Talent Manager

Scape Australia; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Scape Australia, known as The Living Company, seeks a Talent Manager to lead national Talent Acquisition across Scape, Aveo and corporate functions. You will oversee high-volume frontline recruitment while handling specialist and executive hires, guiding senior leaders and building scalable systems.

You’ll lead a small Talent team, implement governance, and drive innovative sourcing, market mapping, and AI-assisted tools to lift hiring outcomes across diverse brands.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a senior external recruiting or talent leadership role.
• Experience leading a team and delivering consistent recruitment results.
• Experience balancing high-volume frontline recruitment with professional/executive hiring.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to advise senior leaders.
• Experience with recruitment technology, systems, and process optimization.

Responsibilities

• Lead the national Talent Acquisition strategy from workforce planning to sourcing and offers.
• Develop and mentor a small high-performing Talent team with consistent delivery standards.
• Advise senior leaders on talent markets, remuneration, and hiring outcomes.
• Build early-career, vocational and education-sector pipelines for future workforce needs.
• Lead recruitment mobilization for new properties and workforce requirements.
• Drive recruitment technology and AI-assisted tools to improve candidate experience.

Skills

Senior recruitment

Team leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

High-volume hiring

Executive hiring

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

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.