As the Assistant Director - Recruitment and Planning you will develop and deliver the functions to identify, acquire and onboard the capabilities the AER requires. You will provide strategic and operational leadership across recruitment, capability and workforce planning functions. This role is a career-defining chance to apply your deep recruitment and/or workforce planning expertise to evolve and operate a critical HR function in a new organisation.

Working under limited guidance and exercising considerable discretion, the Assistant Director - Recruitment and Planning will:

· Develop and deliver the functions that identify, acquire and onboard the capabilities the AER requires.

· Lead the development and implementation of recruitment and workforce planning strategies and activities

· Review and enhance standard configuration for recruitment and organisation management modules in the AER’s enterprise resource planning system (TechOne)

· Provide strategic and operational advice about workforce matters.

· Lead and support end-to-end SES recruitment activities, including planning, stakeholder engagement, assessment design, panel coordination, candidate management, governance,



risk management and preparation of high-quality selection documentation to support timely and merit-based outcomes.

· Collaborate with key AER stakeholders to develop, deliver, evaluate and improve regular plans to recruit and develop the capabilities the AER requires to deliver its strategic plan.

· Develop and implement work plans for people in the Recruitment and Planning team that directs the work area, defines expected outcomes, articulates the purpose and importance of the work;

· Develop and lead the team, fostering an inclusive culture, high performance, and build capability through coaching, providing performance feedback and opportunities for career development.

- Australian Citizenship – our successful candidate must be an Australian Citizen
- Security clearance – our successful candidate is required to hold, or have the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance at the required level
- Employment check – your suitability for employment will be assessed through a screening process.

📌 Assistant Director - Recruitment and Planning (Australia)
🏢 Australian Energy Regulator
📍 Australia