Manager, Talent Acquisition

• Lead the attraction and acquisition of top talent for Greater Western Water
• Hybrid Working | Public Transport close to both Footscray & Sunbury offices.
• Inclusive, diverse, and welcoming culture! Full-time position
• Access to monthly work-life balance days, next door to Footscray station.

About Greater Western Water

We’re water… and more.

GWW is a Victorian government-owned water corporation that provides an essential service to some of the fastest-growing communities in Australia, stretching from Melbourne’s CBD to Lancefield in the north and Bacchus Marsh in the west. Click here to learn more

Benefits

• We embrace flexibility and connection with a balance of on-site and WFH.
• Free onsite parking (subject to availability)
• Gender neutral, 16-week parental leave
• Monthly work-life balance day off to treat yourself (if full-time)
• Free income protection and salary continuance insurance
• Access to corporate health insurance deals with major providers
• Wellbeing, prayer, and sensory rooms in the Footscray and Sunbury office

The opportunity

As Manager, Talent Acquisition (TA) at Greater Western Water (GWW), you will play a pivotal role in shaping our future workforce through the sourcing of talent across the business.

You will work across the enterprise in providing exceptional customer service on a range of talent sourcing and recruitment services. On a day-to-day basis, you will oversee all talent acquisition activities which include leading a small team of three TA consultants, managing a portfolio of vacancies, applying your extensive continuous improvement experience to take the function to the next level, acting as the key liaison for GWW in the management of external vendor relationships to ensure effectiveness of sourcing strategies. You will oversee the governance for GWW’s contingent workforce and ensure a structured, compliant, and cost-effective approach.

If you’re looking for a role with real purpose, then come and join the water industry, dive into this role today!

Responsibilities

• Develop, design, and implement GWW’s Talent Sourcing Strategy to deliver best practice talent solutions inclusive of identification, attraction, and acquisition.
• Own the entire recruitment lifecycle to ensure an exceptional candidate experience to attract, acquire and retain the best talent.
• Lead, coach and mentor the Talent Acquisition Team to provide the best possible sourcing service.
• Continue to build on our continuous improvement vision through identification of efficiency opportunities, development of processes for recruitment activities, improving and streamlining processes ensuring an efficient, streamlined recruitment approach.
• Management of State Purchasing Contract panel agency arrangements.
• Management of Contingent Workforce governance processes which includes the development and enforcement guidelines on contingent workforce cost, including managing and reviewing rates to ensure they are competitive, equitable, and within budgetary constraints.
• Collaborate with the Procurement team to ensure alignment to the Victorian Government State Purchasing Contract sourcing panel. Negotiate, review, and manage the terms and conditions of contracts with recruitment agencies outside of the panel where exceptions are approved, ensuring alignment with organisational policies and best practices.

Skills & Experience

• Proven ability to drive efficiency and continuous improvement in a talent acquisition leadership role.
• Extensive experience in the development and enforcement guidelines on contingent workforce cost, including managing and reviewing rates to ensure they are competitive, equitable, and within budgetary constraints, pervious exposure to a Purchasing Contract panel would be advantageous.
• Collaborate with the Procurement team to ensure alignment to SPC sourcing panel. Negotiate, review, and manage the terms and conditions of contracts with recruitment agencies outside of the panel where exceptions are approved, ensuring alignment with organisational policies and best practices.
• Ability to build and cultivate an innovative culture in an operational context.
• Experience in delivering continuous improvements in an operational function, driving efficiency and automation.
• Effective and impactful leadership and coaching experience, coupled with a background of leading people through change or transformation.
• Strong problem-solving, reporting, and communication skills
• Extensive experience steering operations teams within or outside of a HR function, with a focus on governance and managing service level agreements.
• Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple, time sensitive priorities in a fast-paced environment alongside exceptional accuracy and attention to detail.

See yourself thrive!

Our vision for GWW is Thriving People and Country. We aim to be as diverse as the communities we serve and are deeply committed to building a workplace where everybody thrives. We’re supportive, inclusive, and friendly, and value everyone for who they are and what they can bring. 

We’re seeking applicants across all cultural backgrounds, genders, and abilities, and will make reasonable adjustments as required, so please talk to us about what you need.

Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role, we encourage you to apply.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which will include reference checks, national police checks, and working rights in Australia checks.