Overview:
Are you passionate about bridging the gap between cutting-edge research and innovative digital infrastructure? We are seeking a Deputy Director of Digital Research to support our mission of empowering research and education communities through advanced technology solutions. In this pivotal role, you’ll collaborate with a wide array of stakeholders to leverage our assets and capabilities in pursuit of impactful digital research projects. From pioneering quantum communication technologies to enhancing cyber security measures, you will drive initiatives that not only advance our charitable purpose but also enhance member services. Join us to amplify your influence, represent our organization in the research sector, and contribute to transforming the landscape of digital research!

Required Skills:

• Tertiary qualifications in a STEM field
• Strong management experience within the research and education sector
• Proven ability in strategic development and detailed program planning
• Effective customer and relationship management skills
• Excellent negotiation, influencing, and stakeholder engagement abilities
• Strong communication skills across various media formats
• Demonstrated capability to manage complex programs and projects
• Ability to prioritize tasks and manage competing deadlines
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

Nice to Have Skills:

• Experience engaging with national and international digital research organisations
• Familiarity with innovative digital research technologies and techniques
• Previous experience in advocacy or representing organizations at forums and meetings
• Ability to mentor and guide team members in a collaborative environment

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Tertiary qualifications in a STEM field are essential
• Demonstrated understanding of the research and education landscape, with significant management experience
• Experience in leading multi-stakeholder projects is highly beneficial

Other Requirements:

• Australian citizenship is required
• Must be able to undergo a full Police check and any other necessary background checks as directed
• Strong commitment to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace

To fast track your application email jordan.wagstaff@outbacktalent.com

Overview:
Our client is dedicated to transforming the research and education landscape across Australia through cutting-edge telecommunications. As a Planning & Approvals Specialist, you will play a crucial role in our dynamic Infrastructure Development team, focusing on the expansion of our fibre optic network throughout suburban and regional Victoria. Your expertise will ensure the timely delivery of project approvals, while safeguarding environmental compliance and cultural heritage considerations. This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about contributing to the next generation of educators, researchers, and students.

Required Skills:

• Extensive experience in securing cultural heritage and statutory approvals.
• Proven experience in telecommunications, specifically in fibre optic construction project approvals.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and negotiation abilities.
• Detailed knowledge of environmental planning and relevant legislation.
• Familiarity with construction techniques specific to telecommunications projects.

Nice to Have Skills:

• Previous experience specifically related to telecommunications or fibre optic planning.
• Familiarity with local, state, and federal regulatory frameworks.
• Experience working with Registered Aboriginal Parties and key landowners.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Urban Planning, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in a planning and approvals role, ideally within the telecommunications industry.

Other Requirements:

• Ability to engage effectively with federal, state, and local authorities as well as community stakeholders.
• Willingness to conduct site visits and travel as required.
• Certifications related to project management or environmental planning are a plus.

To fast track your application email jordan.wagstaff@outbacktalent.com

Talent International, a leading Australian recruitment firm, have been engaged by our long-standing client, one of the world’s leading privately owned packaging, paper and recycling companies.

We are seeking an experienced Reliability Manager to lead reliability and maintenance strategy across a large-scale industrial manufacturing facility operating in a 24/7 production environment.

The site processes recovered paper from recycling streams and converts it into cardboard packaging products. Operations span Recycling, Box Plant and Plastic Recycling divisions, creating a complex and highly integrated manufacturing environment.

Role Title: Reliability Manager

Opportunity: Permanent Career Opportunity

Location: Smithfield, Sydney (on-site)

Salary: Up to $230,000 package depending on experience

Client Industry: Manufacturing / Recycling / Packaging

Candidates located anywhere across Australia or New Zealand will be considered, with relocation support available for the successful applicant.

Role Details

* Lead reliability and maintenance across the paper pulping process and paper machines within a complex manufacturing environment

* Strengthen preventative maintenance frameworks, RCA processes and reliability engineering capability

* Plan and deliver monthly shutdowns and a major annual shutdown with large contractor workforces

* Oversee reliability of large rotating equipment and heavy mechanical assets

* Manage a maintenance budget of $20M-$24M while improving plant reliability, safety and availability

Required Skills and Experience

* Heavy mechanical reliability background within large-scale manufacturing environments

* Strong experience with rotating equipment and large industrial machinery

* Proven leadership of multidisciplinary maintenance teams (engineering, planning and trades)

* Experience operating within a 24/7 manufacturing environment, including major shutdowns

* Track record of improving reliability frameworks, asset performance and plant availability

Additional Details & Benefits

* Leadership responsibility across 4 Electrical Engineers, 4 Mechanical Engineers, 2 Planners and ~30 tradespeople

* Opportunity to uplift and develop the maintenance team and implement improved reliability frameworks

* Direct influence on plant performance, reliability strategy and long-term operational improvement

* Relocation package available for candidates across Australia or New Zealand

* Work within a large, well-established global organisation with strong internal career mobility

To Apply

If this sounds like your next opportunity or you would like to hear more, please ‘apply now’ and submit your resume.

For more information or a confidential discussion please contact – Angus Bick at Talent International – angus.bick@talentinternational.com

Do you have excellent administration, coordination and business support experience?

If that sounds like you, read on!

We’re seeking a very capable business support person to join a busy business group and provide high level administrative support across the group.

That means you’ll be providing business and administrative support, coordinating governance meetings, booking travel, providing financial administration, and coordinating events.

You’ll bring a suite of all round administrative and coordination skills and experience, and ideally have experience in the public sector. You’ll be accustomed to working with senior managers and understand managing confidentialities and sensitive information.

You’ll:

• have experience in administrative support or personal assistance roles
• thoroughly enjoy administrative support and making things happen – organising and prioritising is your natural thing!
• have a high level of attention to detail and able to think ahead
• be a true confidante
• be able to put events together and able to manage all the details
• enjoy being flexible, adaptable and have a can-do nature
• have solid systems capabilities including the Microsoft suite.

You’d be joining a collegial team that enjoys their work and providing excellent support to their business group.

If this sounds like the opportunity for you – don’t delay and apply now with your CV and a cover letter telling us why in your own words. We will be reviewing applications as they come in. Please note, you must be a New Zealand citizen to be eligible.

For more information or to discuss the role please contact Jacaleen Williams at Talent International on 021 732 996.

Shape the future of data, AI and modern data platforms

Talent’s client is looking for an experienced Customer Advisory Architect – Data & Analytics to help organisations unlock the full value of their data platforms and AI capabilities.
This is a senior pre-sales architecture role where you’ll partner with business stakeholders to understand complex problems, translate them into modern data architectures, and shape solution strategies that deliver measurable outcomes.

You’ll sit within a specialist pre-sales architecture team and collaborate closely with account managers, solution specialists, architects, and consulting leaders to design impactful solutions for customers across New Zealand.
If you enjoy working with senior stakeholders, running discovery workshops, and shaping modern data platform solutions, this role offers the opportunity to work at the forefront of enterprise data transformation.

The team
You’ll be joining a highly collaborative architecture and consulting environment, including:

• A pre-sales architecture team of 8 specialists
• A wider data and integration practice of around 60 people
• Close collaboration with architects, SMEs, consulting managers and the CTO

The organisation is a recognised Microsoft Fabric partner in APAC, with many projects currently centred around Fabric-based data platforms, alongside Databricks and modern analytics ecosystems.

What you’ll be doing

• Engage with senior business stakeholders to understand strategic goals, challenges and data opportunities
• Lead discovery sessions, workshops and demos to shape modern data and analytics solutions
• Design data platform architectures across technologies such as Microsoft Fabric, Databricks and Snowflake ecosystems
• Translate business requirements into solution designs, commercials and proposal inputs
• Support the development of statements of work, solution sizing and delivery handover
• Partner with sales, technical and consulting teams to build strong solution strategies and go-to-market approaches
• Stay across emerging trends in data platforms, AI and analytics to help customers adopt modern capabilities

What you’ll bring

• Around 7-10+ years’ experience in data platform architecture, analytics consulting, or solution architecture
• Strong experience engaging with senior business stakeholders and executive audiences
• Expertise designing modern data platforms using technologies such as Microsoft Fabric, Databricks or Snowflake
• Strong technical foundation including SQL, Python, data modelling and data engineering practices
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes
• Experience running workshops, discovery sessions, demos or proofs of concept
• Exposure to pre-sales activities including solution sizing, proposal inputs and commercial thinking

The ideal profile
The team is looking for someone who can bridge business and technology.
Many candidates are either:

• Strong technologists without stakeholder advisory experience, or
• Great consultants without deep data platform expertise.

The ideal person brings both – technical credibility and strong consulting capability.

What’s in it for you

• Flexible working arrangements and hybrid work options
• Collaborative and supportive team culture
• Birthday leave and volunteer days
• Regular team events and social activities
• Clear professional development pathways
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge data and AI transformation projects

Please note: Applicants must be based in New Zealand and have full legal rights to work in NZ.

If you enjoy helping organisations turn complex data challenges into impactful solutions, we’d love to hear from you!

Collections Strategy Manager / Campaign Manager

📍 Parramatta, NSW

🕐 Full Time | Onsite

Talent International is partnering with a professional services organisation based in Parramatta to recruit an experienced Collections Strategy Manager / Campaign Manager to drive performance across contingent debt and PDL portfolios.

This role sits within collections strategy and portfolio performance rather than traditional marketing. You will design and optimise customer contact and recovery strategies across multiple communication channels to improve engagement, repayment outcomes and portfolio performance.

This opportunity suits someone with experience in collections strategy, campaign management within a contact centre environment, credit operations or portfolio analytics who enjoys using data to drive measurable improvements.

The Role

As the Collections Strategy Manager / Campaign Manager, you will develop and optimise collections and communication strategies across multiple credit portfolios.

Working closely with operations, data and technology teams, you will analyse portfolio behaviour, refine contact strategies and drive improved recovery outcomes while ensuring all activities meet regulatory and compliance requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Collections & Contact Strategy

• Develop and implement collections and communication strategies across debt portfolios
• Optimise channel mix and sequencing across SMS, email, outbound and digital channels
• Design compliant messaging and customer communication journeys
• Identify performance gaps and implement strategy improvements

Data & Performance Insights

• Analyse portfolio and campaign performance using Power BI, Excel, SQL, Databricks and Genesys
• Identify trends and translate insights into actionable strategy changes
• Build reporting and dashboards to monitor performance and inform decision making

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Work closely with Operations, Portfolio Managers, Client Services, Data and Technology teams
• Lead campaign planning sessions and support delivery of contact strategies across channels

Risk & Compliance

• Ensure all strategies and communications meet regulatory and compliance requirements
• Maintain strong governance and responsible collections practices

About You

You will bring experience in collections strategy, customer contact strategy, credit operations or portfolio performance management within a regulated environment.

Key skills include:

• Experience in financial services, credit, collections, utilities or similar industries
• Strong analytical capability and ability to interpret data
• Experience with Power BI, Excel, SQL or similar reporting tools
• Background designing or managing customer communication or collections campaigns
• Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills
• Understanding of Debt Collection Guidelines, privacy regulations and compliance frameworks (desirable)

Why Apply

• Strategic role with ownership of collections campaign performance
• Opportunity to work with a well-established professional services organisation
• Collaborative and high-performing team environment
• Strong focus on continuous improvement and capability development
• Competitive salary package and onsite benefits

If you are experienced in collections strategy, portfolio analytics or credit operations and are looking to drive meaningful improvements in portfolio performance, we encourage you to apply.

Talent International, a leading Australian recruitment firm, have been engaged by a globally recognised leader in the entertainment and music industry. We are seeking a Senior Financial Accountant – Operations to join their Sydney finance team.

Role Title: Senior Financial Accountant – Operations

Opportunity: Permanent

Location + WFH Flexibility: Woolloomooloo (City Fringe) – Monday to Thursday in office, Friday work from home (half day)

Salary: $110,000 – $130,000 + Super + 10% Bonus

Role Details:

* Own the relationship with the offshore Shared Services Centre, including service delivery oversight and quality improvement

* Review journals, reconciliations and outputs prepared by offshore and onshore finance teams

* Support month-end close and ensure accuracy and integrity of financial records

* Oversee revenue, inventory, intercompany and balance sheet reconciliations

* Support implementation of SOX controls and finance governance frameworks

* Identify opportunities for process simplification, automation and efficiency improvements

* Mentor and uplift junior accountants within the team

* Support internal and external audit processes

This role sits within a transforming finance function and will play an important part in strengthening standards, improving processes and supporting finance operations as the business prepares for future growth initiatives.

Candidate Profile:

* Ideally 5-6 years total experience

* Big 4 audit background preferred (minimum ~3-4 years)

* Industry experience as a Senior Accountant strongly preferred

* Strong technical accounting capability

* Experience working within corporate or large enterprise finance environments

* Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

* SAP experience preferred

What Success Looks Like:

* Acting as a key escalation point for technical and operational finance questions

* Uplifting standards and coaching junior team members

* Improving efficiency and quality of finance processes

* Building strong working relationships with the Shared Services Centre and global finance stakeholders

Culture & Environment

The finance team operates within a collaborative and supportive environment. The successful candidate will be someone who can raise standards while maintaining a positive and constructive team culture.

The business is currently undergoing several transformation initiatives, including improvements to finance processes, automation opportunities and broader operational enhancements.

Benefits

* Short Fridays – finish at 1pm every Friday

* Hybrid flexibility – Friday work from home

* 2 additional well-being days per year

* 5 gifted days leave over Christmas

* Up to 30% off award-winning restaurants and accommodation

* Lifestyle benefits including gym memberships and dry-cleaning services

To Apply:

If this sounds like your next opportunity or you would like to hear more, please ‘apply now’ and submit your resume.

For more information or a confidential discussion please contact Sienna Coate Thompson at Talent International

📧 sienna.coatethompson@talentinternational.com

• Head of Social
• Sydney CBD based with flexibility
• $190,000 + annual 10% bonus

Australia’s number one beauty brand is putting social at the centre of how it builds brands and drives growth. With multiple beauty brands under its umbrella and aggressive growth plans underway, the business is looking for a Head of Social to lead the function end-to-end.

You’ll sit at the centre of campaigns, launches, creators, retailers and culture – you’ll own how social shows up across every brand under your guidance, market and moment. If you thrive in fast-moving environments, love ambiguity, and want real influence, this is the role for you!

The Opportunity:

As Head of Social, you’ll own strategy, leadership and execution across a portfolio of leading beauty brands. You’ll lead small, sharp social teams, partner closely with brand, performance and retail marketing, and work with best-in-class agencies to bring bold, social-first ideas to life.

This is a hands-on leadership role: you’ll set the vision, but you’ll also be in the work – shaping content, guiding creators, and pushing campaigns live at speed.

What You’ll Be Responsible For:

• Own and lead social strategy across multiple beauty brands
• Running the social function day-to-day
• Translate brand ambition into social-first ideas, campaigns and always-on content
• Lead, mentor and develop social talent across brands
• Drive major launches, cultural moments and retail-led social activations
• Partner closely with Brand Managers, Performance Marketing and Retail Marketing
• Oversee and collaborate with external creative, social and PR agencies
• Support global expansion, working with global teams
• Be present – at shoots, events, retailer activations and campaign moments

Who This Is For:

You’re a senior social strategist who knows how to build brands up. You’re comfortable owning big decisions, juggling multiple brands, and moving without perfect information. You’re not precious – you care more about impact than polish, and you love the energy of fast growth.

You’ll Likely Bring:

• Proven senior experience in social strategy (brand or agency side)
• Strong agency background highly regarded
• Experience managing multiple brands or accounts simultaneously
• A deep understanding of content, creators, platforms and culture
• Confidence leading teams and influencing senior stakeholders
• Passion for beauty, consumer products and brand storytelling
• A bias for action – you move fast and figure it out

Culture & Ways of Working:

• Startup mentality, even at scale
• High trust, high accountability, very collaborative
• Deeply embedded, “we’re in this together” culture
• Opportunity for international and domestic travel (including New York)

If this role sounds like you, please APPLY NOW!

• Location: ACT
• Security Clearance: NV1 required
• Permanent – Full-time: 40 hours per week

  Position Overview
  An opportunity exists for an experienced ICT Security Advisor to support a major national capability program. Working within the Chief Engineer team, the role provides specialist cyber security advice to ensure ICT systems are designed, developed, and operated in accordance with Australian Government and Defence security frameworks. The successful candidate will collaborate with engineering teams, security specialists, and external stakeholders to strengthen security practices, manage risk, and ensure systems meet certification and accreditation requirements throughout their lifecycle.

  Key Duties

  • Ensure ICT systems are designed, developed, operated, and maintained in line with relevant Australian Government and Defence security frameworks and policies.
  • Implement and oversee appropriate security controls to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of ICT systems and information.
  • Identify security threats and vulnerabilities within system designs and ensure they are managed in accordance with approved Security Risk Management Plans.
  • Support the development and maintenance of system Standard Operating Procedures and other required security artefacts.
  • Review Defence ICT security documentation and provide specialist advice to project and engineering teams.
  • Educate team members on their responsibilities relating to ICT security documentation and compliance requirements.
  • Advise engineering and technical leads on ICT security documentation, certification, and accreditation processes.
  • Liaise with relevant government and defence stakeholders to obtain guidance and support for ICT security implementation.

  Skills and Experience Required

  • Minimum 10 years’ experience in information technology roles specialising in information security.
  • Strong knowledge of Defence ICT security principles and frameworks.
  • Experience working with organisations within the Defence portfolio.
  • Recent experience authoring Defence ICT security documentation.
  • Experience with Certification, Risk Management, Vulnerability Assessment and Management (CRVM) and Information Assurance for ICT and Operational Technology systems.
  • Experience working within DevSecOps and Agile delivery environments is highly regarded.

  Desirable

  • Certified Defence Information Security Registered Assessor (DRAP).
  • In-depth understanding of Australian Government and Defence security frameworks including the Information Security Manual (ISM) and Defence Security Policy Framework (DSPF).
  • Familiarity with industry standards such as NIST, Common Criteria, and ISO 27000.

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• 6 month ongoing contract to start ASAP
• Set up the Training framework and lead the training for a $300M+ transformation
• Competitive rate on offer

Our client is currently on the lookout for a Senior Training Manager to play a critical role within a multi-year SAP transformation program. The purpose of this role is to ensure all stakeholders are equipped with the knowledge and skills required to successfully adopt new systems and processes. You will lead the training team, oversee the development and delivery of training strategy, approach, plans, and reports, and ensure the effective execution of training activitie across the transformation program.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end development of IT and ERP training strategies and plans
• Develop detailed training approaches and plans, including schedules, resource allocation, and delivery methods (e.g., in-person, online, blended).
• Oversee the creation and quality assurance of training materials, guides, and resources tailored to diverse stakeholder groups.
• Lead the delivery of training sessions, workshops, and e-learning modules, ensuring high engagement and knowledge transfer..
• Partner with ERP project teams to ensure change impacts are understood and training aligns with system design.
• Develop and maintain training roadmaps, session plans, and learning frameworks.

Requirements:

• Proven experience leading IT or ERP training initiatives (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Dynamics 365, NetSuite, or similar).
• Skilled in instructional design, adult learning principles, and blended training delivery.
• Confident presenter with strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Able to translate technical concepts into simple, user-friendly language.
• Highly organised, proactive, and comfortable working in a fast?paced project environment.
• Experience with change management (e.g., PROSCI/ADKAR) is highly desirable.

Benefits:

• Intial 6 month contract with the opportunity to extend by several years
• High visibility role within a program that will impact the next generation of Victorians
• Top of the market rate on offer
• Interview and start ASAP

If you would like to know more please contact Sean Mantri on 0420 425 141 /sean.mantri@talentinternational.com or hit Apply Now

AI and Digital Enablement Analyst
Location: Sydney
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: upto130,000 Package
Start Date: As soon as possible

Position Summary

This is a national AI/ Digital enablement role responsible for driving the adoption, capability uplift and use of AI and digital technologies to shape how 2,000 people work in the AI era. This is a national role responsible for turning AI strategy into real behaviour change across seven service lines. You will build the networks, programs and capability frameworks that make AI adoption stick at scale.

What you will own

1. Enterprise AI adoption at scale, leading the national rollout of M365 Copilot, Power Platform and AI tools through a high impact Champions Network and Communities of Practice.
2. Digital capability uplift, designing structured learning pathways, bootcamps and workshops that build genuine digital fluency across the firm.
3. Program leadership, translating strategic direction into clear enablement plans, measurable adoption outcomes and consistent national delivery.

What you will lead

1. A Technology Adoption Specialist, providing coaching, direction and quality oversight.
2. A national Champions Network embedded across divisions, reducing reliance on central IT and accelerating peer-led adoption.
3. Cross divisional engagement with senior leaders, shaping tailored adoption plans aligned to client delivery.

What you bring

1. 3+ years in technology adoption, change, digital enablement or learning in a corporate or professional services environment.
2. Previous experience managing Microsoft 365, Copilot and Power Platform.
3. Prior consulting background
4. Experience building communities of practice or champion networks at scale.
5. Confidence facilitating workshops with senior stakeholders and translating strategy into structured programs that deliver measurable results.
6. Strong commercial judgement, clear writing, and the ability to operate independently in a national role.
7. Experience working across multiple business units or divisions with competing priorities.
8. Ability to work independently and translate strategic direction into structured programs without close supervision.

You will not set AI strategy or governance. You will make it work in practice.

If you are energised by scaling behaviour change, building digital capability and leading from the front in AI adoption, this is your opportunity to define how a national firm works in the next decade.

Only applicants with full Australian work rights and previous experience with generative AI experience will be contacted.

How to Apply

Apply now for a chat & somebody from Talent will contact you!