About the Opportunity:

This is an exciting opportunity for a Talent Acquisition Specialist or a HR Generalist with recruitment experience to contribute to shaping how we attract and engage great people while ensuring a smooth, professional experience for both candidates and hiring managers.

Reporting to the HR Services Manager, you’ll be responsible for shaping the end-to-end recruitment, sourcing strategies, onboarding and associated procedures, while also contributing to broader HR operations and employee engagement initiatives. You’ll collaborate closely with hiring managers and team leaders to understand staffing needs, build talent pipelines and create a seamless recruitment experience that will help foster a vibrant, connected workplace culture.

About you:

As the Human Resources Advisor (Talent Acquisition) you will deliver contemporary recruitment solutions, strategies and HR advice across the organisation and foster proactive, client focused, capability-based end to end recruitment services and support to all stakeholders. You will also have an interest in learning and strengthening your HR generalist skills and getting involved in other HR practices outside of recruitment.

In the Level 6 position, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining a contemporary recruitment process and provide high quality end to end recruitment support including sourcing, screening, conducting pre-employment checks and managing the onboarding process. In addition, you will actively support the HR Services Manager in driving strategic improvements to the recruitment function.

In addition to this, in the Level 7 position you will bring a talent acquisition specialist skill set that allows you to lead the development of the strategic recruitment function and identify target candidate markets, review and execute employer branding activities and build talent pipelines.

POSITION PREREQUISITES

Ability to obtain National Police Records Check

Drivers Licence

Level 6 Classification

Diploma of Human Resource Management or equivalent qualification/experience

Minimum of three (3) years in a similar or a HR generalist position including 1 (one) year in a talent acquisition specialist role

Level 7 Classification (Senior)

Degree in Business/Human Resource Management or other equivalent qualification/experience

Minimum of five (5) years in a similar or HR generalist position including two (2) years in a talent acquisition specialist with demonstrated experience in developing talent attraction strategies

Why join us?

At City of Darwin, we're passionate about building and sustaining a high-performance culture that motivates our people to deliver exceptional results. You will align with and flourish in a fast-paced environment that focuses on strategic outcomes and embraces collaboration and innovation.

Your hard work will be rewarded with a competitive remuneration package and generous leave entitlements. This position has a commencing base salary of $95,527.33 - $104,792.18 per annum plus 12% superannuation. As a permanent employee you also get access to our wellbeing program, employee assistance counselling program and receive 17.5% leave loading.

To apply:

Click APPLY! Please upload your CV and cover letter addressing the selection criteria.

For further information regarding this role, please read full position description or contact Katy Jackson (HR Services Manager) 08 8930 0527 during business hours. Please note, only applicants that are shortlisted for this role will be contacted.

We accept applications only via our portal, please email us only if you have questions related to a role.

City of Darwin Talent Acquisition Team can be contacted via:

📞 Phone: (08) 8930 0689

Email: [email protected]

Website: Employment at Council | City of Darwin Careers - Current Vacancies

This vacancy will be open until filled.

We are looking forward to receiving your application if you are a direct applicant. Please note that we are not working with recruitment agencies for this position.

The City of Darwin is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background to apply.

As part of Council's recruitment process, applicants may be required to undergo pre-employment assessments, such as a Medical Assessment, National Police Check and Psychometric Assessment.