AddressGuiding the future of NSW education
Position details
- Ongoing, Clerk 5/6
- Close to Wynyard station with hybrid work arrangements (2 office days per week)
- New and varied role with the opportunity to broaden your recruitment skills
About us
At the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA), we’re dedicated to carrying out meaningful work that drives improvements and elevates student achievement across NSW, now and into the future.
We accomplish this by supporting all school sectors with high-quality syllabuses, assessment (including managing the HSC and NAPLAN), teaching standards (e.g., accrediting teachers) and school environments (including setting and monitoring school standards).
NESA is a unique organisation in NSW (of around 700 FTE staff) with significant state-wide impact, visit our website to learn more about the important work we do.
About the role
It's an exciting time to join the People and Culture (P&C) function at NESA. We are in a period of growth, transforming our operating model and service offerings to enable exceptional business outcomes. In addition to enhancing delivery of core operational services and pursuing new enabling technology solutions, the People and Culture team is responsible for designing and delivering an exciting agenda of strategic people priorities and programs.
As part of our new operating model, we are standing up a new, centralised Recruitment team and are progressively advertising a range of vacancies at different grades in this team.
This role is a great opportunity to work on vacancies as an end-to-end recruiter with a focus on routine, volume and casual hiring, so you will be able to flex your recruitment skills and experience by partnering with hiring managers and providing excellent levels of candidate care. In addition, you will be kept challenged and interested by successfully delivering on:
- project support
- researching, solving and responding to a range of hiring manager and candidate enquiries
- co-ordinating contract extensions
- contributing to process improvement initiatives
- generating reports and tracking results against service metrics
- requesting and tracking probity checks
- a range of essential recruitment administration support activities
- assisting with job evaluations.
About you
To be successful, you will need:
- Experience in end-to-end recruitment in a partnering environment
- An energetic and flexible approach; able to pivot across different responsibilities and support all members of the recruitment team
- Strong problem-solving skills to resolve day-to-day recruitment queries
- Excellent levels of candidate and stakeholder care
- The ability to work to tight deadlines and manage competing priorities ensuring quality outcomes
We invite you to download the role description and welcome queries to Michelle Carlon on the contact details above.
At NESA you'll benefit from:
- An organisation where your contribution has a big impact
- An enviable CBD location (all modes of transport nearby, and excellent coffee and eateries) with refurbished offices
- Flexible working arrangements and generous leave entitlements
- Access to discounted health and fitness memberships via Fitness Passport, an employee assistance program and annual flu vaccinations
- Salary packaging options
- Working in a purpose driven and ethical organisation with committed colleagues
Ready to join us?
Select apply and attach an up-to-date résumé and a cover letter.
In addition, address the 2 targeted questions below in your online application (maximum 400 words each question):
- Outline an example of a candidate enquiry or issue you resolved independently, what was the situation, the actions you took and the outcome?
- Provide an example of when you have provided advice to a hiring manager which influenced them to change how they were going to approach an issue, what was the situation, the advice you gave and the outcome?
If you need reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process and workplace, please reach out to the contact person above.
Thank you for your interest, we look forward to receiving your application.
We particularly welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with a disability, people of all ages, genders, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans and refugees.
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. For ongoing roles, you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or an Australian Permanent Resident. Australian Temporary Residents may be considered for a fixed term contract for the length of their visa, depending on the requirements of the hiring area and the position.
