Senior Talent Sourcer

deliberatepractice; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

deliberatepractice is looking for a Sourcing Recruiter to develop strategies for identifying and engaging passive talent to support Australia's national security efforts. This role requires market research, talent engagement, and collaboration with recruiters to align talent pipelines.

The successful candidate will execute sourcing campaigns using tools like LinkedIn Recruiter and contribute to strategic projects. The position offers flexible and hybrid work conditions, promoting a balance between work and personal life.

Qualifications

• Experience sourcing complex talent and engaging passive candidates.
• Exceptional relationship-building skills with a strategic mindset.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute multi-channel sourcing campaigns.
• Conduct market research and talent mapping.
• Build and maintain audit-ready talent pipelines.
• Deliver vetted prospect slates to recruiters.
• Generate sourcing metrics to adjust search strategies.

Skills

Relationship-building skills

Market research

Talent engagement

Competitor analysis

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

CRMs

Boolean/X-ray search

Job description

This global organisation provides high end engineering and advanced technology solutions to customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this role, your work will contribute directly to one of the nation’s most important missions — protecting Australia’s national security.

As the Sourcing Recruiter, you will be responsible for developing and executing strategies to identify and engage passive talent for current and future hiring needs. This role focuses on market research, targeted outreach and candidate engagement using sourcing platforms and talent CRMs.

This role partners closely with recruiters to align pipelines to role requirements and ensure timely delivery of qualified prospects. This position plays a critical role in building talent pipelines that support business objectives.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Design and execute multi‑channel sourcing campaigns using tools like LinkedIn Recruiter, ClearanceJobs, Boolean/X‑ray search and manage prospect engagement via CRM workflows.
• Conduct market research, competitor analysis and talent mapping to identify passive candidates for priority skill sets and proposal pipelines.
• Build and maintain audit‑ready pipelines, documenting sourcing activity and prospect status.
• Deliver vetted prospect slates to recruiters, including resumes, screening notes aligned to must‑have criteria.
• Generate and interpret sourcing metrics and provide insights to adjust search strategies and forecast talent availability for programs and proposals.
• Partner with Marketing and program teams to support employer branding initiatives, targeted content and events aligned to candidate profiles for hard‑to‑fill skill areas.
• Contribute to strategic projects and proposal efforts by producing market reports on talent supply, location feasibility and compensation ranges that inform staffing plans.
• Recommend sourcing process improvements and tool optimizations to increase efficiency and pipeline quality.
• Travel may be required as needed to attend hiring events, job fairs, or support program activities.

You are a strategic sourcer with exceptional relationship‑building skills and a passion for connecting with people. You bring experience sourcing complex and know how to engage passive talent through credibility, persistence and genuine connection.

You are naturally curious, commercially aware and highly organised with the ability to build trust and influence stakeholders and candidates alike.

If you are passionate about talent, thrive in complex sourcing environments and enjoy building meaningful candidate relationships, we encourage you to apply. The roles offers hybrid and flexible working conditions.