Talent Attraction Specialist

• Full Time, Permanent Role
• Location: Sydney, NSW, with Work from Home 3 days per week!
• Salary $113,000 + Super + NFP Salary Packaging Benefits
• Make a meaningful difference to the lives of Australians in need

Life at Mission Australia

When you join the team at Mission Australia, you become part of a community who are determined to end homelessness and ensure people in need can thrive. United by our Christian purpose and values, we advocate for a fairer Australia, to meet the growing needs of people across the country. Together we’re building hope and possibility for all.

Find out more about us and our purpose.

Your opportunity

At Mission Australia, attracting exceptional people is critical to delivering meaningful outcomes for the communities we serve.

As a Senior Talent Attraction Advisor, you will blend operational recruitment expertise with team leadership responsibilities, partnering closely with the National Manager Talent Attraction to ensure the delivery of a high-performing, customer-focused talent attraction.

You will take ownership of a recruitment portfolio, build strong partnerships with business leaders, drive innovative sourcing approaches and support the leadership, development and success of the Talent Attraction team through coaching, mentoring and operational guidance.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Develop talent pipelines and implement proactive sourcing strategies to identify, engage and secure high-quality talent.
• Partner with leaders to understand workforce needs and deliver tailored recruitment and talent attraction solutions.
• Manage end-to-end recruitment processes, ensuring quality, consistency, compliance and outstanding hiring outcomes.
• Coach and support hiring managers to effectively recruit and make informed hiring decisions.
• Deliver a positive and engaging experience for candidates and hiring leaders throughout the recruitment lifecycle.
• Act as a brand ambassador, ensuring recruitment advertising, communications and candidate interactions reflect Mission Australia's values and purpose.
• Support the National Manager Talent Attraction through coaching, mentoring, operational leadership and team capability development.
• Lead or contribute to talent attraction projects, process improvements, systems optimisation and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Analyse recruitment data and market insights to drive performance, improve hiring outcomes and support strategic decision-making.

Requirements for success

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in internal recruitment managing end-to-end processes.
• Experience using Workday recruitment systems and reporting tools is required
• Demonstrated success partnering with leaders and influencing stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience developing talent pipelines and using strategic sourcing methodologies to attract quality talent.
• Strong knowledge of recruitment best practice, assessment methods and candidate attraction strategies.
• Proven ability to coach and mentor hiring managers and team members.
• Strong problem-solving, relationship management and customer service capability.
• Experience within compliance focused or highly regulated environments is highly regarded.
• Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources, Business or a related discipline are preferred.

Before starting work with us, you will need to undertake a national police history check, and referee checks.

Your benefits

To ensure our employees feel valued, empowered, and celebrated, we provide a range of employee benefits including:

• Rewarding work – every day you know you’re making a real difference
• Not-for-profit salary packaging, reducing your tax (details via AccessPay)
• Free external, confidential counselling and access to chaplaincy support
• Volunteering opportunities 
• Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave 
• Extra leave including: Mission Australia Thank You Day & Work Anniversary Day off

Our culture  

Our innovative and inclusive culture will ensure you feel valued at Mission Australia as you help Australians in need and develop in your career.  

We prioritise the safety and wellbeing of everyone, both within our team and the individuals we serve.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment. We actively support and encourage people of all backgrounds; gender, age, ethnicity, race, cultural background, disability, religion, and sexual orientation to submit an application and aim to ensure that the recruitment and employee experience is as accessible and inclusive as possible. So, whoever you are, if you’re skilled and actively support our purpose and values, you would be welcome at Mission Australia.

If you live with disability and require support to submit your application, please email [email protected] or visit our Careers page for additional contact details.

We strongly encourage applications from people who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. For culturally safe support or assistance with your application, please contact us at [email protected]  

Find out more about a career with Mission Australia. 

How to apply

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Applications are shortlisted as they are received. Please apply as soon as possible to be considered. Thank you