About the Organisation
We're partnering with a highly successful organisation with a strong reputation for excellence, innovation and quality. As a recognised leader in its industry, the business continues to grow and invest in its people, culture and future success.
About the Role
This is a rare opportunity for a Talent Acquisition professional to step into a newly created role and make their mark within a highly successful and growing organisation. Reporting to the Head of People & Culture, this newly created Talent Acquisition Lead role offers the opportunity to build, shape and elevate Talent Acquisition across the organisation.
You'll be trusted to lead Talent Acquisition across the business, partnering closely with leaders to attract exceptional talent and support future growth. You'll have the opportunity to influence how recruitment is delivered, introduce new ideas and help create a best-practice Talent Acquisition function.
This role will suit someone who enjoys balancing strategic thinking with hands‐on delivery. Beyond managing recruitment activity, you'll play a key role in shaping hiring approaches, enhancing employer brand initiatives, strengthening stakeholder capability and creating exceptional candidate experiences that set the business apart.
Key Areas of Focus Include:
Leading end-to-end recruitment across a diverse portfolio of blue and white-collar roles
Partnering with leaders to support workforce planning and future hiring needs
Building talent pipelines and proactive sourcing strategies to attract high-quality talent
Enhancing the candidate and hiring manager experience across the recruitment lifecycle
Strengthening employer brand initiatives and talent attraction strategies
Developing recruitment tools, interview frameworks and resources to support hiring capability
Providing market insights and talent intelligence to inform recruitment decisions
Reviewing and improving recruitment processes, systems and ways of working




Driving continuous improvement initiatives that enhance hiring outcomes and recruitment effectiveness
Building trusted relationships across a broad and diverse stakeholder group
Supporting broader people initiatives across attraction, onboarding and retention
About You
You'll be an experienced TA Business Partner or Specialist who genuinely enjoys building relationships and partnering with stakeholders to achieve excellent outcomes. Genuine, down‐to‐earth and driven, you'll be comfortable influencing leaders, managing competing priorities and identifying opportunities to improve the way recruitment is delivered.
To be successful, you'll bring:
Minimum 5 years' experience within Talent Acquisition
Experience recruiting across diverse workforces, including both blue and white-collar roles
Experience within a fast-paced owner-led or SME business is highly regarded
Proven ability to build trusted relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels
Experience partnering with hiring managers across multiple business functions and stakeholder groups
Robust direct sourcing capability and experience building talent pipelines
Experience managing recruitment agencies and external suppliers, while driving direct sourcing outcomes
Experience improving recruitment processes, systems or ways of working
Exposure to employer branding, talent attraction, workforce planning or EVP initiatives
A passion for delivering exceptional candidate and hiring manager experiences
Why This Role?
Opportunity to join a highly successful and growing organisation
Newly created Talent Acquisition Lead role with genuine scope to shape the function
Opportunity to partner closely with an exceptional Head of People & Culture
High visibility role with exposure to leaders across the business
Fantastic culture, employee perks, modern office fit-out, regular team events and supportive leadership
Long-term career growth within a successful and evolving organisation
Equal Opportunity Statement
Tandem Partners is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
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📌 Talent Acquisition Lead (Sydney)
🏢 Tandem Partners
📍 Sydney