Talent Acquisition Consultant

3 weeks ago


Adelaide, Australia SA Water Full time

About the Company

Every day our people provide reliable and trusted water services for more than 1.8 million South Australians. Our work helps ensure this state is a sustainable and healthy place to work and live. Our business supports our state’s prosperity and is significant in both size and impact. With a commitment to being climate-ready, we are guided by environmental goals and practices that enable continued service delivery, not just for today’s community, but for future generations. For more than 165 years we have been delivering services for South Australians. Ongoing adaptation is necessary, and our people are encouraged to share and develop innovative solutions and fresh ideas. In short, we make a positive different to the lives of South Australians and the communities they live in every day.

About the job

Join our team as a Talent Consultant, stepping in to cover parental leave and help us find the best people for the job while also pushing for more diversity, fairness, and inclusion in our ranks. We're after someone who's passionate about recruiting, experience in end-to-end recruitment, and is great at coaching and supporting our hiring managers during a 12-month stint. In this gig, you'll be side by side with our HR Business Partners and operational leaders, steering our hiring decisions and building up a workforce that's ready to tackle anything.

Pitch in with us to meet our hiring targets by making sure we've got the right hands-on deck when and where we need them. As a Talent Acquisition Consultant, you'll be the go-to for finding and picking out talent in our regional areas, giving crucial support to keep our business running smoothly. This job's fast-paced and varied, giving you the chance to dive into a mix of tasks and help shape our team and culture along the way.

About you

You will be customer centric, resilient, able to work autonomously, a great team player, agile and comfortable working at a fast pace with the ability to adapt swiftly to change in priorities. You will have a strong focus on both active and passive candidate management, stakeholder engagement and your passion for people will shine through.

A crucial component of this role includes building and leveraging key stakeholder relationships, whilst developing proactive sourcing strategies for regional areas. You will have demonstrated ability to identify and attract talent in an increasingly difficult candidate market, with the capacity to manage a high volume of positions.

In addition, your responsibilities will include:

  • Partner with our hiring leaders to determine recruitment plans and execute a best practise sourcing strategy.
  • Coach and support Hiring Managers through the recruitment process.
  • Proactively manage day to day processes to ensure data integrity, reporting and ensure candidate communications remain consistent.
  • Coordinate interview debriefs and candidate review meetings and participate on interview panels when appropriate.
  • Getting to know your candidate market by advertising, talent search, completing phone screens, talent pools, scheduling interviews, negotiating offers, and making recommendations.

To hit the ground running in this role, you will likely have:

  • Blue collar or field staff recruitment experience is highly desirable.
  • Demonstrated experience in end-to-end recruitment.
  • High volume recruitment experience.
  • Ability to effectively communicate with stakeholders and candidates on complex and sensitive issues.
  • Effective use of candidate screening techniques to generate high quality shortlists.
  • Experience working within recruitment systems (PageUp preferred), LinkedIn Recruiter and Seek Talent Search and other sourcing tools.
  • Strong ability to work effectively under pressure and strong time management skills.

If you are an inspired and results-driven professional with an unwavering passion for Talent Acquisition, we invite you to join our dynamic team at SA Water. Become our catalyst for connecting people to our business, and together, let's redefine success

Further information can be found in the attached PD - Talent Acquisition Consultant

A great customer experience is best achieved by having a diverse and inclusive team that reflects the community we serve. Applications are encouraged from everyone, including people living with disability, job seekers of all ages, members of the LGBTQ+ community, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.

Our Industry is like no other. Dive into the wonderful world of water and explore the boundless opportunities. Learn more about the water industry at careersinwater.com.au

To apply, click 'Apply'. Please submit and complete the application form, upload a cover letter and current resume. For enquiries, please contact Kelly from the Talent Acquisition team kelly.clement@sawater.com.au 

Applications close 4pm, 2nd May, 2024.



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