- $101,142 - $116,131 + 15.4% super
- Various locations in ACT, NSW, QLD, TAS & VIC
- Ongoing/non-ongoing opportunities with flexible working arrangements

The ATO Recruitment team plays a key role in building the organisation’s future workforce by attracting high quality external talent and supporting internal mobility. We partner closely with business areas to deliver fair, transparent, and contemporary recruitment services across the full recruitment lifecycle. Through collaboration, innovation, and strong stewardship of recruitment systems and tools we provide specialist advice and deliver timely outcomes that support the ATO’s strategic workforce objectives

As a Recruitment Operations Team Leader, you provide transparent leadership and direction to a team of Recruitment Officers responsible for delivering end to end recruitment services in line with legislative requirements and organisational policy. Your primary focus is leading people and building team capability, setting priorities, and exercising sound judgment to ensure recruitment outcomes align with business needs and procedural requirements. You will ensure recruitment activities are compliant, defensible and aligned with merit based selection principles while providing expert recruitment advice and delivering timely, compliant and client focused outcomes. You will proactively manage competing priorities, identify risks and opportunities, drive continuous improvement initiatives and foster a collaborative, inclusive and high performing team culture.

As a Recruitment Officer,



you will partner with business areas to provide specialist recruitment advice and deliver high-quality, compliant recruitment outcomes. You will provide guidance on recruitment legislation, policies and procedures, coordinate end-to-end recruitment activities, and ensure services are delivered in accordance with governance requirements. You will assess recruitment documentation for compliance, identify and escalate risks, support quality assurance activities, and contribute to the consistent application of recruitment policy and governance frameworks. Working closely with stakeholders, you will manage recruitment campaigns, maintain accurate records, and support continuous improvement initiatives.

Success in this role requires demonstrated experience interpreting and applying recruitment policy and legislative requirements, managing stakeholder relationships, and delivering accurate, timely and defensible recruitment outcomes.

These roles may be offered on an ongoing or non-ongoing basis in Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne CBD, Parramatta, or Upper Mount Gravatt.

We embrace the strength of diversity – through our people and the perspectives they bring.

We are committed to inclusive recruitment practices and encourage applications from people with disability or neurodivergence, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and individuals from all backgrounds. Reasonable adjustments can be provided throughout the recruitment process.

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📌 Recruitment Team Leader - APS 6 (Canberra)
🏢 Australian Taxation Office
📍 Canberra