Talent Acquisition Consultant – 6 month contract

Introduction

Kablamo is an impact-driven software engineering company. We bring engineering, data, and AI expertise to solve complex problems, with the intellectual horsepower to know what works and the care to make sure it actually does.

Founded in 2017 in Australia, the business has grown quickly over the last several years, including the expansion of the team to Canada in 2021. We are proud to have assembled a wonderful team, and a list of customers that includes some of the best known enterprises and government organizations in Australia and Canada.

As an established Google Cloud (GCP) and Advanced AWS Consulting partner, we are at the forefront of AI-centric software and product development. Kablamo is building our own AI-powered products and, where applicable, enhancing our software and product development processes with the latest AI tooling.  We’ve built Kablamo on using data and technology to drive product innovation, and we’ve been recognized globally, including AWS Public Sector’s global award for “Most Innovative AI/ML Solution” for Kablamo’s work in building bushfire intelligence platforms. 

About the role

The Talent Acquisition Consultant is a valued member of the Kablamo team. This role provides exposure to a wide range of responsibilities in providing talent acquisition support and expertise to Kablamo’s team in Canada and Australia. The Talent Acquisition Consultant will work closely with Kablamo Canada MD and the Head of People & Culture, who will provide coaching, direction, and guidance, as well as our senior leadership and the People and Culture team. The right candidate will have a good grasp of the recruitment market and some familiarity with sourcing highly technical roles. This is a 6-month full-time contract position. 

About you

As a team member, you are humble and selfless, but you are not afraid to voice your ideas and put them to the test. When faced with ambiguity and complexity, you think outside the box to provide solutions. You like exploring ideas and iterating on the path to success, and you’re not afraid to embrace change.

In this role, you apply your experience, passion, and know-how to help Kablamo and our team on a journey to greatness. The TAC will help us take our maturity in this arena to the next level. From a career perspective, you have demonstrated a track record in a high-performance Talent acquisition role. You are adept at identifying, recruiting, and retaining top technical talent. You understand what it takes to build one of the best places to work.

Test yourself by moving to a fast-growing technology company and seeding best-practice recruitment frameworks and disciplines. You see an opportunity to play a fundamental role in Kablamo’s growth and to become an integral team member and culture warrior. You’ll thrive in a fast-moving, fluid environment and be passionate about supporting our teams and individuals in succeeding. You’ll be an experienced Talent acquisition professional who thinks strategically but is also prepared to roll up your sleeves and get things done. Most of our team members are based in Toronto, Sydney and Melbourne and there will be a requirement to help recruit for all of these locations.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Kablamo Leadership team to understand and respond to their recruitment needs.
• Manage the end-to-end recruitment process for multiple roles in our HR Portal (Employment Hero) to post jobs, review resumes, prescreen, schedule interviews, provide feedback, negotiate offers, draft contracts and onboard new employees.
• Utilize creative sourcing strategies to source passive candidates at meet-ups, events or using platforms such as LinkedIn, Github, StackOverflow, Google, and Seek.  
• Provide recruitment-related reporting and analytics.
• Be a brand ambassador for Kablamo. Sell candidates on our employee value proposition and ensure they have a great candidate experience. 
• Help improve our recruitment model and implement best practices
• Collate necessary pre-employment documentation, including approvals, reference checks, pre-employment medicals, qualifications and registrations, working rights, and background/police check (as required)
• Stay abreast of new recruiting tools, laws, practices and emerging trends
• Conduct market research to assist with salary benchmarking
• Contribute to initiatives to generate strong applicant numbers
• Proactively foster external relationships to generate a recruitment pipeline
• Develop a talent pool of candidates for future roles
• Facilitate the onboarding of all new hires, including conducting onboarding/induction sessions
• Assist with other People & Culture initiatives where needed
• Identify and manage security risks within the scope of the role, ensuring compliance with defined security controls, escalating emerging threats to the Risk Manager and Senior Leadership Team, and supporting the continuous improvement of security practices

Required Skills and Experience

• At least 2-3 years of experience in a similar role, preferably in the technology sector
• Demonstrated experience in full talent acquisition life-cycle management.
• Experience recruiting for a wide range of technical roles: FE, BE, DO, QA, PM and AI. You may not be technical, but you can talk the talk with engineers. 
• You’ll bring your fun, positive and energetic vibes to a great team dynamic, and ensure that candidates have an excellent experience
• Strong ability to build relationships and trust with key stakeholders within the business. Advise and consult with them on recruitment strategy and best practices. 
• Ability to describe our value proposition and sell Kablamo as a great place to work
• Desire to work in a fast-growing, agile business and to handle the ambiguity that comes with a tech scale-up company 
• Ability to prioritize, meet deadlines and work in a high-volume recruitment environment
• Good written and oral communication
• Ability to capture and utilize recruitment data 
• Strong administrative and time management skills
• A high attention to detail and accuracy
• Experience using an ATS/HRIS for recruitment purposes
• Customer Service focus, ensuring an engaging candidate experience, and following up at all stages of the hiring process.

Career Progression:

• Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant
• Talent Acquisition Manager

Our Culture

We acknowledge a workplace that is diverse and inclusive, enables greater innovation and produces benefits including improved performance, improved employee happiness and wellbeing, and superior outcomes for our customers. We attribute our success to all our unique and charismatic Kablamites. Through our biweekly Back to Base, Hackathons and Summits, we enable our Kablamites to provide feedback, share ideas, challenge the status quo and technically challenge each other constructively.

The PERKS!