Talent Acquisition Advisor Corporate Services · Petone Office

Tiaki Wai - Wellington Water; Lower Hutt; Hybrid; NZD 94,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible WFH days

Wellbeing programme

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Tiaki Wai - Wellington Water is seeking a Talent Acquisition Advisor to partner with People Leaders to source, attract, and assess talent across the region. You will design recruitment strategies, manage assessments, and support leaders through every stage of the process.

You will engage with candidates using modern tools, ensure inclusive practices, and uphold Tiaki Wai’s brand as a trusted partner for community health and environment. This is a hybrid, fixed-term role until July 2027.

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of HR practice and recruitment legislation.
• Internal recruitment experience at an advisory level.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with leaders across the organization.
• Experience recruiting for a wide range of roles and tailoring assessments.
• Experience with applicant tracking systems and recruitment tools.

Responsibilities

• Create compelling advertisements to attract applicants.
• Engage passive candidates via Seek Premium, LinkedIn and agencies.
• Define recruitment scope with People & Capability Leads.
• Lead role briefings and build targeted recruitment strategies.
• Create interview questionnaires focused on behavior and competency.
• Support end-to-end recruitment, including interviews and remuneration evaluations.
• Promote candidate experience and Tiaki Wai brand.

Skills

HR practice knowledge

Advisory recruitment

Stakeholder relationships

Assessment design

ATS adoption

Recruitment best practice

Tools

Seek Premium

LinkedIn

Recruitment agencies

Job description

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$104,884 - $104,884 a year

Full time, Contract

Hybrid

1d ago , from Tiaki Wai - Wellington Water

Fixed Term, Full-time position until July 2027

True partnership and talent acquisition

Competitive remuneration with some flexible WFH days

The mid-point remuneration for this fixed term position is $104,884 pro rata, per annum (including kiwisaver), your appointment salary will be dependent on experience and capability.

The opportunity

As a Talent Acquisition Advisor, you’ll partner with our People Leaders to source, attract, and assess great talent that strengthens Tiaki Wai’s ability to deliver critical water services across the region. You’ll draw on your recruitment expertise to understand team and role needs, enable smart hiring decisions, and support leaders through every stage of the recruitment journey

Day to day activity can include:

• Creating advertisements that clearly articulate opportunities and are marketed effectively.
• Engage with passive job seekers by utilising tools such as Seek Premium, Linkedin and recruitment agencies to attract passive job seekers.
• Working alongside People & Capability Leads and Advisors to support resourcing scope and recruitment initiation.
• Undertaking role briefings and build recruitment strategies that consider internal development and job market.
• Creating tailored interview questionnaires and assessments that focus on behaviour and competency.
• Supporting end to end recruitment process, compliance, interview bookings, shortlisting, candidate screening and remuneration evaluations.
• Participating in interviews and ensuring bias, inclusion and recruitment best practice are actively considered and managed.
• Ensuring candidates receive a good experience and champion Tiaki Wai's brand and image to ensure capable individuals are employed to provide good outcomes for our community and environment.

About you

To be successful in this role you will bring:

• A sound understanding of HR practice, and legislation in a change environment to provide best practice recruitment advice.
• Internal recruitment experience at an Advisory level, with additional Agency or Human Resources or Recruitment Coordination experience.
• Proven ability to build quality relationships with leaders at all levels as a trusted advisor.
• Experience recruiting to a wide range of organisational positions and ability to tailor assessments to make good hiring decisions.
• Intermediate administrative skills and utilisation of Microsoft business products.
• The ability to adopt applicant tracking systems and other recruitment applications quickly and effectively plan and prioritise a workload that supports critical transformation needs.
• A good understanding of recruitment Best Practice, and applicable legislation such as Privacy, Employment Relations Act etc.

At Tiaki Wai, our purpose extends beyond delivering great water services for the region; we foster a thriving community, support a diverse workforce, and offer supportive development opportunities. We genuinely care about your safety and wellbeing.

Our benefits include:

• Flexible working arrangements including up to 2 days working from home
• Comprehensive wellbeing programme, including one paid wellbeing day annually
• Formal and informal professional development opportunities

For a full list of our employee benefits click here.

About us

Tiaki Wai is a council-owned organisation responsible for managing the delivery of drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater services across Hutt Valley, Porirua, and Wellington.

We manage public-owned extensive water infrastructure and oversee the delivery of safe and reliable services for our communities. We focus on long-term investment, asset management, maintenance, and delivering major infrastructure projects that support public health, environmental protection, and regional growth.

Water is a precious taonga. At Tiaki Wai, we put care into every drop and are guided by our values of Integrity, Care, and Leadership. We work directly with water consumers and in partnership with councils and mana whenua to deliver better water outcomes for current and future generations.

You must be legally entitled to work long-term in New Zealand to be considered for this position.