Talent Acquisition Officer

Talent Acquisition Officer, Clerk Grade 5/6 - Talent Pool

Department of Communities and Justice

Talent Pool for Temporary and Ongoing roles

Attractive Salary Package - $99,938 - $110,271 plus Superannuation and leave loading

Parramatta location with hybrid working arrangements

The Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) is the lead agency under the Stronger Communities Cluster. DCJ works to enable everyone's right to access justice and help for families through early intervention and inclusion, with benefits for the whole community. Stronger Communities is focussed on achieving safe, just, inclusive and resilient communities by providing services that are effective and responsive to community needs.

Your role

As a Talent Acquisition Officer at DCJ, you will be responsible for identifying, attracting and on-boarding talent to meet changing organisational needs for our Corrective Services portfolio. You will deliver end to end high volume recruitment, whilst providing professional consultancy and advisory services around best practice recruitment and selection. Your role will include all aspects of recruitment including taking job briefs, developing marketing campaigns, providing advice on attraction strategies, actively searching for talent, pre-screening applications, organizing interviews, candidate management and participating on assessment panels when required. Ad-hoc travel to assessment centres within NSW may be required. You will also contribute to the development and implementation of recruitment practices and processes and assist the recruitment managers to monitor the team’s compliance and identify and address any issues.

What you’ll do

• Provide advice to managers and leaders on fit-for-purpose talent management strategies to close capability gaps, support informed selection choices, and align with the organisation's employee value proposition.
• Assist in identifying, designing and developing talent resourcing activities, including; attraction, selection, assessment and career transition ensuring compliance with relevant NSW Public Sector recruitment policies, practices and statutory requirements.
• Manage candidate relationships ensuring positive experiences for all candidates and maintaining the relationship with talent pool candidates.
• Recommend and customise recruitment and assessment processes to enable manager to make informed selections in line with business planning and capability requirements.
• Partner with HR Business Partners, Executives and Senior Managers to provide expert advice for positions within DCJ and ensure outcomes are delivered on time, within budget and to required KPI’s
• Monitor and seek feedback from key stakeholders to continuously improve the implementation of attraction, recruitment and on boarding practices within DCJ providing training where required

What we’re looking for

• Experience of recruitment and selection and understanding of recruitment processes and procedures
• Sound working knowledge of NSW recruitment legislation and best practice
• Demonstrated experience and skills with HR Systems and/or Recruitment management systems
• Willingness to travel within NSW on an ad-hoc basis
• Attention to detail, effective communication skills and a team-working approach

Essential Requirements Or Willing To Obtain

• National Criminal History Record Check in accordance with the Disability Inclusion Act 2014
• Working with Children Check clearance in accordance with the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012

Download the role description.

To apply directly via the DCJ Careers site click here. Search for the job and click the ‘Apply now’ button.

We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply – you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.

What We Offer

We Offer a Variety Of Benefits, Including

• A challenging and rewarding career
• Flexible, autonomous work environment
• Competitive pay and conditions
• Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
• Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

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We do work that really matters

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

Apply now and join Australia’s top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment!

Are you ready to join us?

Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).

Applications close Thursday 4 June at 11.59pm AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Sarah Burges on 0428 370 116 or at ***email_hidden***

If you have a question regarding your application or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please contact Lynsey Allison on 0409 193609 or via [email protected]

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more about reasonable adjustments.

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

Other Information

A talent pool will be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

For more information visit Applying for DCJ jobs on the DCJ website.

Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.

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