Talent Attraction and Acquisition Specialist

About the roles: A06 Talent Attraction and Acquisition Specialist | Team Leader - Talent Attraction and Acquisition Specialist| A07

Location: Brisbane CBD

Start Date: ASAP

Engagement Type: Labour hire

Contract Length: 6 months with possibility of an extension.

Pay: $100-$110 per hour + super

Hours: Full-time (38.0 hours per week)

A06 Talent Attraction and Acquisition Specialist:

As a Talent Attraction and Acquisition Specialist, you will support the delivery of Queensland's $2 million TAFE teacher recruitment drive.

Your focus will be on proactively identifying, engaging and nurturing prospective vocational education

trainers and assessors (‘TAFE teachers’) from targeted industry cohorts, guiding candidates through the early stages of their journey toward a teaching career in the vocational education and training (VET) sector.

You will be the first point of human contact for many candidates, and your ability to build rapport, communicate clearly and represent the opportunity compellingly will be central to the success of the campaign. You will operate in a fast-paced, purpose-driven environment where candidate engagement, pipeline management and effective communication are core to success.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct high-volume outbound and inbound candidate engagement activities, including face-to-toface, phone and digital outreach, to identify and connect with prospective TAFE teachers from targeted cohorts.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with candidates across priority industries - including but not limited to construction and trades, health and community services, hospitality and tourism, and information and communications technology - guiding them through the early stages of the recruitment journey.
• Liaise with registered training organisations to support talent identification and candidate matching.
• Deliver consistent, accurate and compelling information about VET teaching pathways, accreditation processes and available support to prospective candidates.
• Maintain accurate and up-to date candidate records and pipeline data, contributing to weekly reporting on outreach activity, conversion rates and cohort engagement.
• Implement candidate engagement scripts, outreach frameworks and sourcing strategies in accordance with established guidelines and contribute to their ongoing improvement.
• Participate in regular team check-ins, working collaboratively within a small team to achieve campaign objectives.

About you/key Capabilities:

Engage and communicate with impact: Build genuine rapport and trust with candidates from diverse professional backgrounds. Conduct high-volume outreach with confidence, tailoring your communication to different cohorts and knowing how to move a conversation forward purposefully.

Deliver results and maintain quality: Manage a high volume of candidate interactions with attention to detail, meeting activity targets while maintaining a positive candidate experience. Prioritise effectively and sustain momentum in an environment with clear deadlines.

Understand and connect with your candidate: Demonstrate genuine curiosity about candidates' career journeys and empathy for those considering a significant career change. Speak credibly to the value and pathways of a VET teaching career.

Work collaboratively and adapt quickly: Contribute positively to a small, high- performing team. Share knowledge, act on feedback and adjust your approach as campaign needs evolve. Exercise good judgement while working within established frameworks and scripts.

Apply relevant professional experience: Draw on experience in recruitment, talent acquisition, candidate engagement, sales, business development or a related field to achieve results.

Team Leader - Talent Attraction and Acquisition Specialist| A07

As the Team Leader - Talent Attraction and Acquisition Specialists, you will support the delivery of

Queensland's $2 million TAFE teacher recruitment drive.

Your role is to identify and engage candidates. You will lead the day-to-day operations of a small

recruitment facilitation team, serving as the primary point of coordination between the team and the Program Manager. You will bring significant recruitment or talent acquisition experience to drive outreach strategy, develop engagement tools, and coach team members - while remaining hands-on in candidate engagement activities. You will play a critical role in ensuring the program meets its pipeline and milestone targets within a defined timeframe.

Key Responsibilities

• You will supervise and coordinate the day-to-day activities of the Talent Attraction and Acquisition Specialist cohort, providing clear direction, managing workload allocation, and maintaining team momentum against program KPIs. You will serve as the first point of escalation for team members and report directly to the Program Manager.

• Drawing on your recruitment expertise, you will develop and refine outreach scripts, candidate engagement frameworks, and cohort mapping approaches to maximise the quality and volume of candidate interactions. You will ensure resources are fit for purpose and regularly updated to reflect program learnings.

• You will maintain a program-level view of the candidate pipeline, tracking engagement activity, conversion rates, and cohort representation. You will produce regular reports for the Program Manager and contribute to milestone reporting obligations.

• You will conduct outbound engagement (including face-to-face, phone and digital outreach) with prospective candidates from targeted cohorts.
• You will contribute to the program's governance activities, including weekly team check-ins, milestone reviews, and debrief sessions. You will document processes, tools, and insights throughout the engagement to ensure a comprehensive knowledge transfer at the Program conclusion.

• You will support planning and delivery of face-to-face outreach activities, including regional travel where required, working with the Program Manager on scheduling.

About you/key Capabilities:

Leads and develops others: You have demonstrated experience supervising or coordinating a small team in a recruitment, engagement, or talent acquisition context. You support others to perform at their best.

Drives outcomes in a complex environment: You are comfortable operating with autonomy in a fast-paced environment. You manage competing priorities effectively, maintain focus on deliverables, and adapt your approach when circumstances change.

Applies specialist recruitment expertise: You bring substantial experience in outbound recruitment, candidate engagement, or talent sourcing - particularly in volume or campaign-based contexts. Communicates with influence: You communicate clearly and confidently with a diverse range of candidates, stakeholders, and team members.

Contributes to strategic program goals: You understand the broader purpose of the program and connect day-to-day team activity to program outcomes. You proactively identify risks to delivery, raise issues early, and contribute solutions.

Values integrity and the public purpose: You act with professionalism and integrity at all times.

Qualifications/Experience

• Relevant experience in recruitment, candidate engagement, sales or a related field is highly regarded.(AO6)
• Relevant experience in recruitment, talent acquisition, business development or a related field, including demonstrated experience leading or coordinating a team, is required. Familiarity with the vocational education and training (VET) sector, or with one or more of the target candidate cohorts (ADF, skilled trades/professionals, returnees to the workforce), is highly regarded but not essential (AO7)

Eligibility: Candidates must be Australian citizens and or permanent residence to be eligible to apply

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• Access to benefits platforms with discounts at major retailers
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• Employee assistance programme, including counselling services

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