Randstad is proud to partner with Woolworths New Zealand to recruit a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner for their Careers Service Delivery Tribe. This critical role will lead the recruitment strategy for high-stakes Professional Services portfolios, specifically covering Legal, Risk, and Finance.
About the Role
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As a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, you will act as a hands-on expert, directly sourcing and engaging exceptional senior and specialist talent. You will build and nurture visible talent pipelines for critical and hard-to-fill positions while recruiting senior leadership roles across diverse segments. Reporting directly to the Talent Lead, you will contribute as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) to broader talent programs and strategic initiatives.
Competitive salary + annual bonus + elite benefits!
Hours:Monday - Friday, full time hours
Location:Hybrid (2 wfh days!) Favona, Ponsonby office
Skills & Experience:
- 5+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition with a focus on senior and specialist/niche roles.
- Proven ability to manage multiple complex, senior requisitions concurrently.
- Demonstrated expertise in influencing and managing the expectations of senior hiring leaders as a trusted advisor.
- Deep competency in leveraging recruitment data and analytics to inform strategic decisions and optimise hiring.
- Experience executing innovative direct sourcing strategies using tools like LinkedIn Recruiter and CRM platforms.
About You
Bringing strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, you are adept at managing and influencing multiple stakeholders. You will also contribute by bringing:
- Proven experience partnering directly with C-Suite and Senior Executive leaders to define and execute business-critical hiring strategies, with a strong track record of influencing decisions and securing top-tier leadership talent.
- Previous experience in partnering with Professional Service talent segments (Finance, Risk & Legal).
- Deep expertise in developing and executing proactive talent strategies, leveraging Talent Intelligence (market mapping, competitive analysis, heat maps) to drive data-led sourcing.
- Advanced proficiency with recruitment platforms to build, segment, and nurture highly engaged Talent Communities and amplify the Employer Brand/EVP through targeted content.
- Demonstrable success in end-to-end recruitment for complex, hard-to-fill, and senior/leadership roles in a large-scale corporate environment.
- A highly collaborative mindset with the ability to partner effectively to provide a unified strategy and delivery of exceptional talent outcomes for the business.
Benefits
Our Team Members are at the heart of everything we do, and we’re always looking for ways to support your career journey and reward great work:
- A global business with endless career possibilities around every corner and across every discipline – with valuable exposure to a vast and exciting business network.
- A range of programs to help you prioritise and manage your wellbeing, including 24/7 access to the Sonder app.
- A progressive and competitive leave policy that gives you more space for what matters to you.
- Team discounts across our range of Woolworths Group brands you know and love and a robust rewards program that celebrates and incentivises purpose-driven work.
About the Company & Culture
With over 185 stores, 75 franchise stores, and 20,000 team members across Aotearoa, we've made it our mission to make Kiwi lives a little better every day. We're friendly, down-to-earth, and energetic, we work hard but we have a great time doing it, and we love what we do. There is plenty of scope for new ideas, lots of room for you to add value, and importantly, you'll be working with a business that touches the lives of three million New Zealanders a week.
At Woolworths New Zealand, we believe Everyone Counts. Our culture is built on being always improving, where we learn quickly from mistakes and constantly search for new ways to innovate. We work end-to-end as one team, encouraging freedom within a framework to empower our team members to use their initiative and act as owners of the business.
At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.