This large government body is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner who can bring their expertise, energy, and people-first approach to help shape the employee experience.

This is your chance to play a key role in driving engagement, talent development, and strategic workforce planning in a dynamic and purpose-driven environment.

Key activities

• Support Senior BP/s to enable HR solutions at all levels, promote diversity, talent, engagement, build capability and provide advice that contributes to the organisation’s goals and objectives
• Work collaboratively across the People, Culture & Engagement branches, as an internal consultant
• Prepare and maintain reports for the business relating to specific people projects
• Assist with the development and coordination of recommended changes regarding workflow and process mapping

Skills and experience

• Minimum 3+ years experience in a generalist HR role with strong HR practices and procedures knowledge
• Emotional intelligence, resilience, and the ability to engage with diverse stakeholders.
• Exceptional communication, problem-solving, and analytical skills
• Excellent time management, prioritisation and organisational skills and an ability to meet tight deadlines
• Ability to undertake effective research and analyse information and data
• Tertiary qualifications in HR or a related field (preferred).

Apply now to secure an interview or contact Dylan Tasker on 9236 7753 for a confidential discussion.

Opportunity
Our client is a community focused Federal Government Agency. They have an exciting opportunity for a Lead BA / Assistant Domain Owner to join their Service Design Delivery Team. The role is leading a team of Business Analysts and Service Designers tasked with Co-Designing a major legislative reform and impacts to systems and digital assets.

This is a 12-month initial contract with opportunity for extension.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee Data and Analytics requirements for digital products used by Providers and Participants
• Primary contact point coordinating production and support of digital products throughout lifecycle
• Lead end to end digital Agile projects through design and build running Agile ceremonies ensure design and build priorities are clear
• Facilitate workshops and showcases
• Define requirements to support user story development
• Collaborate with Product Owners, and lead and supervise BA’s and Service Designers providing coaching, support and guidance
• Managing consistent and quality delivery of program milestones and practices across teams of Service Designers and Business Analysts
• Identifying and implementing opportunities to improve program governance, practice, and reporting.
• Coaching staff in agile frameworks and scrum practices, including coordinating development opportunities
• Overseeing the implementation of sprints and ceremonies across team, including proactively identifying opportunities and implementing improvements.
• Supporting team to build a productive environment, where team members have accountability for their products and practices

About you

• Experience working within an Agile project environment
• Experience as a digital BA, leading and mentoring BA’s
• Demonstrated experience in Coordinating sprints, retrospective meetings and daily stand-ups
• Demonstrated experience in managing each project’s scope and timeline
• Experience in Facilitating internal communication and effective collaboration
• Understanding of inclusivity principles, and the need to design and implement processes that are accessible to all staff
• Preferable prior knowledge and experience in disability and public sector or legislative reform
• Proof of Australian Citizenship is requried to be eligible for this position

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Multiple APS5 Actuary positions available to work for a Federal Government Agency based in Richmond or Geelong.
The position is a 12-month contract role with the possibility of extension.

For this level position, candidates with 2-4 years of experience only will be accepted.

Key duties and responsibilities:
The role will have a considerable level of public contact in relation to complex, difficult or sensitive issues. It may liaise with a range of internal and external stakeholders in a representational role on behalf of the branch/division/NDIA.

Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

• Extracting, cleansing and preparing of data from multiple sources, in particular the data warehouse, and advising on appropriate data checks for reasonableness.
• Updating and development of regular performance monitoring.
• Supporting the division to fulfil statutory requirements of the NDIS Act 2013 including the provision of data and analysis for reporting to the Board, Minister and for the purpose of public data sharing.
• Utilising statistical and mathematical modelling techniques to undertake analytical work on a range of tasks, including actuarial monitoring and analyses, data tabulations, scheme projects and cost benefit analyses.
• Assisting in designing actuarial, statistical and mathematical models to undertake analytical work that respond to business issues, including actuarial monitoring and analyses, data tabulations, scheme projects and cost benefit analyses.
• Undertaking ad hoc modelling requests and report production.
• Effectively communicating (verbally and in writing) the progress of work responsibilities and outcomes of work undertaken.

Due to client requirements you must also provide evidence of Australian Citizenship upon submission.

Essential criteria
1. Relevant academic qualifications including tertiary qualifications in Actuarial Studies or Mathematics/Statistics, progressing towards Associate and/or Fellowship qualifications.
2. Candidates must have 2-4 years of experience.

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The Opportunity
Our client is a community focused federal government agency. They have an exciting opportunity for a EL1 Test Lead to join the team.

Initial approval for 12 months from initial employment, with the potential to extend, paying a daily rate of $602.55 + Superannuation.

Requirements:

• Leading testing of PACE including: planning, preparing and delivering user acceptance testing (UAT) and business verification testing (BVT) for product releases
• Undertaking quality management and testing assurance activities through the preparation and review of test strategies, plans, accessible test scripts in Easy English, coverage matrices and sign off reports.
• Managing and supporting Participants and their representatives; and registered providers to undertake UAT and BVT.
• Working with IT team to ensure environment and test cases are available for testing.
• Managing and tracking all testing activities and escalating defects.
• Estimating effort and time requirements for testing activities.
• Managing the resources of testers to support the various testing phases as required

Key skills:

• Demonstrated experience leading and managing a team
• Proven experience in leading the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of test automation frameworks, particularly using Playwright for browser-based automation.
• Strong understanding of Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD)
• Demonstrated ability to architect and evolve automation solutions that integrate with CI/CD pipelines using Git and GitLab
• Hands-on experience with version control, branching strategies, and code reviews in Git-based environments.
• Strong understanding of test data management, environment configuration, and test execution orchestration in automated pipelines.
• Proven ability to oversee the development and execution of test plans, test scenarios, and sign-off reports
• Strong leadership in managing end-to-end testing activities
• Experience in resource planning, task allocation, and performance oversight
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• You must be able to provide evidence of Australian Citizenship if successful for this position

APPLY
For more information or to apply, please email: Samuel.beckett@talentinternational.com

Talent International are currently recruiting for a BI Analytics Engineer to work for a Queensland Government Department. This role is based in Brisbane and is a contracting role.

About the Role:
Working within a team of professionals, the Business Intelligence Analytics Engineer will create and manage BI and analytics solutions within a Data Lakehouse that will be used to visualise information and support analytical needs in the various organisational areas within the Department

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain data models in dbt for structured, scalable analytics using Data Vault 2.0 methods.
• Build and optimise data pipelines.
• Work closely with data platform engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders to improve data accessibility and usability
• Optimise queries for performance and efficient creation of data products
• Implement best practices for data quality monitoring and automation

Essential requirements

• 2+ years of Databricks experience
• Demonstrated experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, or BI development
• Understanding of data modelling, governance, and performance optimisation
• Excellent communication and team skills.
• Experience in Azure and an understanding of modern data platforms
• Analytical mind with a problem-solving aptitude.

Desirable requirements

• Data engineering capability
• Experience working in Databricks, including using Python.
• Understanding of Data Lakehouse principals.
• Experience in Data Vault 2.0 modelling methods
• Experience work in Agile teams.
• Microsoft Power BI experience using DAX, Power Query.
• Development of Azure Data Factory pipelines, mapping, and wrangling dataflows

Deliverables

• Modelling data, datasets, and data products
• Contribute to Data Lakehouse content and supporting processes.
• Other governance documentation as required.

How to Apply:
To find out more, please “Apply for this job” or contact Jenifer Mitchell on (07) 3031 4511 or jenifer.mitchell@talentinternational.com

For a list of all vacant positions, please see our website www.talentinternational.com For over 30 years Talent has been redefining the contracting experience with industry leading support, exclusive contractor benefits & a world-class digital platform ENGAGE to access it all. Apply today to see how we can elevate your career

• 12-month contract with State Government Department
• Nerang based, live and work on the beautiful Gold Coast
• Contractor benefits through Talent, join the family today!

About the company:

Talent International are partnering with a State Government Department dedicated to overseeing infrastructure, services, and policies to ensure safe, efficient, and sustainable mobility. It manages road networks, public transport systems, and maritime operations, facilitating the movement of people and goods.

About the role:

Reporting to Regional Management, this role will focus on the monitoring of external principal contractors and their health and safety performance on projects. Your main duties and responsibilities may include:

• Provide a high standard of professional advice and support to frontline project and contract management staff, managers, and regional management teams on:
• Interpretation, understanding, and application of WHS legislations, Australian and international standards, certification and accreditation criteria.
• Implementation of WHS policies, procedures, standards, guidance and tools as they relate to the delivery of projects.
• Identification and effective management of principal contractor safety performance issues and opportunities.
• Support project and contract administration teams in application of Client-Side Safety Governance (CSSG) including review and analysis of project data and reports to support contractor safety assurance.
• Support timely and effective incident reporting and investigation by principal contractors and support project teams in reviewing, understanding and monitoring improvement actions.
• Support the identification, planning and delivery of contractor safety assurance initiatives targeting improvements in project and industry work health and safety capability and performance.
• Support the implementation of contractor safety assurance content, including through the delivery of training, consultation with project and contract managements, and ongoing monitoring for effectiveness.
• Lead and support workplace visits, inspections and audits at principal contractor workplaces to support project teams in maintaining an awareness and understanding of principal contractor systems and risk management controls.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive hourly rate, aligned with A06 banding.
• Flexible working arrangements on offer.
• Contractor benefits through Talent, join the family today!
• Tailored support throughout the whole process and beyond by your experienced Recruitment Partner.

What you’ll need to succeed:

• Tertiary qualifications in Work Health and Safety, Risk Management, or related discipline, along with industry-recognised safety certifications (e.g., Cert IV WHS or equivalent).
• Strong understanding of WHS legislation, systems, and risk management practices, particularly in a construction or infrastructure environment.
• Proven experience in assessing and supporting safety performance of principal contractors, including incident investigation and risk control monitoring.
• Ability to build strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including project managers, contractors, and safety professionals.
• Experience in delivering training, communicating safety initiatives, and influencing safety culture and performance.
• Successful candidate must be willing to obtain a Criminal History Check prior to commencement.

How to apply:

If this sounds like you express your interest and suitability via the ‘Apply Now’ function.

If you would like more information about this role, or wish to have a confidential discussion about your career aspirations, please contact Steph Rose (07) 3031 4500 or steph.rose@talentinternational.com // Emma Hansen (07) 3031 4517 or emma.hansen@talentinternational.com today.

We look forward to hearing from you ✨

Applications close Friday, 4th June.

Talent International is currently recruiting for a Management Accountant to work for a Local Government client based in Sydney. The position is a 3-month contract with the possibility of extension and pays between $55 to $72 per hour + super.

8 hours a day / 40 hours a week

Business Partnering:

• Collaborate with business units and Divisions to manage financial performance and enable informed decision-making.
• Prepare monthly financial reports with detailed variance analysis and clear performance commentary.
• Coordinate Divisional budgets and forecasts, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and acting as the primary liaison with FP&R.
• Identify business risks, underperformance, or opportunities and implement improvements aligned with strategy.
• Ensure compliance with Council policies and statutory financial reporting requirements.

Business Case and Project Costing:

• Support the cost-of-service program through accurate cost allocation, clear presentation, and robust reporting.
• Develop and enhance business cases using financial modelling and cash flow analysis to inform strategic decisions.
• Maintain and improve the Activity-Based Costing (ABC) model to increase cost transparency.
• Deliver ad hoc financial analysis and insights to support operational and strategic initiatives.
• Leverage data analysis tools to extract insights from large datasets and identify performance trends.

Support and Process Improvement:

• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and compliance in financial practices.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders, acting as a liaison between business units and finance.
• Deliver training to non-financial staff to improve financial literacy and analytical capability.
• Promote continuous improvement through cross-functional collaboration and innovation.

Essential knowledge, skills and experience

• CPA / CA or similar tertiary qualifications.
• Proven experience in management reporting, budgeting and forecasting.
• Demonstrated success in business partnering and stakeholder engagement.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex data and deliver actionable insights.
• Digitally fluent, with a track record of using financial systems and data tools to drive process improvement and operational efficiency.

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 02 8240 9596 / uvez.ahmed@talentinternational.com for a confidential discussion.

Key Skills & Experience

• Extensive experience in the design, development and support of integrations using Oracle Integration Cloud in a complex information environment comparable with that of the University.
• Extensive knowledge of developing and working with APIs, particularly REST and SOAP protocols
• Advanced knowledge and experience in scripting languages such as JavaScript and/or Python
• Demonstrated experience working with business users to refine requirements and design integration solutions to meet their needs.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly become a productive member of a cross-functional team.
• Demonstrated skills in personal time management and the ability to maintain high productivity with minimum supervision.
• Significant experience of security considerations for integration platforms and cloud technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, teach and mentor less experienced information technology staff.

Our highly regarded Client is seeking an experienced Deployment Lead to join our Frontline Digital Transformation team.

This hands-on role plays a key part in delivering effective training, driving sustainable change, and supporting frontline teams through the implementation of new systems and ways of working.

Based initially in Perth, this position will require significant travel to operational sites-so flexibility and willingness to be on the move is essential.

What You’ll Be Doing

Training Development & Delivery

• Review and evaluate training documentation for effectiveness
• Refine and tailor content to suit frontline needs
• Define the most appropriate training methods and channels
• Deliver training sessions and workshops as required

Change Communication & Readiness

• Develop and execute communications and engagement strategies
• Coordinate frontline stakeholder communications throughout execution and close-out phases
• Facilitate process review workshops and change readiness activities

Stakeholder Engagement

• Serve as a key contact for operational stakeholders
• Build strong, trust-based relationships with key business units
• Collaborate closely with the project team to manage change impacts and adoption risks
• Support and coach team members to ensure business readiness

Sustainable Change

• Ensure training artefacts are clear, practical, and business-friendly
• Drive adoption by embedding change in daily operations
• Monitor and report on training and change progress

What You’ll Bring

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in training delivery and/or change management
• Professional background in Change Management, Training, or equivalent
• Change or training-related accreditations (highly regarded)

Key Skills

• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement capabilities
• Ability to deliver clear and accessible training content
• Workshop facilitation and coaching experience
• Strategic planning and organisational skills to manage multiple priorities

Personal Attributes

• Self-motivated and able to work independently
• High emotional intelligence and interpersonal awareness
• Strong sense of integrity and trust-building
• Commitment to safety – for yourself and others

If you’re passionate about people, driven to deliver real change, and enjoy being hands-on in the field, we’d love to hear from you! Please click the “APPLY NOW” button below and attach your C.V (in word). For further information please contact Linda Mackin Brown on 0412 222 860 or Linda.mackinbrown@talentinternational.com or Rekha Patil on 0490 888 247 or rekha.patil@talentinternational.com

For a list of all vacant positions, please see our website www.talentinternational.com

About the Role:

Long term contract with potential beyond for an APS3 Participant Support Officer to join the Complex Supports Needs Branch of a Large federal agency currently undertaking several major Service Delivery initiatives.

Initial contract until 31^st December 2025, paying $37.36 hourly + Superannuation.
Based in Devonport requiring 5 days on site.

Key Duties:

• Managing and resolving participant matters by actioning planning tasks as per the NDIS Act.
• Providing counter/reception support for the local office including participant enquiries in the self-help kiosks and online support.
• Resolving customer enquiries, providing information and/or referring customers to appropriate government or community services.
• Managing the team shared email inbox, appointments and telephone enquiries.
• Coordinating appointments with the use of Agency office facilities and ensuring facilities are accessible for participants.
• Undertaking research and investigation activities and preparing associated reports and correspondence.
• Undertaking a range of data entry activities and ensuring follow up is completed.
• Receiving and recording complaints and other feedback in the Business systems.

Key skills required for role/s:

• Written and verbal communication
• MS Office
• Strong coordination skills
• Prior Reception experience
• Disability or government background advantageous

Eligibility/Other Requirements: The successful candidate will be required to undergo a pre-employment National Police History check, Worker Screening check and/or Working with Children Check (where required) and provide evidence of Australian Citizenship.

How to Apply:

To apply for this opportunity, please submit your application to Sam at Talent International by clicking the “APPLY NOW” button.
Alternatively, you can email Samuel.beckett@talentinternational.com for further information.

Our client is a federal government organisation with offices throughout Australia. Due to growth, they are seeking an EL1 Salesforce Solution Architect to join their team Richmond, Victoria.

• 12-month initial contract plus 12-month extension
• Hybrid with 3 days per week onsite
• Federal government role – Australian citizenship required

We are seeking highly skilled and energetic Salesforce Solution Architect to join Technology Services Division (TSD) at our client. This exciting opportunity will have you working as part of a dynamic and passionate team committed to delivering a better service.

Key duties and responsibilities

• Define Salesforce technical requirements, design and review Salesforce solutions “inside the box (within Salesforce and its immediate integrations)” and recommend improvements via Key Design Decision packs
• Participate to TSD technical forums (such as Design Authority Forum and Architecture Review Board) and present the solution for review and endorsement
• Ensure development of application follows defined Salesforce CRM architecture, product road map and best practices
• Groom and refine Salesforce product backlog, in liaison with TSD Business Architects, Product Owners, Functional Consultants, Release Train Engineer and Developers
• Approve configuration and coded items to be deployed between environments
• Provide guidance and support to the development and testing teams
• Provide guidance on user story to Functional Consultants and development teams
• Ensure success and acceptance criteria are defined for each story
• Describe and illustrate designs with appropriate justifications
• Ensure documentation of the steps for testing
• Groom and refine the Salesforce product backlog, in liaison with Salesforce SMEs
• Supervise the configuration, quality assurance, testing, and deployment of Salesforce
• Participate in squad ceremonies such as sprint planning, stand up and sprint review

To apply you will need the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria:

1. At least 3 to 5 years’ experience in a leading role in delivering Salesforce projects with Salesforce and Vlocity certification
2. Strong practical deployment knowledge of Salesforce and Vlocity configurations
3. Ability to demonstrate wide range of architectural knowledge across various salesforce clouds and industry solutions to support business requirements with strong practical deployment knowledge of Salesforce and Vlocity configurations
4. Ability to perform hands-on prototyping and proof of concepts for business to provide early feedback on proposed solutions
5. Strong analytical skills, with the ability to observe trends with excellent written and verbal communication skills
6. Excellent relationship-building skills and ability to liaise with stakeholders at all levels and articulate solutions

Desirable criteria
1. Exposure to Vlocity insurance industry solution including design and hands-on experience
2. Salesforce and Vlocity certified: Salesforce Solution Architect certification preferred
3. A pro-active personality, with a can-do attitude
4. Comfortable with new ways of thinking about accessibility and enthusiastic about accessible design & development will be highly regarded.

APPLY:
Submit your resume or contact Shelley at shelley.harrison@talentinternational.com or call 0418 572 482 for further information. Shortlisted will be contacted and applicants will be required to provide one page pitch to address all criteria specified (this is equal to 5000 characters).

Contract Length: Initial 12-month contract with potential extension
Employer: Federal Health Care Provider

Are you passionate about improving system reliability and performance in a high-impact federal environment? Our client, a respected Federal Health Care provider, is seeking an experienced Service Reliability Engineer to join their technical team in Perth on a labour hire basis. This role is suited to a proactive, technically skilled individual who can work across development and operations to ensure the stability, scalability, and efficiency of mission-critical systems.

As a Service Reliability Engineer (APS5 level), you will contribute to enhancing internal systems, manage incidents, and collaborate with key stakeholders to continuously improve operational performance. The role includes a blend of technical analysis, monitoring, scripting, and collaboration with project and support teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure system reliability, availability, and performance through monitoring, automation, and continuous improvement practices.
• Collaborate with development and infrastructure teams to identify and address performance bottlenecks.
• Maintain and optimise observability systems to support real-time insights and proactive incident management.
• Perform risk mitigation, incident response, and root cause analysis for operational issues.
• Support project delivery and system integration in coordination with internal technical teams and business stakeholders.

Essential Criteria:

1. Hands-on experience with observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Dynatrace, Splunk).
2. Proficiency in scripting languages such as SPL, SQL, Python, and DQL.
3. Experience with cloud platforms like AWS and Azure.
4. Familiarity with federal government-level security best practices and compliance standards.
5. Understanding of network monitoring, including Fortinet technologies.
6. Minimum 2+ years in a similar service reliability or operations role, ideally in large or complex environments.

Desirable Criteria:

1. Strong verbal and written communication skills.
2. Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code and automation tools like Terraform, Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
3. Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and tools such as GitLab CI or GitHub Actions.
4. Ability to analyse complex technical problems and drive improvements across systems.
5. Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with multiple support teams.

If you’re passionate about technology and thrive in high-availability environments, we encourage you to apply. For a full list of vacancies please visit www.talentinternational.com

For further enquries please call Kelly Williams on 0409 005 286