Recruitment Manager

Castlemaine location
- Bringing out the good, together
- Community partnerships & initiatives - 2 volunteer days per year

**Recruitment Manager**

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**About Us**

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GWF is one of the largest food manufacturers in Australia and New Zealand, employing around 6,000 people across 60 sites. GWF’s product range is diverse and includes leading brands of breads, baked goods, smallgoods, flour, milled products and animal feed. GWF’s business units include Tip Top, DON, Yumi's, MAURI and Jasol.

DON’s heritage goes back to the late 1800’s. Since the beginning, we have been passionate about crafting great-tasting meat products that Australians love. We produce ham, bacon, salami, smallgoods, and fresh pork.

We take great pride in our skills, techniques and brands, which have evolved over more than a century. We’ve grown from a small family business to become one of Australia’s largest food manufacturers, now part of the GWF group.

DON is also a leading Australian employer with offices and facilities in metropolitan and regional locations across the country. We take pride in being a responsible employer and a great place to work. We offer a safe and supportive environment where everyone can achieve their full potential.

**About the role**:
Reporting to the People and Performance Director and sitting on the P&P Leadership team, this role will be responsible for leading a small team of internal recruiters responsible for high volume recruitment across our production, skilled technical, operations and farms related roles. Our people are core to realizing our growth strategy and you will be front and center to ensuring a healthy talent pipeline whilst delivering a great experience.

You will act as a trusted partner to senior leaders as well as external partners (e.g. JobsVic, government job agencies, agency partners and local government) to drive varied attraction and sourcing engagement strategies. You are a strong influencer who knows what great looks like in recruitment and you are prepared to influence and innovate to shift the dial on both efficiency and impact.

Please note this role will need to be based primarily at our Castlemaine manufacturing site with occasional travel to other sites in the Bendigo region/greater Melbourne region including our head office.

**Responsibilities**:

- Optimise/standardise attraction, recruitment and pre-employment processes
- Act as the key partner to Jobs Victoria and other external partners
- Manage the employee referral process
- Develop reporting processes and generate insights to improve efficiency and effectiveness
- Develop engaging communication content such as advertisements, job board postings and campaign materials leveraging our exciting EVP and branding work

**Why join us**:
Our Purpose is to Craft food that brings out ‘the good’.

When you work at DON, not only will you be part of a community crafting iconic products that people love, you will also enjoy a safe and supportive environment where you can be your authentic self, advance in your career if you choose to, be recognised and rewarded for your contributions, and make a positive difference in the community.

We also work hard to ensure the programs and benefits we offer are competitive and reflect the needs and preferences of our people. They include (among others):

- Flexible work arrangements
- Community partnerships and initiatives, inc. 2 volunteer days per year
- Options to purchase additional leave
- Discounted products
- Training and development programs
- Global career opportunities
- Various recognition programs and rewards, including an end of year celebration
- Health and wellness initiatives
- Study Assistance

**About you**:

- 5+ years of recruitment experience (high volume experience preferred)
- Business or relevant professional qualification
- Experience partnering with key internal and external stakeholders at all levels
- Proven leadership experience driving a high performance TA team
- Demonstrated success in implementing process improvement initiatives
- Experience in marketing and mobilising new recruitment channels
- Comfortable leading community engagement and advocating on behalf of the business

**Applications**:
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- At DON and George Weston Foods, we are an equal opportunity employer. We embrace inclusion and diversity and celebrate what makes us unique. We are committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and the provision of a safe and healthy work environment. _
- So we can get to know you in the best possible way, we're happy to adjust our recruitment process to support your accessibility needs. Please let us know your needs in providing a positive, barrier-free recruitment process_
- Applicants for this position will be required to undertake pre-employment screening tests including a pre-employment medical including drug and alcohol test and a security / background check which may also include a criminal record check. Proof of eligibil