Professional Recruitment Consultant

What you'll do

What we can offer you

At Specsavers, we know that to be your best and reach your full potential you need to work somewhere that will bring out your best. We pride ourselves on offering a workplace with a supportive, driven, flexible and inclusive culture. Which is why we’ve been accredited as a Great Place to Work for the last three years running, and listed as one of Australia’s Best Places to Work for 2023. 

Here’s a taste of just some of our perks: 

• Quarterly bonus scheme
• Two free pairs of glasses each year 
• On-site free parking
• Birthday leave, Volunteer leave and Paid Parental Leave
• Health & Wellbeing programs 
• Fully funded social club – provides a wide range of activities throughout the year

So, if you like the sound of working for a company that’s dedicated to improving the lives of both their staff and customers – we think you’d look good at Specsavers.

The role & team

We have a newly created role for an experienced Professional Recruitment Consultant to join our friendly, supportive, and high performing Professional Recruitment Team. Reporting into the Head of Partner Recruitment and SRS, you will be responsible for providing timely and creative resourcing solutions to attract and recruit Optometrists and Retail Leaders to fill both employee and partnership roles in hard to fill locations. 

This role is also responsible for building excellent relationships with the Store Directors and/or their hiring manager, as well as candidates, identifying opportunity for innovative recruitment solutions and ensuring that best practice is always adopted.

The skills we are looking for

• Extensive end to end recruitment experience is essential 
• Demonstrated experience implementing proactive talent strategies to recruit for niche / hard to fill roles 
• Ability to prioritise workload in a fast-paced environment
• A high level of interpersonal skills with the ability to build strategic working relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative, showcasing a strong self-starter mentality
   

About Us

Specsavers are rated the market leader for eye tests, the retailer of choice for contact lenses and one of the fastest growing hearing providers in Australia and New Zealand. We are on a continual mission to transform eye and hearing health by eliminating preventable vision loss and blindness, including Glaucoma and Diabetes, through improved prevention and early detection, as well as providing accessible and affordable hearing care. 

At Specsavers we believe a diverse, inclusive, and flexible culture enables our people to bring their whole selves to work and be proud of doing so. When it comes to flexibility, we understand that one size doesn't fit all. Our flexible working at Specsavers enables us to work in ways that support our lifestyle to help us balance our career with the other important things in life.

Creating a great place to work for our people is pinnacle to us and along with our Behaviours is at the core of everything we do. We like to think it’s a fun and positive place to work – why not have a look for yourself https://join.specsavers.com/au/department/support-office/    
 
Applicants for the role are required to have current working rights as per, relevant government legislation.