Executive Recruiter - Fixed Term (12 Months)
Our Purpose
At Xero, weʼre here to make running a business beautiful. By making small business more efficient every day, connecting them with big business technology and empowering a community behind them, their potential is limitless. When that happens, weʼre not only helping small business, weʼll be building a stronger economy that can change the world.
How youʼll make an impact
The Senior Talent Specialist plays an integral role across Xero, and Xeroʼs Talent Experience (TX) team. This role will deliver Executive sourcing plans and hands on hiring support. You will be a regional contact for Executive talent, working closely with the Head of Executive Recruiting for Executive Talent. This role will work effectively within a global matrix, and leverage support across and within TX portfolios (as required) to deliver, and concierge #beautiful experiences for Xero leaders, colleagues and candidates.
What youʼll do
This role will combine high touch partnership with Xero leaders, vendors and colleagues to deliver Executive sourcing plans and hands on hiring support. You will be a regional contact for Executive hiring, and deliver a wide range of hands-on recruitment tasks, such as proactively sourcing and selecting quality, diverse talent, phone screening candidates, scheduling interviews, reference checking, responding to candidate and hiring manager queries, along with any other planning and recruitment activity required to deliver #beautiful experiences, and Xero as an employer of choice. The Senior Talent Specialist will deliver proactive and customer centric recruitment support, establish long term relationships, use data and insights to inform hiring plans, and ensure alignment with hiring processes and best practice.
Success looks like
Effective sourcing and selection of quality, diverse talent for Executive hires
Proactively strengthening quality, diverse passive talent pipelines for this portfolio
Delivering #beautiful experiences for Executive and professional talent
Strengthening Xero brand as an employer of choice for professional talent globally
Providing exceptional support and advice for Xero leaders, colleagues and candidates
Leveraging Talent Experience systems, processes, platforms and standards
Maintaining effective databases and leveraging merit based hiring practice
Assist with any additional projects as required
What youʼll bring with you
The ability to network, influence and build sustainable relationships
Ability to engage, and source active and passive talent
Excellent organisation, and time management skills
Commercial acumen, judgement and confidentiality
Proactive communication, planning and ability to multi-task
Track record of effective sourcing and selection, of Executive and professional service talent
Has developed a sustainable network of professional service and Executive talent (region/global)
Knowledge of recruitment technologies and sourcing platforms
Experience working with external vendors to deliver recruitment outcomes
Relevant Bachelor Degree
Top Skills
Xero Sydney, New South Wales, AUS Office
Our office is in the heart of the Sydney CBD with views of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. We're just over by Wynyard Park so it's easy to get to.
