We’re looking for a skilled Talent and Retention Partner to join our team. In this role, you’ll manage the entire talent lifecycle—from sourcing and engaging top candidates to ensuring smooth onboarding and exit experiences. You’ll collaborate closely with hiring managers to find the best talent to support our amazing clients.

Your expertise will shape the candidate journey and help drive long-term recruitment and retention strategies. If you’re passionate about making an impact and building a great team, this is the role for you!

About Us:

At Forsight Australia, we believe in creating positive futures through our commitment to innovation, diversity, and continuous learning. As a leading organisation in our field, we are dedicated to fostering a workplace culture that values individual contributions, embraces diversity, and promotes professional growth.

As a ‘for-purpose’ organisation providing Supported Independent Living (SIL) to individuals with a range of sensory impairments and additional disabilities, our focus is to create opportunities for our clients to enhance their independence, inclusion, and well-being.

Forsight was established in 1978 by a group of parents and teachers wanting to ensure their children had a pathway to independent living as young adults and beyond. Their mission has expanded to include people with a range of sensory impairments and disabilities, supporting a growing number of clients in homes. The love and dedication of those original parents and teachers remain at the heart of all we do.

With 16 shared accommodation homes across Greater Sydney and the Illawarra and growing, our mission is to provide high-quality care and improve the quality of life for our clients.

You can visit our website at www.forsight.org.au to learn more.

About the role:

The Talent and Retention Partner is key to building and retaining our outstanding team and supporting our operational needs. In this impactful position, you will manage the entire talent lifecycle, from sourcing and engaging top talent to ensuring a smooth onboarding, probation and exit experience. You’ll partner closely with our hiring managers across the organisation to understand their unique needs and drive the search for the best candidates to support our amazing clients.

Your expertise will shape the candidate journey, ensuring every individual has an exceptional and seamless experience with Forsight, from initial outreach to final offer to onboarding. You’ll actively build and manage a pipeline of talent, while also supporting our employer branding initiatives to position Forsight as an employer of choice in the disability sector.

In this role, you’ll not only focus on filling positions but will also contribute to our long-term attraction, recruitment and retention strategies. Your passion, drive and expertise will ensure we have the right talent to meet our operational needs.

If you're passionate about finding amazing and committed talent, driving hiring initiatives, and contributing to an organisation with our clients at the heart of all we do, this is the role for you!

Key Responsibilities:

• Recruitment Lifecycle: Manage the full recruitment lifecycle, from role definition to job posting to candidate offer, ensuring a smooth and positive experience for candidates and our hiring managers
• Talent Sourcing: Proactively source and identify talent using a variety of channels, including job boards, social media, networking events, and direct outreach
• Collaboration with Hiring Managers: Work closely with hiring managers to understand the specific needs of each team and role, providing guidance on role definition, job descriptions, candidate profiles, and interview processes. Coach hiring managers on Forsight’s recruitment process and interviewing skills to ensure a seamless candidate experience
• Screening and Interviewing: Screen resumes and conduct initial interviews to evaluate candidates' skills, experience, and cultural fit
• Candidate Experience: Ensure a positive candidate experience throughout the recruitment, Onboarding processes, and first 100 days, providing timely communication, feedback, and support
• Employer Branding: Promote Forsight’s culture and values to potential candidates, ensuring that our employer brand is communicated effectively in the market
• Induction and Probation Support: Ensure new team members are booked into all induction activities related to their role, and engage with them and their hiring manager for the duration of their probation period
• Metrics and Reporting: Track and report on recruitment metrics, candidate quality and sourcing effectiveness, turnover and engagement in probation to continuously improve our recruitment and retention processes. Provide continuous feedback on areas of concern as well as success.
• Diversity and Inclusion: Support Forsight’s commitment to diversity and inclusion by ensuring that hiring practices are fair, unbiased, supportive, and inclusive.
• In-house innovation: Continuously review and assess how Forsight recruits, review and trial new methodology, recommend improvements

You will have:

• Proven experience as a Talent Acquisition Specialist, Recruiter, or similar role, preferably, but not essential, in a not-for-profit environment
• Previous experience in the disability, or a related sector, would be highly desirable
• Strong knowledge of contemporary recruitment processes, interview techniques, and candidate assessment
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to engage candidates, hiring managers and senior stakeholders
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, environment, managing multiple roles simultaneously
• Experience using recruitment tools and applicant tracking systems (ATS), with previous implementation experience desirable as we explore new systems
• Familiarity with employer branding strategies and promoting company culture to potential hires
• Strong time management and organisation skills with high attention to detail and follow-through critical
• Relevant qualifications in HR or a related field

Why Forsight Australia:

• Innovative Culture: Join a team that values creativity and embraces new ideas.
• Diversity and Inclusion: Be a part of an organisation that celebrates and promotes diversity at every level.
• Professional Growth: We invest in our employees' development, providing opportunities for continuous learning and advancement.
• Collaborative Environment: Work in a supportive and collaborative workplace where your contributions make a real impact to the lives of others.

Next Steps:

If you are ready for a challenging yet rewarding adventure with a team that values your expertise and enthusiasm, apply now and be a part of our exciting journey at Forsight Australia!

Please click on the “Apply” button below and upload your Resume, along with a cover letter outlining how you meet the key requirements of our role. Our recruitment team will review your application and be in touch if we think we might be a match.

Due to the volume of applications we receive, we regrettably are unable to respond individually to each submission. We appreciate your understanding and patience during this period. Thank you for considering Forsight!

Forsight is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We value and welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. If you require support at any stage of the application or recruitment process, please contact us at [email protected].

Applications accepted from recruitment agencies