Executive Search Consultant (fixed term opportunity up to 6 months)

You can influence outcomes and meet diverse hiring challenges.

Here’s your opportunity to help bring the best people to Transport for NSW to make a big impact.

In this role:
 
As part of the Executive Search & Sourcing Team within the People Operations  branch you will report to the Senior Manager Executive Recruitment & Sourcing and be an integral part of the team managing our organisational reform.

In this critical fixed term role until the end of 2025 you will be:

Responsible for the end-to-end services to support planning, management and the recruitment of executive level employees, ensuring an exceptional hiring manager and candidate experience.

You will be responsible for leveraging your extensive professional networks, mining talent intelligence to deliver market insights and business results connecting our divisional leaders with emerging and established executive talent

You will work with our internal and external hiring communities and make all participants in our selection processes feel heard, respected and that their interaction with us is worthwhile. You’ll work across a range of divisions, industries and job families particularly within, the infrastructure, technology, engineering, digital or project management fields; delighting our senior leaders with simple advice drawn from your mastery of executive search.

This is not a role for the faint hearted, as we are going through an organisational reform, you will be managing many competing priorities, in return you will gain deep insight into how state government operates and will build extremely valuable connections for the future. 

Click here to see role description and NSW info pack. 

About You:

You bring a demonstrated proven track record in executive leadership headhunting and recruitment. You, have excellent communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills. You will be able and willing to engage with a portfolio of clients and strive to surpass their expectations displaying resilience and tenacity. You are a people person who can confidently work with executives and leaders and build trust quickly through delivering market insights.

You bring a commitment to quality and compliance without losing sight of the bigger picture.

You bring proficiency in using LinkedIn Recruiter and other recruitment tools, you are able to work autonomously as well as part of a team (preferably with experience using Success Factors)

Transport for NSW keeps our State moving by providing safe, integrated and efficient transport systems. We put our customers at the centre of everything we do – and we do a lot. We connect people, communities and industry and manage how they use our road, rail and maritime networks and services, and even active modes like walking and cycling. The work we do connects the journeys you take every day

Join us

Our workforce is as diverse as the community we serve. If you’d like further information on our inclusion and diversity initiatives, visit Transport careers.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits, like our award-winning flexible and hybrid work options.

This role is hybrid-friendly, meaning you can mix in-person days at your team’s home base location with remote days.

What are you waiting for…? Connect with us.  Apply now!

Applications close: 11:59 pm Sunday, 18 May 2025.

For more information about this role, please contact GUIDA.MONTEIRO@TRANSPORT.NSW.GOV.AU.

Aboriginal people and people living with disability are supported throughout the recruitment process and at work, and we encourage you to apply. Visit Supporting Aboriginal people or Supporting people with disability for more info or speak to your talent team member to arrange any adjustments to how you interact with us. 

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