Recruitment Advisor - Christchurch

• Join a collaborative team supporting frontline workforce capability.
• Lead high-volume recruitment, partnering with a wide range of stakeholders across the organisation.
• Apply your expertise in a complex, compliance-driven environment where your work makes a real impact.

Mo te tunga \| About the role

Full-time Permanent Role

As a Recruitment Advisor, you will deliver end-to-end recruitment across a diverse portfolio of frontline and specialist roles, partnering closely with Hiring Managers to attract, assess and secure quality talent. This really is a busy, fast-paced role where you'll manage a large volume of recruitment activity across multiple vacancies and stakeholder groups. You'll balance competing priorities while ensuring a positive candidate and hiring manager experience throughout the recruitment process. You'll lead assessment centres, facilitate recruitment activities, provide trusted recruitment advice to hiring leaders, and contribute to workforce planning initiatives. You will also be responsible for maintaining recruitment reporting, tracking recruitment metrics, and providing insights on recruitment activity. You will be supported by a Candidate Coordinator, allowing you to focus on stakeholder engagement, recruitment delivery and strategic workforce outcomes.

Based in Christchurch, you will join the 'Southern' recruitment team - spread across our Wellington and Christchurch offices, who support frontline recruitment across the Lower North Island and South Island respectively.

Mou \| About you

You are an experienced recruitment professional with proven experience managing end-to-end recruitment in a high-volume environment, enjoy managing competing priorities and are confident partnering with stakeholders to deliver quality recruitment outcomes. You bring a customer-focused mindset, strong relationship-building skills and the ability to engage effectively with people from diverse backgrounds and communities. You're organised, adaptable and comfortable managing large recruitment campaigns while maintaining attention to detail and delivering quality outcomes. Most importantly, you'll be passionate about helping build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve.

Nga pukenga me nga wheako \| Skills and experience

• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills.
• Experience facilitating assessment centres, interviews and selection processes.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and large application volumes.
• Experience working with recruitment systems and compliance-focused processes.
• Strong organisational skills, attention to detail and sound judgement.
• Confidence engaging with diverse candidates, communities and stakeholders.
• Understanding of, or willingness to learn about, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, tikanga Maori and te reo Maori.
• Full New Zealand Driver Licence and ability to travel across recruitment sites as required - occasional overnight travel required.

Nga painga \| The benefits

Salary Midpoint: $89,225 \| Range: $75,842 - $107,070

Mo matou \| About us

Join Ara Poutama Aotearoa - Department of Corrections, where your work will contribute to improving public safety, reducing re-offending, and address the overrepresentation of Maori in correctional facilities. As a values-led organisation, we use the principles of rangatira (leadership), manaaki (respect), wairua (spirituality), kaitiaki (guardianship), and whanau (relationships) to guide our work and achieve the goals of our Hokai Rangi strategy.

We value inclusion and diversity in our workforce, and as a Public Service organisation we are committed to building a workforce that reflects the public we serve. We strive to make our recruitment process fair, and we encourage you to discuss reasonable accommodations with us if required.

Tono inaianei \| Apply Now

To submit an application and view the position description, click the apply link. All applications must be submitted through our careers site to ensure transparency - applications received via email will not be considered.

When applying, submit a tailored CV and a cover letter describing your motivation for joining the department highlighting relevant skills and experience and the alignment to our work.

Applications close on: Friday, 2 October

If you have any questions or want to learn more about a career with us, contact [email protected], or visit careers.corrections.govt.nz.

We are not accepting applications via recruitment agencies for this role. Unsolicited CVs submitted by agencies will not be accepted and no agency fees will apply.