Talent Manager | Executive Search

JacksonStone & Partners; Wellington; On-site; NZD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

5 weeks leave + birthday day off

Long service leave

Health insurance discounts

Recruitment technology

Training & development

Career opportunities

Job summary

JacksonStone & Partners, a premier New Zealand executive search firm, seeks a Talent Manager to join our Wellington Central team. You will support Consultants, nurture candidate relationships, coordinate interviews and references, and use AI tools to streamline administration.

You are a recent tertiary graduate with strong verbal and written communication, keen attention to detail, and the drive to excel in a fast-paced, professional recruitment environment.

Qualifications

• Recent tertiary graduate with an interest in all things people.
• Driven to contribute to the bigger picture and success of the team.
• Proactive, energetic and well-organised with strong communication.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with candidates and advise through the recruitment process.
• Use specialised recruitment tools to uncover passive candidates and discuss roles.
• Manage candidates on assignment and coordinate interviews and references.
• Facilitate interviews, meetings, testing and reference checks; assist AI-assisted admin.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Attention to detail

Organised

Proactive

Education

Tertiary qualification

Tools

AI recruitment tools

Job description

JacksonStone & Partners is one of New Zealand’s most experienced executive search, permanent recruitment and contracting agencies. Our integrated team covers all disciplines in permanent recruitment and professional contracting, and senior roles up to chief executive and board appointments across the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors.

We are seeking a Talent Manager to join a successful team in Wellington Central. This is an opportunity to gain experience in the fast-paced and professional environment of executive recruitment with one of New Zealand's premier brands in the sector. You'll develop highly transferable skills, commercial insight and professional experience that will benefit you throughout your career, wherever it may take you.

About the Role

The role of a Talent Manager is pivotal to the success of our overall business. This role helps support our Consultants by ensuring our candidate journey is as engaging and inclusive as possible!

Types of tasks you would expect to do in this role:

• Building relationships with candidates, advising candidates throughout the recruitment process
• Using specialised recruitment tools to uncover passive candidates and talking to our active candidates about assignments and roles
• Helping to manage our candidates while they are out on assignment for us, and those we are working with to find a role
• Facilitating interviews, meetings, testing and completing reference checks
• Work with our tailor-made AI tools to ensure seamless administration

What we are looking for in you:

• A recent tertiary graduate with office-based work experience and a genuine interest in all things people
• Someone who is driven by success by contributing to the bigger picture
• You need to be proactive, energetic and organised
• Have a high attention to detail and be able to work to tight deadlines
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, the ability to craft correspondence to a range of people

The successful candidate will have an eye for detail, work collaboratively with great people skills and a drive to build a career in the recruitment industry.

You can look forward to:

• A competitive base salary
• 5 weeks annual leave plus a day off for wellbeing and your birthday
• Long service leave after qualifying period
• Discounted health insurance & corporate discounts
• Latest recruitment technology and tools
• Professional development & training
• Career opportunities across the wider NZX listed Accordant Group

In return, this is an exciting opportunity to work for JacksonStone & Partners, where we value collaboration, support individual growth and celebrate collective success!

Please note, you must be a New Zealand Citizen or Permanent Resident or hold a valid New Zealand Work Visa to apply.