Talent Acquisition Specialist

Tetra Tech; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Tetra Tech International Development is seeking a Talent Acquisition Specialist to lead end-to-end recruitment across the Indo-Pacific. This role partners with senior leaders, HR Partners and hiring managers to deliver proactive, inclusive and high-quality hiring outcomes.

You will manage multiple campaigns, ensure compliant processes and provide market insights to shape workforce decisions across Australia and the region.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering end-to-end recruitment in fast-paced environments.
• Ability to manage multiple vacancies and stakeholders.
• Proactive sourcing using market insights and talent mapping.
• Organised, compliant and candidate-centred processes.
• Excellent communication and cross-cultural collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruitment across a diverse portfolio.
• Provide trusted recruitment advice and market insights.
• Collaborate with business leaders, HR Partners and hiring managers.
• Ensure compliant, efficient recruitment and positive candidate experience.

Skills

End-to-end recruitment

Stakeholder management

Sourcing strategies

Market insights

Cross-cultural collaboration

Job description

Location: Brisbane, Melbourne or Sydney hybrid work pattern | Full-time | 6-month maximum term contract.

Play a key role in attracting the talent that delivers meaningful development outcomes across the Indo-Pacific, supporting programs that strengthen communities, improve livelihoods, and create lasting impact.

Utilise your recruitment experience to lead end-to-end recruitment activities and collaborate closely with senior business leaders and HR Business Partners to shape workforce decisions, provide strategic recruitment advice, market insights and deliver exceptional hiring outcomes across a diverse portfolio.

Be trusted to make an impact from day one, managing diverse recruitment campaigns while helping shape the future capability of a growing international development business.

Contribute to a world where people, communities and the planet thrive.

Tetra Tech International Development is a leading development consulting firm working with Government, businesses, and NGOs to solve complex development challenges in the Indo-Pacific region. As part of global consulting firm Tetra Tech, our IDEV team leads programs across the Asia-Pacific and beyond. For more informationplease visit our website

The opportunity

As the Talent Acquisition Specialist, you will play a key role in connecting exceptional people with meaningful opportunities that contribute to delivering change that matters across the Indo-Pacific. Working at the heart of our People Team, you will partner closely with business leaders, HR Business Partners, HR Consultants, and hiring managers to deliver proactive, inclusive, and high-quality recruitment outcomes.

You will lead end-to-end recruitment processes, providing trusted advice, market insights, and sourcing strategies that enable the business to attract and secure diverse, high-calibre talent. Balancing stakeholder engagement with operational excellence, you will ensure recruitment activities are efficient, compliant, and aligned with workforce priorities while delivering a positive experience for candidates and hiring managers alike.

This is a unique opportunity to help shape the talent that drives our programs and corporate functions, contributing to work that delivers lasting impact across the communities and countries where we operate.

About You

You have demonstrated experience delivering end-to-end recruitment in a fast-paced, complex environment, with the ability to manage multiple vacancies and stakeholders simultaneously.

You are a trusted recruitment partner who builds strong relationships with hiring managers, provides practical advice, and confidently influences recruitment decisions.

You bring a proactive sourcing mindset, using market insights, talent mapping, and creative attraction strategies to identify and engage high-quality candidates.

You are highly organised and detail-oriented, with a strong commitment to delivering compliant, efficient, and candidate-centred recruitment processes.

You have strong communication, interpersonal, and cross-cultural collaboration skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships and work effectively with diverse stakeholders across Australia and the Indo-Pacific regions. Previous experience in the international development sector, or a transferable industry is advantageous.

You must have current and valid working rights in Australia to be eligible to apply.

Why Tetra Tech International Development?

As a leading development consulting firm, Tetra Tech International Development works with people and communities to solve some of the world's most complex challenges to achieve a positive impact.

Working at Tetra Tech International Development means working within a values-led organisation that invests in flexible work environments built on trust, safety and well-being. Through unified systems, flexible and supportive workplaces, we provide the foundations required for our team to enjoy the work they do and deliver value every day.

Read more about our culture, purpose and values here.

Tetra Tech International Development is an equal-opportunity employer and has a genuine commitment to diversity and inclusion. We encourage people with a disability; First Nations Peoples; and people of all cultures, genders, abilities, backgrounds and experiences to apply.

Tetra Tech has a zero-tolerance approach to sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (‘SEAH’), child abuse and exploitation, modern slavery and safeguarding related retaliation, and this zero-tolerance extends to inaction. Tetra Tech is committed to being a child safe organisation, and to promoting a culture that supports gender equality, and addresses the gendered drivers of violence against women and children. It is committed to fostering a culture where we prevent and respond decisively and appropriately to harm against people, and that all people are treated with dignity and respect, irrespective of country, project, or office where we work. This will require compliance with Tetra Tech’s Safeguarding and other Codes of Conduct and our associated safeguarding policies (Child Protection and Child Safety, Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (PSEAH) policy and procedure, and Modern Slavery. Any successful applicants will be required to undertake satisfactory referee and criminal record checks prior to being appointed to any position.