Senior Student Recruitment Officer - Hybrid Work & Impact

Monash; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full salary packaging

Extra leave

Employee Wellbeing Program

Inclusive culture

Diversity and belonging

Job summary

Save the Children Australia is seeking a Senior Student Recruitment Officer to join our Melbourne head office in a hybrid role. You will lead talent acquisition, shaping strategies to attract and hire exceptional student and early-career talent while partnering with leaders to build diverse teams.

In this role you will harness AI-enabled tools, talent market insights and inclusive hiring practices to deliver smarter outcomes and lasting impact for children and communities.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in strategic talent acquisition within complex, fast-evolving organisations.
• Experience leading recruitment across leadership, specialist and student/early-career roles.
• Ability to leverage AI and market intelligence to deliver smarter hiring outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Attract, engage and hire exceptional talent for children and communities.
• Partner with leaders to build diverse, future-ready teams.
• Utilise AI, talent insights and recruitment technology for better candidate experiences.
• Build talent communities and workforce strategies to support long-term growth.

Skills

Strategic recruitment

Leadership

AI in recruitment

Stakeholder partnership

Inclusive hiring

Tools

AI-enabled recruitment tech

Job description

Senior Student Recruitment Officer – Hybrid

This full‑time, permanent role based at our Melbourne Head Office, you'll join our People & Culture team as Talent Acquisition Lead and play a pivotal role in attracting, engaging and hiring exceptional talent. Combining innovative recruitment approaches, AI‑enabled technology and talent market insights, you'll help build the teams creating lasting change for children and communities.

You will make a difference by:

• Finding and inspiring talent that creates lasting change for children and communities.
• Partnering with leaders to build bold, diverse and future‑ready teams.
• Harnessing AI, market intelligence and innovative sourcing to stay ahead of talent trends.
• Uncovering and connecting with exceptional leadership and specialist talent before the market does.
• Building and nurturing talent communities that power future capability and succession pipelines.
• Championing inclusive hiring practices that strengthen culture, equity and impact.

A place to feel valued:

Familiarity with Employment Hero and a passion for getting the most out of recruitment technology will be essential in this role.

This role also requires:

• A proven track record of leading strategic talent acquisition in complex, fast‑evolving organisations.
• Deep expertise in identifying, engaging and securing exceptional leadership, specialist and hard‑to‑find talent.
• Experience leveraging AI, talent intelligence and recruitment technology to deliver smarter hiring outcomes and standout candidate experiences.
• Strong capability in building future‑ready talent pipelines, communities and workforce strategies that support long‑term organisational growth.
• The ability to influence and partner with leaders through market insights, data‑driven thinking, and a genuine commitment to inclusive and equitable hiring.

A place to belong:

We are diverse personalities, backgrounds and talents, embracing our differences as one strong and united team. We see and celebrate the unique value you bring to our organisation, and offer a range of rewards for your effort, including:

• Opportunity to work on additional projects to enable you to stretch and feel connected to programs in a different way
• Individual learning plans to help map and deliver on your career development.
• Support for workplace wellness, including access to our free, confidential Employee Wellbeing Program
• Celebrate and feel supported in your diversity. We have a highly inclusive culture and diverse workforce reflecting the communities we serve, allowing you to bring your whole self to work (if that’s what you want!).
• Full salary packaging benefits (please use this link to see how much this benefit could mean to you!)
• Extra leave to use in a range of ways to ensure you’re able to perform at your optimum

Follow this link for the full list of our employee benefits.

Does this sound like the place for you?

We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates to apply.

We have tested our application process with diverse groups in mind, with the intent to ensure it's straightforward and accessible for all to apply. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and improve our ability to reach our most vulnerable client groups. But we also know there is no one‑size fits‑all when it comes to recruitment - so if we didn’t quite hit the mark for you, please let us know at …

We’re dedicated to ensuring Save the Children Australia is a place where everyone can feel supported – no matter your race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, neurodiversity, culture and beliefs.

Save the Children Australia is a child‑safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check, and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. We also support the Inter‑Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

Save the Children is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for its employees and client groups, consistent with our obligations under OH&S legislation.