Talent Acquisition Partner

Job Description:

• Employment Type: 9 months Fixed Term, Full Time (35 hours per week)
• Remuneration: Level 8 from $127,351 base salary per annum (pro rata) plus 17% superannuation and leave loading
• Location: Kensington, NSW - Hybrid flexible working (2 days on campus)

Why This Role Matters

As a Talent Acquisition Partner, you will play a pivotal role in connecting leaders with the talent that enables UNSW to thrive. Partnering closely with academic and professional stakeholders, you’ll lead end to end recruitment for mid to senior roles, shaping tailored strategies that respond to evolving workforce needs.

You’ll bring market insight, proactive search capability, and technology enabled practices together to continually uplift recruitment outcomes and the candidate experience. Reporting to the Talent Acquisition Manager, the role may also provide leadership to 1–2 team members, supporting capability uplift and shared success across the function.

Your day to day will include:

• Leading end to end recruitment for mid to senior academic and professional roles, delivering a seamless and high-quality experience for both candidates and hiring managers.
• Acting as a trusted advisor to stakeholders, partnering with leaders to design and deliver targeted recruitment strategies aligned to business priorities.
• Driving executive search and proactive sourcing activity, including direct approaches, networking, market research, and talent pooling.
• Championing continuous improvement by leveraging data insights, technology, and innovative practices to enhance recruitment efficiency and outcomes.
• Providing strong account management, tracking KPIs, recruitment performance, and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Contributing to broader recruitment projects, process enhancements, and initiatives that strengthen UNSW’s employee value proposition.

About You:

As a relationship-driven recruiter, you'll hold extensive experience across the acquisition space, bringing the following skills & experience:

• Tertiary qualifications and/or extensive experience as a Talent Acquisition Consultant, with a blend of inhouse and agency experience.
• Proven success recruiting mid to senior management and executive roles, including the use of executive search methodologies.
• Strong knowledge of contemporary recruitment practices, market intelligence, and talent attraction strategies.
• A genuine commitment to exceptional candidate care and stakeholder experience.
• Experience contributing to process improvement initiatives, with the ability to leverage technology and AI to improve recruitment effectiveness.
• Excellent relationship building, influencing, and communication skills, with confidence managing complex stakeholder groups.

Benefits and Culture:

People are at the core of everything we do. We recognise it is the contributions of our staff who make UNSW one of the best universities in Australia and the world. Our benefits include:

• Up to 17% superannuation and leave loading
• Flexible working arrangements
• An additional 3 days of leave over the Christmas period
• Access to lifelong learning and career development
• Progressive HR practices and strong wellbeing initiatives
• A wide range of staff discounts and entitlements

How to Apply:

Submit your application online before Friday 24th April 2026 at 11:30pm.
Please note UNSW reserves the right to close applications prior to the closing date and encourages early applications. Applications must be submitted via the online portal.
Please note: Sponsorship is not available for this role, valid Australian working rights are required on application.

Application queries contact: Katherine Molloy, Talent Acquisition Consultant
E: katherine.molloy@unsw.edu.au (applications to the address cannot be accepted)

UNSW is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from women, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people living with disability, LGBTIQ+ communities, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Workplace adjustments and flexible working options are available.