Location: Spring Street and Blackburn Offices

The Role

The primary purpose of the position of the Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition is to be responsible for the management of contemporary recruitment operations and developing and implementing best practice talent acquisition strategies, policies and methods to ensure a pipeline of operational and corporate talent is available to meet the organisation's current and future resourcing needs. Including responsibility for the internal operational promotions advertising, pre-entry screening process, assisting with interview panels and various assessments as the HR steward of the process

Functional Accountabilities

- Provide strategic, evidence-based talent acquisition advice to executives, influence key decisions, and build strong partnerships across government and emergency services.
- Lead recruitment strategy in a highly unionised environment, adapting to Victorian government priorities, driving change, and representing organisational interests externally.
- Manage firefighter recruitment programs, harmonising policies and processes while collaborating with emergency service partners to maintain organisational standards.
- Lead and develop the Talent Acquisition Team, fostering high performance, collaboration, capability growth, and exceptional recruitment service delivery.
- Build and maintain key stakeholder relationships, providing expert guidance on recruitment, workforce planning, staffing, and people management matters.
- Develop and deliver end-to-end talent acquisition strategies, leading large-scale recruitment campaigns that strengthen diversity, talent pipelines, and candidate experience.
- Drive contemporary recruitment practices, continuous improvement initiatives,



and creative talent attraction approaches aligned with organisational objectives and workforce needs.

The Team

The People and Culture Directorate takes a lead role in strategy development and implementation to enable Fire Rescue Victoria to have a safe workplace, a respectful and achievement-oriented culture, and an agile and engaged workforce. The key functions of the directorate are Human Resources Systems and Services, Workplace Relations and Ethical Standards, Organisational Development and Business Partnering, and Media and Communications.

What’s in it for you

We strive to create a high-quality working life for our community of valued employees.

Working with us provides:

- Access to Rostered Day/s Off
- Flexible work arrangements may be available
- Uniquely rewarding work in the service of the Victorian community
- Career and professional development
- Enterprise Agreement salary increases
- Salary sacrifice options (i.e. novated lease or superannuation)
- An unrivalled suite of physical and mental health and wellbeing support services
- Access to an annual sports voucher
- Discounted Health Insurance
- Corporate Clothing Allowance (conditions apply)
- Free access to gym facilities
- Close to Public Transport (Parliament/Blackburn Stations)

What you will need to Succeed

To be successful in this position, you will have:





- Tertiary qualifications in a relevant function of Human Resources (Masters preferred)
- Extensive experience in contemporary talent acquisition.
- Proven track record in building strong, constructive working relationships with all internal and external stakeholders.
- Excellent leadership, management and team development skills with a proven ability to continuously motivate and develop high performing teams.
- Proven track record in negotiating collaborative outcomes that meet strategic objectives.

Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) is a modern fire and rescue service dedicated to meeting the needs of twenty-first century Victoria. With a workforce of over 4,500 highly committed employees, FRV serves and protects communities across Melbourne and Victoria’s major regional centres.

In delivering this service, we are guided by our core values of teamwork, integrity, respect and accountability. These values underpin everything we do and shape our organisational culture. We are seeking candidates who are committed to embodying these principles in their work and behaviours.

FRV is an inclusive employer and encourages applications from people of all backgrounds, including individuals of all ages, genders, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, religious beliefs, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, and people of diverse gender identities and sexualities.

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📌 Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition (Melbourne)
🏢 Fire Rescue Victoria
📍 Melbourne