Senior Recruitment Consultant - Investments - 18 months FTC

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Job Description

AustralianSuper, the largest pension fund in Australia and listed as a top 20 largest pension fund globally, are recruiting an 18 month contract role within our Talent Acquisition & Attraction team based in London, supporting our globalisation strategy.

We make a difference, delivering outcomes for our millions of members.

• Key strategic role with our Colleagues and Culture team as we support the International Investment Growth Strategy focusing on London.
• This role is a rare opportunity to help build our investment capability in both Public and Private markets Internationally, partnering with stakeholders at all levels.

Purpose:

This position will play a key role in implementing the global expansion plans for the Fund with a focus on building out our international team. The Senior Recruitment Consultant, Talent Acquisition & Attraction is responsible for the hands-on delivery of high-quality recruitment advice and end-to-end recruitment services that meet business requirements and candidate experience expectations. This involves establishing excellent working relationships with the Fund's leadership group, other areas of Colleagues and Culture, and a range of external stakeholders.

The Senior Recruitment Consultant provides expert tactical & strategic recruitment advice and services to the whole of Fund for all recruitment related matters, including advanced research methodologies for talent identification, attraction, engagement, and selection practices.

In partnership with Recruitment Lead, International & working with Senior Recruiters in the UK (primarily) but also the US you will be accountable for:

• Experience recruiting Front Office investment roles in Public & Private markets ideally working within the London/New York Investment market.
• Recruit senior & early careers level roles applying our recruitment methodology.
• Employ advanced research and sourcing techniques, using platforms in addition to LinkedIn, that identify talent of interest and practice "candidate pipelining" techniques to manage 'ready now' & 'ready later' talent.
• Contribute to the Fund's DE&I strategy.
• Responsible for new hires, to ensure they meet onboarding and compliance requirements.
• Build innovative sourcing strategies for diverse talent based on current and future business needs.
• Work with hiring managers to manage full-cycle recruitment process, including sourcing and diversity strategies (internal/external, and agency and direct sourcing/headhunting methods).
• Negotiate candidate offers.
• Research markets and peer organisations, and provide stakeholders with market data and activity information.
• Generate and track metrics to enable the performance monitoring of recruitment solutions as well as enabling data-driven decision making.

What you'll need:

Culture is key at AustralianSuper, and we are looking for someone who has a delivery mindset, can challenge thinking and influence outcomes at a senior level & that enjoys working in a collaborative & supportive team. For this role, we would love to discuss how you:

• Evidence of relationship building & influencing ability at a senior level.
• Demonstrate results/delivery orientation.
• Adapt to a high paced environment focused on progress and growth.
• Being intellectually curious.
• Adopt a practical, hands-on approach with the ability to get things done.
• Commitment to AustralianSuper's purpose and values.

The candidate profile we'd like to apply:

• Immediatly Available or soon to be available.
• Experience working in a high performing, in-house recruitment team Financial Services agency or Executive Search firm.
• Relevant experience within the London financial services / investments recruitment market.
  Extensive experience in Talent Research methodologies.
• Working knowledge of complex financial services compensation structures.

Life at AustralianSuper:
At AustralianSuper, we truly care about our colleagues. We know work and life are intertwined. That's why we support the diverse needs of everyone and have policies that enable us all to thrive and be truly flexible. We ensure diversity is celebrated for the opportunity it provides us all to learn and grow, and ultimately to deliver better outcomes for members.

Our London and London offices are made up of 150 talented colleagues and is expected to grow four-fold over the next three years meaning when you join you become a key part of building our culture.

As we collaborate with colleagues across multiple time zones flexibility in work hours are both a requirement and opportunity for this role. We offer great benefits including generous leave type, leading pension contributions, health insurance and promote a blended working environment in which all roles can flex, and we're happy to discuss what this looks like for you.

We are committed to supporting our diverse workforce in a way that is inclusive and embraces diversity in all its forms. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process or the role, please let our recruitment team know.

What's next?
Apply now, if you share our values of Energy, Integrity, Generosity of Spirit, and Excellent Outcomes and would like the opportunity to work in a challenging, growing and rapidly evolving team to deliver outstanding results.

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