, **genU is merging with Activ**, one of Western Australia’s most trusted and well-established disability service providers. This partnership marks the beginning of a significant national expansion — and with growth, comes opportunity. That’s where you come in.

**Harnessing diversity**
- At genU, we’re not all the same. And that’s one of our greatest strengths. We draw on the differences in who we are, what we’ve experienced and how we think.
- We welcome diversity in all its forms, including culture, gender, disability, neurodiversity, age, sexuality, religion, spirituality, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritages. We respect the intersections of these identities and recognise the unique experiences and insights they bring to our organisation. Our commitment is to foster a welcoming, innovative, safe, empowering, and a respectful environment where these values are upheld every day.

**Join our team**

**Key responsibilities**

As a **National Manager** **- Talent Acquisition** your responsibilities include:

- Leading and supporting genU’s national Talent Acquisition team across end-to-end hiring
- Designing sourcing approaches tailored to our diverse business needs
- Building strategic partnerships with schools, universities, and community groups
- Shaping and promoting genU’s employment brand and EVP
- Supporting recruitment for senior and complex roles
- Ensuring consistent, fair, and inclusive selection practices
- Overseeing compliance and pre-employment screening processes
- Tracking key recruitment metrics and delivering insights to drive improvements
- Building and maintaining strong talent pipelines through proactive sourcing
- Training and coaching hiring managers on best-practice selection methods
- Managing TA supplier relationships
- Collaborating with P&C leaders to shape broader workforce strategy
- Preparing reports and briefings for executive and board-level stakeholders

**About you**

We are looking for a dynamic and values-led individual who have:

- 5+ years in senior TA leadership experience within large, complex organisations
- Proven success in developing and executing effective TA strategies
- Experience leading, engaging and developing dispersed, high-performing teams
- Demonstrated success in workforce planning and stakeholder collaboration
- Strong knowledge of recruitment systems and tech platforms
- An ability to juggle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent communication, influencing and change leadership skills
- A customer-focused mindset with a drive for continuous improvement
- Solid understanding of TA legislation and compliance
- The ability to contribute to broader P&C leadership, strategy and initiatives

**Employee benefits**

genU offers a range of benefits, including:

- **Extra leave**: 15 days of personal leave
- **Salary packaging**: Non-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900 per annum, plus additional meals and entertainment benefits
- **Discount shopping programs**: Save at over 450 retailers, including Coles, Woolworths, JB HI-FI and Officeworks
- **University study benefits**: 25% fee reduction via a Torrens University scholarship for undergraduate and postgraduate courses at Torrens University
- **Health and wellbeing support**: 24/7 access to a holistic employee assistance program

**Professional development**:In addition to a comprehensive induction program and ongoing professional development, genU is committed to providing opportunities for career progression

**Requirements**:
To be eligible, you must have, or be willing to complete:

- NDIS Screening Workers Check.
- NDIS Worker Orientation Module Certificate of Completion.
- A qualification in Human Resources, Business, or a related discipline (or equivalent work experience)
- A collaborative and flexible approach to work, with the ability to build trusted relationships across all levels
- A passion for inclusion, wellbeing, and empowering others to thrive

**Ready to make a difference?