Associate Partner - Executive Search

Davidson; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Davidson Executive & Talent is seeking an Associate Partner to advance your recruitment career within executive search. You’ll work with experienced search leaders on senior and executive appointments, while building your own market, network and client relationships.

If you’re a strong recruiter with commercial drive and trusted relationships, we’d like to hear from you. You’ll contribute by managing senior-level searches, developing business opportunities, and bringing market insights to client

Qualifications

• A few years of recruitment, specialist recruitment or executive search experience.
• Confidence building client relationships and developing new business.
• Strong interviewing, assessment and candidate management skills.
• Commercial awareness and understanding of your market.
• Ability to engage with senior decision-makers.
• Curiosity, initiative and a collaborative mindset.
• Good judgement, integrity and a commitment to candidate care.

Responsibilities

• Work on senior and executive searches from briefing through to appointment.
• Build trusted relationships with clients, candidates and senior leaders.
• Grow your market through business development, networking and referrals.
• Bring market and talent insights to client conversations.
• Identify and assess high-calibre candidates using structured approaches.
• Create an experience that keeps clients and candidates coming back.
• Share relationships, insights and opportunities across Davidson.

Skills

Recruitment

Business development

Interviewing

Candidate management

Commercial awareness

Senior stakeholder engagement

Curiosity & initiative

Job description

Ready to take your recruitment career further?

You've built strong relationships, learned your market and know how to create opportunities. Now you're ready for bigger conversations and more senior appointments.

As an Associate Partner with Davidson Executive & Talent, you'll build on what you already do well while developing your career in executive search.

You don't need an executive search background. If you're a strong recruiter with commercial drive, trusted relationships and the ambition to step up, we'd like to hear from you.

About Davidson

For 35 years, Davidson has helped organisations make better decisions about their people, capability and future direction.

Today, we bring together expertise across strategy, people and technology.

Within Davidson Executive & Talent, we partner with organisations to secure and support specialist talent, from early career professionals through to executive and board leaders.

The opportunity

You'll work alongside experienced search leaders on senior and executive appointments, while building your own market, network and client relationships.

You'll:

• Work on senior and executive searches from briefing through to appointment.
• Build trusted relationships with clients, candidates and senior leaders.
• Grow your market through business development, networking and referrals.
• Bring market and talent insights to client conversations.
• Identify and assess high-calibre candidates using structured approaches.
• Create an experience that keeps clients and candidates coming back.
• Share relationships, insights and opportunities across Davidson.

What you'll bring

You're a recruiter who enjoys building relationships, creating opportunities and doing work you're proud of.

You'll bring:

• A few years of recruitment, specialist recruitment or executive search experience.
• Confidence building client relationships and developing new business.
• Strong interviewing, assessment and candidate management skills.
• Commercial awareness and a good understanding of your market.
• The confidence to engage with senior decision-makers.
• Curiosity, initiative and a collaborative mindset.
• Good judgement, integrity and a genuine commitment to candidate care.

Most importantly, you're ready to take what you've learned in recruitment and apply it at a more senior level.

Why Davidson?

You'll have room to build your career and your market, with experienced people around you to learn from and collaborate with.

You can expect autonomy, access to senior leaders, genuine flexibility and development aligned with where you want to take your career.

You'll also be part of a team that makes time to celebrate success, with high achievers' lunches, monthly celebration hours, values awards, steak and chips nights, and an annual sales incentive trip for top performers.

Ready for your next move?

If you're ready for more senior conversations, more complex appointments and the opportunity to build your career in executive search, we'd like to meet you.