Talent Acquisition Specialist

About the Role As a Talent Acquisition Specialist, you will play a pivotal role in attracting and hiring great talent across the Avant Group. Reporting to the Head of Talent, you will partner with leaders across the business to deliver end-to-end recruitment support and contribute to workforce planning and talent initiatives. You'll join a collaborative team where you'll have the opportunity to build your expertise, influence hiring outcomes and help shape an exceptional candidate experience. Working across a diverse range of roles, you'll support leaders to identify, attract and select talent that will help drive Avant's ongoing success. Key Responsibilities

• Deliver end-to-end talent acquisition across a broad range of roles, from graduate and early career positions through to senior leadership appointments.
• Partner with leaders to develop workforce plans and define role requirements.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies to identify and attract high-quality talent.
• Provide guidance and support to people leaders on recruitment, assessment and selection practices.
• Manage candidate assessment activities, including structured selection processes and recruitment technologies.
• Drive a positive candidate experience and support Avant's employer brand initiatives.
• Support recruitment reporting and analytics, providing insights that assist business decision-making.
• Partner closely with People & Culture colleagues on broader people programs and initiatives. About You You are a recruitment professional who enjoys building relationships, creating great candidate experiences and helping leaders find the right talent. You may have experience in an internal Talent Acquisition team, a recruitment agency, or a mix of both, and you're keen to continue developing your career in talent acquisition. You'll be confident managing recruitment activities, working with a range of stakeholders and juggling multiple priorities, while bringing a proactive and customer-focused approach to your work. We're looking for someone who brings:
• Some experience in recruitment or talent acquisition, either in-house or agency-based.
• Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
• Curiosity and a willingness to learn new sourcing, assessment and attraction techniques.
• Good organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• A collaborative, pragmatic and solutions-focused approach.
• Confidence using recruitment systems, technology and Microsoft Office applications.
• An interest in employer branding, candidate experience and recruitment best practice.
• Qualifications in Human Resources or a related discipline will be viewed favourably but are not essential. About Avant Avant is Australia's leading medical defence organisation with a proud heritage of protecting Australian medical professionals for over 130 years. It was established by a small group of doctors in 1893, who wanted to "protect themselves from actions arising out of the practice of medicine". Avant now represents 90,000 health practitioners and medical students across every state and territory, delivering market leading products and services to meet their professional, personal and practice needs. Building on this heritage, our vision is to be the most trusted professional partner in supporting doctors throughout their lives and careers. As a mutual organisation, owned by members and run purely for their benefit, our members are at the centre of all we do. As well as providing products and services to our member, we play a broader community role by advocating for improvements in the healthcare system and in quality, safety and professionalism in medicine, through delivering education and research activities. The commitment to members and the profession from our ~1,100 staff has resulted in over 50% of Australia's doctors choosing to be Avant members, delivered annual revenues of $445 million and net assets of ~$1.4 billion. If this role sounds like the one you have been looking for and you are ready to hit the ground running, please apply now. For further information, please contact Nico Touze, Head of Talent on 0467 289 985.