Talent Acquisition Manager

The Living Company; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

The Living Company is seeking a Talent Manager in Sydney to lead national Talent Acquisition across Scape, Aveo and corporate functions. You will balance high-volume frontline recruitment with specialist, professional and executive hiring, while building a scalable talent function and leading a small team.

You’ll drive workforce planning, market mapping, sourcing, selection and offers; advise executives on remuneration and hiring outcomes; and leverage AI-assisted tools to lift hiring

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a senior external recruiting, talent acquisition or talent leadership role.
• Proven track record leading and developing a team with delivery standards.
• Experience balancing high-volume frontline recruitment with specialist and executive hiring.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to advise senior leaders on talent markets and remuneration.

Responsibilities

• Lead the national Talent Acquisition strategy across multiple brands and functions.
• Build and develop a small, high-performing talent team with consistent recruitment practices.
• Advise senior leaders and hiring managers on sourcing strategy, remuneration and hiring outcomes.
• Develop early-career, vocational and education-sector pipelines to support future workforce needs.
• Drive recruitment mobilisation for new properties and business units.
• Implement recruitment technology and AI-assisted tools to improve candidate experience and hiring effectiveness.

Skills

Senior TA leadership

Team management

Stakeholder management

High-volume recruitment

Sourcing strategy

Tools

AI-assisted recruitment tools

Job description

Sydney CBD | Full-Time | On-Site (5 Days)

WHO WE ARE

Founded in 2013 as Scape Australia, leaders in student housing, we’ve since grown into a vertically integrated living platform known as The Living Company; managing $18B in assets across Student Living (Scape), Rent to Live – Affordable Housing (RTL Co.), and Retirement Living (Aveo); spanning site origination, investment, planning, design, development, construction, and operations.

The Living Company is reshaping the way Australians live by delivering sustainable, community-driven, and high-quality spaces across the country.

THE ROLE

As the Talent Manager, you’ll be our national lead for Talent Acquisition, owning the end-to-end talent strategy across Scape, Aveo and our corporate functions. You’ll balance high-volume frontline recruitment with specialist, professional, leadership and executive appointments, all across a diverse, multi-brand organisation.

You’ll lead and develop a small Talent team, act as the trusted adviser to senior leaders and hiring managers, and build a scalable, consistent and high-performing talent function from the ground up.

Day-to-day you will be (but not limited to):

• Leading the national Talent Acquisition strategy, from workforce planning and market mapping through to sourcing, selection and offer
• Leading and developing a small high performing talent team, setting delivery standards and consistent recruitment practices nationally
• Advising senior leaders and executives on talent markets, sourcing strategy, remuneration and hiring outcomes
• Building early-career, vocational and education-sector pipelines to support future workforce needs and hard-to-fill frontline roles
• Leading recruitment mobilisation for new properties, business units and workforce requirements
• Driving recruitment technology, data and AI-assisted tools to lift candidate experience and hiring effectiveness

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

• Significant experience in a senior external recruiting, talent acquisition or talent leadership role, ideally across a large, multi-site or multi-brand organisation
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing a team, with a track record of building capability and consistent delivery standards
• Experience balancing high-volume frontline recruitment with specialist, professional and executive-level hiring
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to act as a trusted adviser to senior leaders
• Experience with recruitment technology, systems and process optimisation, and the ability to build recruitment governance and compliance frameworks across complex environments
• Experience within an external recruitment agency, and an innovative, creative approach to talent attraction and sourcing, will be highly regarded

WHY SHOULD YOU JOIN?

• Be part of a purpose-led organisation shaping how Australians live
• Exposure to a large, diversified living platform with real scale and complexity
• Strong focus on wellbeing, growth, and inclusive culture
• Competitive rewards, recognition programs, and lifestyle benefits

No agencies please.

At The Living Company, we honour and welcome the rich heritage and contributions of First Nations and Indigenous peoples. Our workplace embraces diversity and strives to create an inclusive environment that respects and values your culture, traditions, and perspectives. Join us in building a harmonious and empowered community where everyone’s voice is heard and celebrated.