Talent Acquisition Business Partner

Business NSW; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Job summary

Business NSW is seeking a high-calibre Recruiter who combines deep market expertise with exceptional stakeholder management to drive outstanding hiring outcomes. This is a strategic role that blends market intelligence, data-driven insights, and influencing capabilities to shape workforce decisions and deliver talent outcomes.

You'll partner with senior leaders, challenge thinking where necessary, and build robust business cases that enable informed hiring decisions.

Qualifications

• Stand-alone recruitment function experience.
• Strong understanding of talent markets and trends.
• Ability to translate data insights into hiring strategies.
• Partner with senior leaders and influence decisions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder relationships.
• Experience across multiple disciplines and roles.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders and HR to understand current and future talent needs.
• Provide market insights on availability, competitors, salaries and trends.
• Articulate strategic recruitment plans.
• Shape hiring decisions using market intelligence and analytics.
• Manage end-to-end recruitment processes for quality and experience.
• Develop talent pipelines for critical roles.
• Deliver strong candidate engagement and employer brand.

Skills

Market intelligence

Stakeholder management

End-to-end recruitment

Data-driven decision making

Talent pipeline development

Communication

Job description

We're looking for a high-calibre Recruiter who combines deep market expertise with exceptional stakeholder management skills to drive outstanding hiring outcomes.

This is not a traditional stand-alone recruitment role. You'll be the trusted talent advisor who leverages market intelligence, data-driven insights, and hold a strong influencing capability to shape workforce decisions and deliver exceptional talent outcomes. You'll partner with senior leaders, challenge thinking where necessary, and build robust business cases that enable informed hiring decisions.

Please note Business NSW offers a hybrid work environment 3 days in office 2 days from home.

What You'll Be Doing

• Partner closely with leaders and hiring managers and broader HR team to understand current and future talent needs.
• Provide expert market insights, including talent availability, competitor activity, salary data, and candidate trends.
• Ability to articulate strategic well planned recruitment strategies
• Shape and influence hiring decision using market intelligence, workforce data, and recruitment analytics.
• Manage end-to-end recruitment processes, ensuring a seamless experience for candidates and stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to improve recruitment efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of hire.
• Partnering and advising stakeholders at all levels to make informed hiring decisions and challenge assumptions where appropriate.
• Develop talent pipelines for critical and hard-to-fill roles.
• Deliver exceptional candidate engagement and employer brand representation throughout the recruitment lifecycle.

What You'll Bring

• Proven capability to manage a stand-alone function and operate independently.
• Strong understanding of talent markets, industry trends, and competitor hiring activity.
• Demonstrated ability to analyse external and internal market data and translate insights into actionable hiring strategies.
• Proven ability to partner with senior leaders and navigate complex stakeholder environments.
• Confidence to challenge, influence, and guide decision-making through evidence-based recommendations.
• Exceptional communication, consulting, and relationship-building skills.
• Significant experience managing end-to-end recruitment across a range of disciplines.
• Strong focus on process optimisation, service delivery, and recruitment best practice.
• Ability to balance multiple priorities while maintaining a high standard of quality and responsiveness.
• Strong analytical capability with the ability to interpret recruitment metrics and workforce data.
• Ability to connect talent strategy to broader business objectives.

Success in This Role Looks Like

• Hiring managers view you as a trusted partner rather than a transactional recruiter.
• Recruitment decisions are informed by robust market intelligence and data.
• Critical roles are filled efficiently with high-quality talent.
• Stakeholders make better hiring decisions because of your insights and influence.
• Recruitment processes are streamlined, effective, and deliver an exceptional experience.

Why Join Us?

You'll have the opportunity to play a strategic role in shaping workforce outcomes, partnering with leaders to solve complex talent challenges while bringing market intelligence and recruitment expertise to every conversation.