Talent Acquisition Lead

Save the Children; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Additional projects

Learning plans

Wellbeing program

Inclusive culture

Salary packaging

Extra leave

Job summary

Save the Children Australia, based at our Melbourne Head Office, is seeking a Talent Acquisition Lead to shape recruitment strategy and lead end-to-end hiring for senior roles. You will partner with leaders to build diverse, future-ready teams using AI-enabled tools and market insights.

This full-time role champions inclusive hiring, builds talent communities, and delivers data-driven workforce strategies that support sustainable growth across children and communities.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of leading strategic talent acquisition in complex organisations.
• Experience identifying, engaging and securing leadership and specialist talent.
• Experience leveraging recruitment technology and data insights to improve outcomes.

Responsibilities

• 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 and impact.

Skills

Strategic Talent Acquisition

Leadership Hiring

Stakeholder Engagement

AI in Recruitment

Talent Pipelining

Tools

Employment Hero

Job description

Talent Acquisition Lead

Join a team of genuinely good humans doing meaningful work for children and communities.

A place to make a difference:

The people we hire shape the impact we make. In 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.

Applications close COB Thursday 15th October 2026.

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 **************@savethechildren.org.au. 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.

If you are having any issues with uploading your application for this role, please contact **************@savethechildren.org.au for further support.