Lead full-cycle recruitment for a portfolio, design sourcing and attraction strategies, use talent intelligence tools (Eightfold), build talent pipelines, advise hiring managers, champion candidate experience, and develop capability in employer branding, hiring manager/candidate experience, or recruitment systems optimisation.
AstraZeneca has an opportunity for 3 experienced recruiters to join our Talent Acquisition team. Develop your skills and experience, and support our leaders to bring the best talent in the market to AstraZenecaThe Opportunity
- Be a key contributor in defining how Talent Acquisition supports our business. You’ll influence the way we attract, engage and hire the people who move science forward.
- Develop your skills leveraging modern industry tools and practices, using state-of-the-art recruitment technology and continuously evolving your expertise.
- Lead the full recruitment journey for your portfolio, designing thoughtful sourcing and attraction strategies that reflect our purpose and reach the talent who belong here.
- Embrace our new AI-powered Talent Intelligence platform, Eightfold, to unlock smarter hiring decisions, help mobilise internal talent and bring a future-ready approach to every stage of how to recruit and attract talent.
- Build trusted partnerships across the business, becoming a strategic advisor to Hiring Managers and add value through insight, expertise and empathy.
- Champion an exceptional candidate experience, helping every person feel seen, respected and inspired — a true reflection of our values.
- Empower better decisions by bringing data, market insights and trends to your stakeholders, shaping hiring outcomes that support our long-term ambition.
- The Talent Acquisition Specialist also has responsibility for building out capability in one of the 3 areas; employer branding & recruitment marketing, best practice hiring manager and candidate experience, or recruitment process & systems optimisation.
- Interested candidates should highlight any specific skills or areas of interest with their application.
- Previous experience in a fast-paced recruitment role from either agency or internal background.
- Experience building strong talent pipelines for either early careers, sales/business development, and/or specialist/niche roles
- Outstanding communication skills and a genuine interest in people.
- Problem solving skills and the resilience to work in an agile and changing environment
- Relationship driven and the ability to collaborate across different skillsets, personality styles and cultures within the context of a global working environment
- Demonstrated experience utilising a range of candidate attraction channels, including Linked In
- Organised and can independently manage a portfolio of roles
- A creative and innovative approach to using relevant employer branding assets
- Ability to learn and adopt to new IT tools and systems and ways of working.
- A genuine curiosity and passion for building best practice and implementing new talent acquisition practices to optimise internal systems and resources.
- Be part of a brand new inhouse talent acquisition team in Australia as well as a large forward thinking global talent acquisition community.
- Access to numerous learning and development resources for professional and career development, including a formal accreditation in AI.
- At Astra Zeneca we value flexibility, and our people work in ways that meet their work/life commitments and support their wellbeing, development and performance.
- A range of financial, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefit competitive leave offerings and paid volunteer day.
- AstraZeneca in Australia has been formally recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) and as a Silver Tier Employer within the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI).
Date Posted
17-Nov-2025Closing Date
16-Nov-2025AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.
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