Our client is a fast-growing commercial organisation with more than 500 team members across three Canberra-based sites. The business is in an exciting phase of transformation, with strong demand driving expansion into international markets. It’s a workplace where pace, opportunity, and change come together, and where people play a central role in shaping what comes next. The Opportunity This is an 8-month maternity leave cover opportunity for an experienced Talent Acquisition leader to step into a pivotal role supporting a busy and diverse recruitment function. You will lead a small, capable team while overseeing end-to-end recruitment across a mix of high-volume pipelines, early careers programs and specialist engineering roles. You’ll work closely with senior leaders, providing clear advice on talent availability, workforce planning and recruitment strategy, while ensuring hiring practices remain efficient, compliant and consistent. This is a great opportunity to make a visible impact, strengthen recruitment outcomes and contribute to key workforce initiatives during a busy and important period for the organisation. If you enjoy balancing hands-on recruitment leadership with stakeholder influence and operational delivery, this role offers meaningful variety and responsibility from day one. The Role Lead and oversee the Talent Acquisition function to deliver high-quality, compliant and efficient recruitment outcomes on a fixed-term basis. Lead, coach and support a small Talent Acquisition team Oversee end-to-end recruitment across volume, early careers and specialist roles Partner with senior leaders to provide recruitment advice, market insights and workforce updates Manage external recruitment suppliers and support reduced agency reliance Ensure recruitment practices align with Fair Work, NES and workforce screening requirements Oversee major pipelines including apprenticeships and engineering work experience programs Maintain quality assurance across advertising, selection, interviewing and documentation Provide reporting on recruitment metrics including time to hire, cost per hire and pipeline risks Contribute to workforce planning discussions with data-led insights The Ideal Person You are an experienced recruitment professional who is confident stepping into a leadership role within a fast-moving environment. Ideally, you bring experience in internal recruitment, or a combination of internal and agency recruitment, giving you a strong understanding of both strategic partnering and delivery execution. You are comfortable guiding stakeholders, managing competing priorities and leading a team through busy recruitment cycles. You take a practical, solutions-focused approach and understand how to balance compliance, efficiency and candidate experience. This role will suit someone who is adaptable, calm under pressure and motivated by making an immediate impact. You bring a forward-thinking mindset and enjoy improving processes, building strong relationships and contributing to a positive, high-performing team culture during a key period of organisational need. Salary / Rate $130k – $140k Super 8-month fixed term contract Baseline clearance preferred How to Apply To apply online, please click on the appropriate link. Alternatively, for a confidential discussion, please contact Sarah Fowler on 02 6108 4878 quoting ref no. 21512 HorizonOne is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and we encourage applications from people of all cultures, capabilities and backgrounds.
