DRIVE STRATEGY. MENTOR A TEAM. MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

• Full time, ongoing position (part time considered)
• Location: Melbourne CBD on Wurundjeri Country / Hybrid (with travel to regional areas as required
• Salary range: $110,357 – $127,333 (pro rata) + super, plus salary packaging
  We’re seeking a Senior Recruitment & Retention Consultant to help us shape the future of legal assistance in Victoria. Working closely with senior leaders, you’ll play a key role in solving some of our most pressing talent challenges—attracting and retaining skilled, purpose-driven professionals to deliver specialist legal and other services to remote and regional communities where they’re needed most.
  This is more than recruitment. It’s an opportunity to help create a stronger, more accessible justice system for people facing disadvantage.

ABOUT YOU

• Extensive recruitment experience including proactive sourcing and headhunting, ideally in complex or high-volume environments.
• Strong consulting skills with the ability to influence stakeholders and guide hiring decisions with confidence and credibility.
• A coaching mindset—you enjoy sharing your expertise, giving feedback and supporting others to grow.
• Creative problem-solving skills to address hard-to-fill roles, remote service challenges and systemic barriers to talent attraction.
• Deep commitment to inclusion and experience applying culturally safe, accessible, and responsive recruitment practices.
• Great communication and collaboration—you’re equally comfortable engaging with executives or advising early-career recruiters.
• Systems-savvy, with experience using e-recruitment tools such as Springboard, and using data to drive decisions.
• A purpose-driven approach, with a genuine desire to improve outcomes for people and communities doing it tough.
  Don’t meet every requirement? At VLA, we understand that your work and life experiences can be just as valuable. If you’re excited about this role but your CV doesn’t align perfectly with our job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or one of our many other opportunities.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Lead recruitment especially for high-impact, senior and hard-to-fill roles—from initial brief to successful onboarding.
• Advise and influence hiring managers as a trusted partner, helping shape best-practice approaches to position design, candidate attraction and selection.
• Drive strategic projects to improve recruitment, onboarding, and retention processes—contributing to a more agile, inclusive, and impactful HR function.
• Mentor and guide a team of recruitment consultants, building capability in sourcing, assessment, and stakeholder management.
• Champion equity and access, helping us attract and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve, in line with our Aboriginal Employment Strategy and DEI goals.