Talent Consultant

• Be part of a high performing team
• Location: Sydney
• Initial 6 months contract 
• Hybrid

The opportunity

As a Talent Consultant, you’ll partner with business  leaders and hiring managers to attract, assess and hire exceptional people who help AMP achieve its strategic objectives.

Description of division and business unit

The AMP People team enables our people and leaders to perform at their best by building capability, shaping an inclusive and accountable culture, and partnering with the business to manage risk, meet obligations and deliver a simple, high-performing employee experience. The Business Partnering and Talent Acquisition team supports AMP’s workforce strategy by providing trusted advice, attracting exceptional talent, developing organisational capability and enabling business performance through people.

About the role:

• You’ll own all permanent and fixed term professional recruitment for AMP’s Platforms and Finance businesses, Our Platforms business is a leading provider of superannuation, retirement and investment solutions, including our flagship North platform, which helps advisers and their clients build personalised investment portfolios.     
• Finance manages the organisation’s financial resources, ensures strong fiscal discipline, and partners closely with business units to set strategy, drive performance and create sustainable value.
• At times, you will also be expected to support other business areas, depending on hiring volumes and team capacity.
• You’ll bring together strategic talent advice and end-to-end recruitment delivery, sharing market insights, workforce intelligence and talent recommendations that help leaders make confident hiring and workforce decisions. As a trusted advisor, you’ll help leaders identify, attract and retain great people, while creating an exceptional experience for candidates and hiring managers.
• You’ll help shape how Talent Acquisition evolves at AMP, using data to guide decisions, improving our processes and embracing technology and AI-enabled recruitment practices.
• Success here is about more than hiring outcomes. It’s the quality of your talent advice; the influence you have on workforce decisions and the difference you make to AMP’s future workforce capability.
• Build genuine, trusted relationships with business leaders and hiring managers.
• Share workforce, talent market and hiring insights that help the business make confident decisions.
• Team up with People Business Partners to understand workforce priorities and the capability we’ll need in the future.
• Use external market intelligence, workforce data and talent trends to influence talent decisions.
• Offer constructive challenge and fresh recommendations to lift hiring outcomes.
• Champion internal mobility and great talent outcomes across the enterprise.
• Deliver end-to-end recruitment across professional, specialist and project-based roles.
• Create smart sourcing strategies that attract diverse, high-quality talent.
• Guide each recruitment from briefing right through to offer and onboarding.
• Build and nurture talent pipelines for our current and future capability needs.
• Apply robust assessment practices that support quality hiring decisions.
• Deliver an exceptional experience for hiring managers and candidates.
• Be the go-to contact for recruitment across your allocated business portfolios.
• Keep communication open, transparent and regular throughout every recruitment process.
• Proudly represent AMP in the external market.

About you:

• A degree in Human Resources, Business, Psychology or a related discipline (preferred). 
• Proven end-to-end recruitment experience in an in-house, agency or hybrid environment. 
• A track record of partnering with senior stakeholders and influencing hiring decisions. 
• Strong sourcing, talent mapping and pipelining skills. 
• Experience using talent market insights and recruitment analytics to shape your recommendations. 
• Experience working in complex or matrixed organisations. 
• Hands-on experience with recruitment systems, sourcing tools and AI-enabled technology solutions.

Job Specific capabilities required:

• A consultative, advisory approach. 
• The ability to build credibility and trusted relationships with senior stakeholders. 
• A commercial mindset and sound business judgement. 
• The confidence to respectfully challenge and influence decisions. 
• Comfort navigating complexity and ambiguity to deliver practical solutions. 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. 
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills. 
• A real passion for candidate experience and inclusive hiring. 
• A continuous improvement mindset, with an eye for innovation and efficiency. 
• Strong planning, prioritisation and organisational skills. 
• Curiosity about talent markets, future skills and workforce trends. 
• Comfort using technology and AI to improve recruitment outcomes.

Working at AMP

We are transforming our business. We are looking for people with courage, accountability and integrity who inspire the same in others. If you are comfortable challenging the status-quo and perform at your best in an evolving and complex environment - we need you.

Wellbeing & Benefits

We invest in the health, wellbeing, and development of all our people including our contingent professionals, by offering a range of great benefits to support you be your best, professionally, and personally:

• Finance & investment assistance and opportunities.
• Salary packaging and novated vehicle leases
• Employee Assistance Program – Benestar.
• Access to discounted health and wellbeing initiatives through Medibank.
• Access to a range of discounted offerings via an extra’s benefits program.
• Networking / professional development opportunities and events

We review applications as soon as we receive them and if we find our ideal person, we may close the role earlier than the advertised close date. If you are serious about expanding your skills with AMP as a contingent professional, then please click on the apply link.

Agencies should note that unsolicited resumes will not be accepted for this position and AMP will not pay any fees related to resumes that are submitted directly to hiring managers and not through our approved process. Where appropriate, the AMP Team will work with our preferred panel of agencies to source candidates for roles.