Keolis Downer is the largest private provider of multimodal public transport in Australia, and the southern hemisphere. We support 250 million passenger journeys annually in Australia.

Adelaide Metro Rail carries 15 million passengers every year and services 89 stations. Our vision is to deliver sustainable, revitalised train services for the people of metropolitan Adelaide and its visitors. Keolis Downer brings a strong focus on safety and customer service through its Zero Harm and Think Like a Passenger values.

Reporting to the Senior Human Resources Business Partner, this position will partner with our leaders as part of the HR team and be responsible for the strategic and operational recruitment across our business. This role will also have the opportunity to work across multiple upcoming projects within the business. You will:

• Take responsibility for end to end recruitment process of a wide range of roles
• Develop candidate talent pipelines through multiple sourcing channels including internal applicant tracking systems, professional networks, employee referrals, job boards, and search engines to identify and attract talent
• Actively reach out to passive candidates through research, networking and online platforms and develop/maintain relationships with passive candidates to engage interest in current and future openings
• Identify efficient ways of working to improve the recruitment process and ensure quality results for each new hire
• Coach leaders on recruitment practices
• Engage with internal stakeholders to understand requirements and provide recruitment solutions
• Build and manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including agencies and industry bodies
• Review and develop recruitment resources including interview guides and job advertisements
• Administer Assessment centres for our bulk recruitment

About you

• Previous Agency or in house recruitment experience, ideally with experience recruiting a range of positions from bulk blue collar roles up to managerial level roles
• Strategic sourcing experience in partnership with key stakeholders
• Experience preferred utilising HRIS, ATS, Sourcing and Recruitment Marketing Tools
• High level interpersonal and communications skills to enable strong stakeholder management 
• A desire to work across broad talent projects and partner with the business to deliver talent solutions 
• Some prior knowledge of National Employment Standards and experience with awards/agreements and different employment contractual arrangements

This opportunity to join Keolis Downer in building the future of transport systems in Adelaide will be hands on in creating a world class public transport system for the Adelaide metro area, on par with our global mission.

What we offer

• A highly supportive, team environment
• Competitive remuneration
• Employee Benefits which include an Employee Assistance program, reward and recognition programs and learning and development programs
• Based at our purpose built Dry Creek depot
• 8 month contract, open to both full time and part time applicants with a mix of WFH and office based work on offer

The Keolis Downer culture is one of engagement and enablement – we want to hear your ideas and support you in implementing them. We are focused on developing our staff, identifying career pathways and creating opportunity across our global network.

Interested?  Click apply now or contact Susan Hutton at [email protected] if you have any questions.

Closing date: 24 November 2023

(Note: Keolis Downer does not accept applications via email)

Keolis Downer is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and strongly encourages applications from women and indigenous Australians.