Senior Change Manager – Higher Education

• Lead change across a high-profile digital transformation program

• Work within a complex and highly collaborative environment

• Initial six-month contract with a leading higher education institution

Talent International has partnered with a leading higher education institution to recruit an experienced Senior Change Manager for an initial six-month contract.

This position will lead end-to-end change delivery across a complex digital transformation program involving technology, business processes and a diverse stakeholder group.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and deliver the end-to-end change strategy and plan

• Lead change impact assessments and business readiness activities

• Deliver stakeholder engagement and program communications

• Develop and potentially facilitate training and supporting materials

• Support the adoption of new systems, processes and ways of working

• Partner with program leaders, business teams and senior stakeholders

• Monitor adoption, change risks and overall business readiness

About you

To be successful, you will have:

• Demonstrated experience delivering change from strategy through to hands-on execution

• Previous experience in higher education or the broader education sector

• Experience supporting complex digital transformation projects

• Strong experience with projects involving significant business process change

• Exceptional stakeholder engagement, communication and influencing skills

• The ability to operate effectively in a complex, fast-moving environment

This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in a significant transformation program with broad organisational impact.

Applications will be reviewed immediately, with interviews commencing as soon as suitable candidates are identified.

Change Analyst

Initial 6-Month Contract
Haymarket, Sydney | Hybrid Working

Are you an experienced Change Analyst who thrives in fast-paced transformation programs? We’re looking for a proactive professional to support a major business transformation initiative, helping to ensure successful adoption of change across a complex enterprise environment.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on a high-profile program, partnering with business leaders and project teams to drive stakeholder engagement, change readiness, and successful delivery.

About the Role

As the Change Analyst, you’ll play a key role in planning, developing and delivering change management activities that support large-scale transformation initiatives. You’ll work closely with stakeholders across the business to assess change impacts, develop change plans, and ensure people are prepared and supported throughout the change journey.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver change management plans, activities and deliverable to support program outcomes.
• Conduct change impact assessments and organisational readiness assessments using recognised methodologies such as Prosci/ADKAR.
• Perform current and future state analysis to identify business impacts and support transition planning.
• Develop stakeholder engagement and communication plans that drive awareness, understanding and adoption.
• Produce high-quality change documentation, reporting and progress updates.
• Build strong relationships with business stakeholders to manage expectations, resolve issues and gain buy-in.
• Identify and manage change-related risks and escalate issues where required.
• Collaborate with project teams and business units to ensure business requirements are understood and translated into effective change activities.

About You

You’ll be an experienced Change Analyst with a proven track record supporting enterprise transformation programs. You enjoy working with stakeholders, navigating complex environments and helping organisations successfully adopt change.

You’ll ideally have:

• Experience delivering change management activities on large transformation or technology programs.
• Strong knowledge of Prosci, ADKAR or similar change management frameworks.
• Experience conducting change impact assessments and organisational readiness activities.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills.
• Strong analytical, documentation and communication skills.
• Ability to work across multiple work-streams in a fast-paced project environment.
• Experience within large, complex or highly regulated organisations will be highly regarded.

What’s on Offer

• Initial 6-month contract with potential extension.
• Hybrid working arrangement based in Haymarket, Sydney.
• Opportunity to contribute to a significant enterprise transformation program.
• Collaborative and supportive project environment.
• Competitive daily rate.

If you’re passionate about helping organisations successfully navigate change and have experience supporting complex transformation programs, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now or contact Talent International for a confidential discussion.

Talent International, a leading Australian recruitment firm, have been engaged by our long-standing client, a leading global technology consultancy. We are seeking an experienced Program Manager to support the delivery of a major enterprise technology program.

Role Title: Program Manager

Contract Length: Initial 9-month contract

Location + WFH Flexibility: North Sydney region | Hybrid (3-4 days onsite)

Daily Pay: Up to $1,040 per day (inclusive of super)

Role Details:

• Oversee the successful delivery of a complex enterprise technology program.
• Drive program governance, reporting, schedules, risks, dependencies and delivery milestones.
• Build strong relationships with customers, delivery teams and key stakeholders to ensure successful outcomes.
• Coordinate multiple workstreams and provide clear communication across technical and business stakeholders.
• Monitor program progress, manage issues and risks, and ensure delivery remains aligned to agreed objectives.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Proven experience delivering large-scale technology or infrastructure programs.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, communication and relationship-building skills.
• Strong experience managing governance, reporting, schedules, risks and delivery timelines.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and navigate complex enterprise environments.
• PMP certification is highly regarded.
• Experience delivering networking or infrastructure-related projects is preferred.
• Telecommunications industry experience will be highly regarded.

Additional Details & Benefits:

• Join a high-profile enterprise technology program within a leading global technology consultancy.
• Collaborative team environment with a strong focus on stakeholder engagement and delivery.
• Hybrid working model with 3-4 days onsite each week.
• Up to $1,040 per day (inclusive of super).

To Apply:

If this sounds like your next opportunity or you would like to hear more, please click Apply Now and submit your resume.

Talent International is currently recruiting Procurement Officer/ Sourcing Specialist – Grade 6 to work for the NSW Government, based in Burwood (Hybrid). This is a contract until the 30th of Dec, with the possibility of extension, paying between $55 and $60/day plus Super.

8 hours per day/ 40 hours per week (excluding break, no overtime will be paid – less than 6 hours will be half day)

About the role

As a Procurement Officer / Sourcing Specialist, you will support operational sourcing activities by managing goods and services sourcing events, processing purchase orders and providing procurement advice to internal stakeholders.

You will work closely with teams across Finance, Procurement Services, the Solution Centre and Centre of Excellence to deliver high-quality customer service, support process improvements and achieve timely procurement outcomes.

Key responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end sourcing activities for goods and services.
• Prepare, draft and manage RFQs, RFPs and associated sourcing documentation.
• Assist with drafting procurement contracts and supporting documentation.
• Process purchase orders accurately and within required timeframes.
• Conduct sourcing activities using systems such as Beeline, Guided Buy and ARIBA.
• Provide procurement advice and support to internal business stakeholders.
• Work with suppliers and internal stakeholders to resolve sourcing, system and process issues.
• Support customers with procurement system and process adoption.
• Maintain a high-volume workload while delivering accurate, responsive and professional service.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and contribute effectively within an agile team environment.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Demonstrated experience managing goods and services sourcing events.
• Experience preparing RFQs, RFPs and procurement contracts.
• Knowledge of procure-to-pay processes.
• Strong stakeholder management, customer service and communication skills.
• A high level of integrity, attention to detail and problem-solving ability.
• A proactive, flexible and positive approach to working in a changing environment.
• Experience with ARIBA and/or SAP is preferred, but not essential.
• Previous NSW Government or broader government experience is desirable.

Experience in supply chain, inventory, materials planning or warehousing is not required for this role.

If you are interested in this role, please APPLY NOW by submitting your resume in MS Word Format. For further information, you may contact Uvez Ahmed on 0480 806 154 / uvez.ahmed@talentinternational.com for a confidential discussion.

Enterprise Architect

Sydney CBD | On-site | Contract or Permanent

Are you an Enterprise Architect who enjoys solving complex business problems, building trusted client relationships, and shaping modern technology strategies?

Our client is a growing technology consultancy partnering with some of the world’s most recognised brands. They are looking for an experienced Enterprise Architect to join their Sydney team, working closely with clients to define technology strategy, modernise digital platforms, and deliver business outcomes.

This is a highly client-facing role where your ability to build relationships is just as important as your technical expertise. You’ll be trusted with ownership from day one, working in an environment that values initiative, collaboration, and accountability over bureaucracy.

What you’ll be doing

• Partner with senior business and technology stakeholders to shape enterprise architecture and technology strategy.
• Lead architecture discussions across digital products, cloud platforms, integrations, APIs, enterprise systems, and data.
• Translate business objectives into scalable, practical technology roadmaps.
• Build strong, long-term relationships across multiple client organisations.
• Provide architectural guidance throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Present technical recommendations confidently to both technical and executive audiences.
• Identify opportunities for modernisation, innovation, and continuous improvement.

What we’re looking for

• Proven experience as an Enterprise Architect, Principal Architect, or Senior Solution Architect.
• Previous consulting experience is essential.
• Experience within PropTech, property technology, or real estate platforms is essential.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture, digital platforms, integrations, APIs, and modern software delivery.
• Experience working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or other major cloud platforms.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the confidence to walk into a new client environment and quickly build credibility.
• A proactive, “can do” attitude with the confidence to challenge ideas and speak up when needed.
• Comfortable working in dynamic environments where priorities can change quickly.
• Professional, personable, and highly presentable.
• Passion for keeping up to date with modern technologies and industry trends.

Why join?

• Work with some of Australia’s and the world’s most recognised brands.
• Join a high-performing consultancy where relationships drive success.
• Enjoy genuine ownership and autonomy without layers of unnecessary red tape.
• Be part of a collaborative team that is responsive, supportive, and passionate about delivering outstanding outcomes.
• Work alongside experienced consultants who enjoy solving challenging, complex problems.
• Flexible opportunity available as either a permanent employee or contractor.

Location: Sydney CBD, 3 to 4 days per week on site.

Employment Type: Permanent or Contract.

Talent is recruiting for a Digital Producer to join our leading aviation client in the Sydney CBD. This is an exciting opportunity to deliver and optimise customer-focused digital experiences using Adobe Experience Manager and Adobe Target.

In this hands-on role, you will manage content across web and mobile channels, improving customer journeys for small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) customers and business travellers through publishing, experimentation, personalisation and data-driven optimisation.

Responsibilities include:

• Manage digital content publishing, updates and maintenance using Adobe Experience Manager.
• Own the end-to-end delivery of digital content and customer experiences.
• Optimise customer journeys through testing, analytics and continuous improvement.
• Support A/B testing, experimentation and personalisation using Adobe Target.
• Monitor customer behaviour and digital performance to identify improvement opportunities.
• Partner with Product, UX, Marketing, Commercial, Analytics and Technology teams.

To be successful, you will bring:

• Strong hands-on experience using Adobe Experience Manager (A must).
• Experience using Adobe Target for experimentation and personalisation.
• Working knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Experience using Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics or a similar platform.
• Knowledge of website and conversion optimisation methodologies.
• Experience managing digital content from initial brief through to publication.

• Experience supporting SME, loyalty, travel or business customer journeys (Desirable).

If you are interested, please apply now! For a confidential discussion, please reach out to Josh.costigan@talentinternational.com

Talent International is currently recruiting Assistant Procurement Officer to work for the NSW Government, based in Burwood (Hybrid). This is a contract until the 30th of Dec, with the possibility of extension, paying between $40 and $50/day plus Super.

8 hours per day/ 40 hours per week (excluding break, no overtime will be paid – less than 6 hours will be half day)

Start Date: 17/08/2026

About the role

As an Assistant Procurement Officer, you will support operational sourcing activities by ensuring the accurate and timely processing of purchase orders, conducting sourcing activities and providing procurement advice to internal stakeholders.

Working closely with Finance, Procurement Services, the Solution Centre and Centre of Excellence teams, you will help deliver a high standard of customer service, contribute to process improvements and support efficient procurement outcomes.

Key responsibilities

• Process purchase orders accurately and within required timeframes.
• Conduct sourcing and request-for-quotation activities using procurement systems.
• Provide general procurement advice and support to internal stakeholders.
• Work with external suppliers and a broad range of internal business areas.
• Assist in resolving customer enquiries, system issues and procurement-related concerns.
• Support customers to understand and adopt procurement systems and processes.
• Maintain a high-volume workload while delivering accurate, responsive service.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and contribute positively to an agile team environment.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Experience across procure-to-pay processes.
• Strong customer service and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills.
• A proactive, positive and flexible approach to changing priorities.
• Strong attention to detail, integrity and problem-solving ability.
• Experience with ARIBA and/or SAP is preferred, but not essential.
• Previous NSW Government or broader government experience is desirable.

Experience in supply chain, inventory, materials planning or warehousing is not required for this position.

If you are interested in this role, please APPLY NOW by submitting your resume in MS Word Format. For further information, you may contact Uvez Ahmed on 0480 806 154 / uvez.ahmed@talentinternational.com for a confidential discussion.

Talent International is currently recruiting for an EL1 Specialist Advisor, Employment Suitability and Workforce Integrity to work for one of our Federal Government clients one of its multiple office locations across NSW. The position is a contract till end of Dec with the possibility of extension. The role pays $602.55 per day + Super.

7.6 hours per day and 38 hours per week

This senior advisory role will lead the development and implementation of contemporary employment suitability, personnel security and workforce integrity frameworks. You will provide expert advice on complex suitability matters, strengthen workforce screening practices and support defensible, risk-based decision-making across the employment lifecycle.

Key responsibilities:

Personnel security and suitability frameworks

• Lead the design, consultation and implementation of an employee suitability framework covering the full employment lifecycle.
• Ensure alignment with the Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF), APS integrity requirements and personnel security policies.
• Provide expert analysis and advice on workforce suitability and risk-based controls.

Suitability assessment and advisory

• Apply vetting and suitability assessment principles to complex workforce cases.
• Identify suitability concerns and recommend appropriate risk treatments and mitigations.
• Support consistent and defensible decisions through structured analysis, clear documentation and sound judgement.

Pre-employment screening

• Strengthen pre-employment screening processes by aligning checks with the risk profile of each role.
• Integrate screening requirements into recruitment processes and system workflows.
• Review pre-employment information, identify suitability indicators and provide recommendations.

Ongoing workforce suitability

• Develop practical, risk-informed approaches to ongoing employee suitability.
• Establish clear triggers for review and apply structured assessment methods when concerns arise.
• Help the organisation manage integrity-related workforce risks.

Role risk and governance

• Identify roles with elevated integrity, access or worker-screening requirements.
• Maintain registers or tools connecting positions with relevant suitability expectations.
• Advise business areas on suitability considerations during position design, recruitment and workforce management.

Policy and continuous improvement

• Review and maintain policies, procedures and guidance materials covering the employment lifecycle.
• Improve connections between personnel security, workplace integrity, fraud, audit, risk and governance functions.
• Ensure documentation is clear, consistent and accessible.

Stakeholder engagement

• Build collaborative relationships with Cyber Security, Fraud, Legal, Audit, Risk and operational teams.
• Engage confidently with stakeholders at all organisational levels regarding complex and sensitive matters.
• Prepare high-quality executive papers, briefings and written advice.

Leadership and program delivery

• Lead complex workstreams while managing priorities, risks and interdependencies.
• Mentor staff working in personnel security and workforce integrity functions.
• Facilitate knowledge transfer and promote stronger awareness of integrity, ethical behaviour and suitability expectations.

About you

The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

• Significant experience across the personnel security lifecycle.
• Experience applying PSPF requirements to recruitment, onboarding, suitability assessments, ongoing monitoring and cessation processes.
• Strong experience in vetting, personnel security, suitability assessment or comparable integrity-based roles.
• The ability to interpret complex personal information and assess suitability against defined standards.
• Experience developing or applying structured frameworks, assessment methodologies and risk criteria.
• Excellent written analysis skills, including preparing suitability assessments, decision records, executive papers and briefings.
• The ability to manage sensitive and confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
• Highly developed judgement and decision-making skills, including the ability to balance risk with operational requirements.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and senior advisory capabilities.

A Certificate IV in Government Security (Personnel Vetting) will be highly regarded.

If you are interested in this role, please APPLY NOW by submitting your resume in MS Word Format. For further information, you may contact Uvez Ahmed on 0480 806 154 / uvez.ahmed@talentinternational.com for a confidential discussion.

Server & Network Infrastructure Engineer
Sydney, NSW
12 Month Contract
Up to $450 per day including super

I’m currently partnering with one of my clients to find an experienced Server & Network Infrastructure Engineer to join a large enterprise technology team on an initial 12 month contract based in Sydney.

This is a true infrastructure role and applicants must have hands on experience supporting both server and network environments. Candidates with experience in only one discipline will not be considered.

What you’ll be doing

* Administering and supporting VMware virtual environments, including ESXi and vCenter
* Managing Hypervisor infrastructure to ensure high availability and performance
* Supporting Linux and Windows Server environments
* Administering Active Directory, including Group Policy, DNS and DHCP
* Configuring, maintaining and troubleshooting Cisco network infrastructure, including switches and routers
* Supporting LAN/WAN connectivity, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP and VLANs across enterprise environments
* Monitoring, maintaining and optimising both server and network infrastructure to ensure high availability
* Performing upgrades, patching, maintenance and troubleshooting across the infrastructure environment

Essential experience

* Proven commercial experience supporting both server and network infrastructure is essential
* Strong VMware administration experience, including ESXi and vCenter
* Experience with Hypervisor technologies
* Strong Linux administration skills
* Windows Server and Active Directory administration experience
* Hands on Cisco networking experience, including switching and routing
* Solid understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs and enterprise networking concepts
* Strong troubleshooting skills across both server and network technologies
* Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively within a technical team

What’s on offer

* Initial 12 month contract with the potential for extension
* Sydney based role
* Up to $450 per day including super
* Opportunity to support critical enterprise infrastructure across both server and network technologies

If you’re an Infrastructure Engineer with experience across both server and network environments, I’d love to hear from you.

Our client

Our client is a globally recognised organisation operating at enterprise scale across more than 60 countries. They are investing heavily in their global technology function and are creating a new leadership structure to build a world-class ServiceNow capability across Sydney, London, India and the US.

As part of this transformation, they’re seeking an experienced ServiceNow Platform Leader to own the technical platform and help shape its future.

The role

This is a newly created leadership opportunity where you’ll become the technical owner of a global enterprise ServiceNow platform.

Reporting directly to the Vice President of Service Transformation, you’ll lead platform governance, releases, upgrades, architecture oversight and technical delivery while managing a globally distributed engineering team.

This is a true 50/50 leadership role. You’ll mentor engineers, guide technical decisions and remain hands-on enough to maintain credibility while influencing the future direction of the platform.

Working closely with Product Leadership, you’ll determine how work is prioritised and delivered, ensuring platform stability, governance and long-term scalability rather than simply reacting to incoming requests.

Key responsibilities

• Own the global ServiceNow platform and technical roadmap.
• Lead platform governance, upgrades, releases and change management.
• Prioritise platform work and manage engineering capacity.
• Oversee architecture, technical standards and platform performance.
• Lead and mentor a global engineering team across Sydney and India.
• Drive platform improvements and continuous optimisation.
• Partner with Product teams to deliver secure, scalable platform capabilities.
• Present platform strategy, innovation and roadmap updates to senior IT leadership.
• Ensure enterprise governance, compliance and release quality across the platform.

Skills and experience

You’ll likely come from a ServiceNow Administrator, Developer or Platform Engineering background before progressing into technical leadership.

We’re looking for someone who has:

• Strong hands-on ServiceNow platform expertise.
• Experience leading ServiceNow platform operations within a large enterprise.
• Release governance, change management and platform upgrade experience.
• Experience managing technical teams while remaining hands-on.
• Strong stakeholder management with the confidence to challenge priorities when required.
• ServiceNow certifications (highly regarded).
• ITIL / enterprise ITSM knowledge.
• Experience working across global teams and multiple time zones.

Benefits and additional information

• $190,000 base + super + 10% STI.
• Hybrid working (4 days in the office).
• Work from home every Friday.
• Finish at 1pm every Friday.
• 2 additional wellbeing days each year.
• 5 gifted leave days over Christmas.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Retail discounts and employee benefits.
• Fresh fruit and snacks in the office.
• Novated leasing and salary sacrifice options.
• Up to 30% discounts on award-winning restaurants and accommodation.
• Gym memberships and lifestyle benefits.
• Genuine opportunity to build and lead a growing global ServiceNow function.

A leading provider of financial markets technology is seeking a Windows Platform Engineer with advanced Windows Server, AWS and infrastructure automation experience to join their fast-paced team on a permanent basis.

You’ll play a key role in maintaining the reliability, availability and performance of their Windows-based cloud infrastructure. Working across their AWS environment, you’ll leverage Terraform, CI/CD and PowerShell to automate infrastructure delivery, improve observability and support secure, resilient production systems.

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Tertiary qualifications combined with relevant industry certifications
• Proven Windows Systems Engineering, Cloud Engineering, DevOps or SRE experience within complex organisations
• Deep hands-on knowledge of Windows Server, including Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, PKI/certificates and patching
• Strong AWS cloud infrastructure experience, including Windows workloads hosted on EC2
• Advanced Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform
• CI/CD pipeline experience, ideally using GitLab
• Strong PowerShell scripting and automation capability
• Experience administering SCCM/MECM across patching, application deployment and compliance
• Familiarity with observability tools such as Grafana, Dynatrace, AppDynamics or similar
• Advanced troubleshooting, problem-solving and communication skills

Why apply:

• Join a growing SRE team within an established Financial Services organisation
• Work across AWS, Terraform, CI/CD and modern observability platforms
• Help shape automation and reliability practices
• Competitive salary, flexible hybrid working and career growth opportunities

This is a Sydney-based role which will require you to be in their North Sydney office three days per week.

They are offering an attractive salary of approximately $160,000-$170,000 + super for the right candidate.

We’re looking for an experienced Program Analyst to join a large financial services organisation undergoing a significant business and technology transformation. You’ll play a key role in supporting the delivery of strategic initiatives that improve business processes, governance, customer outcomes and operational efficiency.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working with stakeholders, solving problems and helping shape the future state of a growing business.

About the Role

Working alongside an experienced Program Lead, you’ll support multiple workstreams across a large transformation program. This is a hands-on role requiring a combination of program coordination, stakeholder engagement and business analysis skills.

You’ll work closely with business leaders, subject matter experts and delivery teams to help define future ways of working, improve processes and ensure successful delivery.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of strategic business transformation initiatives.
• Facilitate workshops and engage with business stakeholders to understand operational needs.
• Gather, analyse and document business requirements.
• Assist with current-state and future-state process design.
• Coordinate activities across multiple workstreams and manage interdependencies.
• Monitor risks, issues, actions and project milestones.
• Support governance activities, including Steering Committee reporting and status updates.
• Prepare project documentation, meeting packs and delivery reports.
• Assist with business readiness and implementation activities.
• Drive actions through to completion and work collaboratively across business and technology teams.

Requirements

• Previous experience as a Program Analyst/Business Analyst.
• Experience supporting large business or technology transformation programs.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Experience facilitating workshops and documenting business requirements.
• Ability to analyse business processes and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Experience with governance, RAID management and program reporting.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Experience working within Agile, Waterfall or hybrid delivery environments.

Highly Desirable

• Financial Services, Wealth, Superannuation experience.
• Exposure to risk, governance or regulatory transformation.
• Exposure/Experience in XPLAN/Salesforce/Midwinter.
• Experience working with Jira, Confluence, SharePoint or similar collaboration tools.
• Experience supporting operational change and business readiness activities.

If you have all the skills above, please click “APPLY” to this role.

Alternatively, if you want for a confidential chat, please email me at alex.nguyen@talentinternational.com