Sydney CBD | Full-Time | On-Site (5 Days)
WHO WE ARE
Founded in 2013 as Scape Australia, leaders in student housing, we’ve since grown into a vertically integrated living platform known as The Living Company; managing $18B in assets across Student Living (Scape), Rent to Live – Affordable Housing (RTL Co.), and Retirement Living (Aveo); spanning site origination, investment, planning, design, development, construction, and operations.
The Living Company is reshaping the way Australians live by delivering sustainable, community-driven, and high-quality spaces across the country.
THE ROLE
As the Talent Manager, you’ll be our national lead for Talent Acquisition, owning the end-to-end talent strategy across Scape, Aveo and our corporate functions. You’ll balance high-volume frontline recruitment with specialist, professional, leadership and executive appointments, all across a diverse, multi-brand organisation.
You’ll lead and develop a small Talent team, act as the trusted adviser to senior leaders and hiring managers, and build a scalable, consistent and high-performing talent function from the ground up.
Day-to-day you will be (but not limited to):
- Leading the national Talent Acquisition strategy, from workforce planning and market mapping through to sourcing, selection and offer
- Leading and developing a small high performing talent team, setting delivery standards and consistent recruitment practices nationally
- Advising senior leaders and executives on talent markets, sourcing strategy, remuneration and hiring outcomes
- Building early-career, vocational and education-sector pipelines to support future workforce needs and hard-to-fill frontline roles
- Leading recruitment mobilisation for new properties, business units and workforce requirements
- Driving recruitment technology, data and AI-assisted tools to lift candidate experience and hiring effectiveness
WHAT YOU’LL BRING
- Significant experience in a senior external recruiting, talent acquisition or talent leadership role, ideally across a large, multi-site or multi-brand organisation
- Demonstrated experience leading and developing a team, with a track record of building capability and consistent delivery standards
- Experience balancing high-volume frontline recruitment with specialist, professional and executive-level hiring
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to act as a trusted adviser to senior leaders
- Experience with recruitment technology, systems and process optimisation, and the ability to build recruitment governance and compliance frameworks across complex environments
- Experience within an external recruitment agency, and an innovative, creative approach to talent attraction and sourcing, will be highly regarded
WHY SHOULD YOU JOIN?
- Be part of a purpose-led organisation shaping how Australians live
- Exposure to a large, diversified living platform with real scale and complexity
- Strong focus on wellbeing, growth, and inclusive culture
- Competitive rewards, recognition programs, and lifestyle benefits
INTERESTED? HERE’S HOW TO APPLY
If this sounds like your next career move, we’d love to hear from you - apply now with your CV. Please note that we will be reviewing applications and contacting candidates on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to apply as early as possible.
No agencies please.
At The Living Company, we honour and welcome the rich heritage and contributions of First Nations and Indigenous peoples. Our workplace embraces diversity and strives to create an inclusive environment that respects and values your culture, traditions, and perspectives. Join us in building a harmonious and empowered community where everyone’s voice is heard and celebrated.
Skills Required
- Significant experience in a senior external recruiting, talent acquisition, or talent leadership role
- Experience working across a large, multi-site, or multi-brand organisation
- Experience leading and developing a team
- Track record of building capability and consistent delivery standards
- Experience balancing high-volume frontline recruitment with specialist, professional, and executive hiring
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
- Ability to advise senior leaders as a trusted talent adviser
- Experience with recruitment technology, systems, and process optimisation
- Ability to build recruitment governance and compliance frameworks across complex environments
- Experience within an external recruitment agency
- Innovative and creative approach to talent attraction and sourcing
What We Do
Scape is an Australian student-accommodation provider and purpose-built student accommodation owner and operator. It owns and operates furnished student residences in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide, designed to support students’ university lives with welcoming, secure, connected communities. Its properties offer homes where residents can live, study and thrive, with spaces intended to help students feel comfortable, supported and part of a community while living away from home.








