Strategic Recruitment Partner — Workforce Solutions

Chandler Macleod Group; Gladstone Regional; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Chandler Macleod xPO is seeking an experienced Recruitment Business Partner to deliver recruitment and workforce solutions across a defined client portfolio in Australia.

You will act as a trusted advisor to hiring leaders, drive workforce outcomes through market insights, and manage contractor onboarding, extensions and offboarding, ensuring compliance and safety throughout the employee lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Proven end-to-end recruitment experience in MSP/RPO/agency environments.
• Strong stakeholder management to influence and build trusted relationships.
• Experience managing contractors with compliance-focused oversight.
• Understanding of workforce governance, safety and operational recruitment needs.
• Excellent organisational skills with ability to juggle multiple priorities.
• Clear, customer-centric communication and collaboration across teams.

Responsibilities

• Partner with hiring leaders to understand workforce requirements and source strategies.
• Manage full recruitment lifecycle from briefing to offer and mobilisation.
• Deliver outcomes aligned to workforce plans, KPIs and SLAs.
• Provide market insights and workforce recommendations for informed hiring.
• Build relationships with client stakeholders as a trusted workforce partner.
• Manage contractor onboarding, engagements, extensions and offboarding.
• Collaborate with recruitment, mobilisation, payroll and compliance teams.
• Contribute to workforce reporting and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

End-to-end recruitment

Stakeholder management

Contractor management

Workforce governance

Organisational skills

Communication skills

ATS/CRM: Bullhorn

Proactive service mindset

Tools

Bullhorn

Job description

Chandler Macleod xPO is seeking an experienced Recruitment Business Partner to deliver recruitment and workforce solutions across a defined client portfolio in Australia.

You will act as a trusted advisor to hiring leaders, drive workforce outcomes through market insights, and manage contractor onboarding, extensions and offboarding, ensuring compliance and safety throughout the employee lifecycle.