Strategic Talent Advisor - Contract, Gov

PERSOL brings together the legacy and experience of four organisations that shaped the staffing landscape over the past century: Kelly Services, who pioneered the modern temporary help industry in 1946; SKILLED, who crafted the staffing industry in Australia in 1964; Programmed, the leading provider of operations and maintenance services across Australia and New Zealand; and PERSOL, the largest workforce solutions provider in APAC.

Job details

Our federal client is seeking to engage a suitably qualified and experienced Lead Workforce Planner/ Strategic Talent Advisor to work as part of the Program Support Section of the Funding and Disclosure (FAD) Reform Program Management Office Branch.

The Strategic Talent Advisor will be responsible for undertaking work that is complex in nature, under limited direction, utilising expertise within the area of labour hire talent acquisition and contract management.

Applicants must have an active Baseline AGSVA Clearance.

EL2 contract equivalent, ASAP start until 30th June 2027 with 2x 6-month extension option.

Location: Canberra (preferred), Melbourne, Sydney, Darwin, Adelaide, Perth etc

Key duties and responsibilities

The Strategic Talent Advisor will be responsible for, but not limited, to:

• Developing, driving and delivering on the labour hire recruitment and retention strategies for the Program, ensuring best practice, consistency and adherence to policies
• Developing and maintaining relationships with external stakeholders/labour hire sellers and maintaining labour hire contract management discussions of both a sensitive and non-sensitive nature.
• Liaising with internal teams as required such as Cyber Security and Fraud to manage highly sensitive matters of contractual management.
• Building relationships with stakeholders to understand the remit of the sections within the Program and supporting the performance management and talent identification strategies of the Program.
• Identifying, prioritising and building organisational capabilities, behaviours, structures and processes toward strategic labour hire talent identification and maintenance based on best practice.
• Analysing workforce trends to support and advise Program and executives in the appropriate contractual management of labour hire resources.
• Identifying and driving the sharing of best practices across functions to facilitate continuous improvement.
• Aligning performance management and reward strategies to reinforce an environment of dedication and innovation with and across business units.

If you meet these requirements, please apply now or for a confidential discussion please call Athena Yung on 0491 451 213 or reach out ***email_hidden***

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