Recruitment Partner

**Melbourne + Sydney**

The Talent Mill Recruitment division is a bespoke recruitment consultancy and talent acquisition specialist within the fashion, lifestyle and retail industries. With more than 10 years of specialist expertise with luxury retail, Australian & Contemporary designer, beauty, and lifestyle brands globally we discover, recognize, and connect inspiring individuals to the most desirable brands as a trusted support to founder-led start-ups, SME’s and multinational corporations within the fashion & retail industry.

Due to exceptional growth, we are excited to grow our team with a Recruitment Partner. We welcome conversations with self-starters, who love people & fashion, in a full time or part-time capacity.

Recruitment - but make it ethical, not transactional. Quality over quantity - always. Truly consultative and delivered at pace. We hold a genuine passion and expertise for the industries we support and offer a unique and modern recruitment proposition - one where we develop long term, meaningful connections, add value and deliver an unforgettable service.

**About you**:
This will build up to what we call a 360 role in time - however, there is nothing traditional about this role

Experience is not necessary - we prefer industry experience and LOVE fashion & retail backgrounds so if this is the sign you need - look no further We never shy away from entrepreneurial profiles either

Supporting people with their job search is a true privilege and we treat it as such - high levels of trust, integrity and authenticity are key pillars of working in recruitment; conversations are highly confidential, and we are our word - follow up and follow through will come naturally to you

A lot of the attributes you need to be successful are ones that you will have built in previous roles and are highly transferable such as:

- Professional experience in a retail/fashion business in a Head Office role or a Store Management role
- You have a strong understanding of fashion brands, trends and who influences in this space
- You try, try and try again - you are highly organised, tenacious, and resilient - giving up is not part of your vocabulary, and you are able to bounce back quickly from disappointment
- A natural people connector, you are warm, naturally inquisitive, empathetic, and tenacious - you naturally attract people to you, are ethical, trustworthy and highly principled
- Self-starter, adaptable and agile - you will operate with high levels of autonomy and independence
- You are your word - you understand how to set and manage expectations and deliver on a deadline once set
- You treat people with respect, are quick to rectify errors and always look for the lessons and silver linings - implementing the learnings to try and prevent the same error from happening twice
- Excellent time management skills - you are able to manage multiple priorities and are disciplined in your methods for holding yourself accountable.

**About the role**:
- Account Management of client base - building relationship through key touchpoints
- Posting Job advertisements - identifying the most relevant platform to connect with professionals
- Ad-hoc administration and events

**What’s in it for you?**

This role can operate from anywhere in Australia, but preference is Sydney or Melbourne.

We have the flexibility for one full-time role or would consider part-time hours working across 4-5 days.

You will get direct training, mentoring and development opportunities, the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting fashion brands and retailers in Australia.

We have big growth plans - and we want to take you on the journey
- Work flexibility - Initially a work from home role - moving to one or two days a week from a shared office space.
- Freedom to work independently - what matters is the level of service and results you achieve not the specific hours spent in front of your desk. We ask you to do what it takes and often need to accommodate someone else’s availability which can mean some after-hours interviews etc
- We have spent the last 6 months transforming digitally and a rebrand is launching in November
- Opportunity for external subsidised training and development
- An incentive structure that rewards you for the results you gain in your role
- The opportunity to move into Career Coaching and training divisions

**About the Talent Mill**

Founded by Ange Millar in 2018 - The TM was created to offer a true alternative to the churn of recruitment. An experience that honoured all parties and was more about creating meaningful, lasting working relationships and less about transactional recruitment. Ange has trained, developed and mentored many successful Recruitment Consultants both agency and internal.

So much magic can happen when partnerships are created on strong ethics, transparency, and a real desire to understand what success looks like for our clients. It is this approach that we believe separates T