Job Description

Assistant Advisor Talent Acquisition

• Join the Talent and People Operations team within the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport.
• Clerk Grade 5/6 with a salary range of $102,936 to $113,579 per annum plus superannuation
• Temporary role until December 2026 with possibility of extension
  based in Sydney, NSW

About the role

As the Assistant
Advisor Talent Acquisition, you will play a key role in our closeknit Talent team.
You will partner with hiring managers to deliver efficient, high-quality
recruitment, providing expert advice and guidance across non-comparative
recruitment processes. This includes coordinating and supporting suitability
assessments, talent pool activations, employee transfers, secondments and other
workforce mobility initiatives, ensuring compliance with relevant policies and
legislative requirements.

You will coordinate
advertising, candidate sourcing, interviews, assessments and pre-employment
processes, while delivering a positive candidate and hiring manager experience
throughout the recruitment lifecycle.


About you

We are looking for a recruitment professional with experience building
strong stakeholder relationships and delivering excellent business outcomes. Our
ideal candidate will bring strong organisational skills and an ability to
manage multiple competing priorities.

We are looking for a talent advisor excited by delivering positive
candidate outcomes and sourcing exceptional talent. As the Assistant Advisor
Talent Acquisition, you will have excellent attention to detail and
demonstrated ability to communicate confidently and professionally, providing legislative
and best-practice guidance as a trusted advisor.

If this sounds like you and you’re interested in your next recruitment
career step, we’d love to hear from you.

To learn more about the role, please click here to download the

How to apply

Your application must include an up-to-date resume that details
your capabilities and experience in relation to therole.

Closing Date: Monday
31 August 2026 [10.00AM]
Contact: Lucy
Weeding, Associate Director Talent and Executive Management at lucy.weeding@dciths.nsw.gov.au

Working at the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport

At the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport we bring vibrancy to NSW by growing our creative industries and workforces, driving strong visitor and night-time economies, ensuring a responsible hospitality sector, and putting arts, culture and sport at the heart of our communities.

Together we:

• create social and economic opportunities for the state
• support the creation of jobs across the creative, visitor and night-time economies
• prioritise First Nations artists, stories and culture
• ensure arts, culture and sport are at the heart of every community to be enjoyed and accessed by all
• drive visitation through events, campaigns and visitor experience development
• activate our night-time and creative economies to unlock unique precincts and community spaces
• deliver a vibrant and responsible hospitality, liquor, racing and gaming environment
• support NSW’s key Cultural Institutions to ensure access for all, enable community experiences and education and preserve the state’s diverse cultural assets and history.

At DCITHS, we welcome applicants from diverse
backgrounds, including people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically
diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

If you
require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process or have an
enquiry about the support provided, please contact Lucy Weeding, Associate Director Talent and Executive Management at lucy.weeding@dciths.nsw.gov.au or on 02 9228 5817.

For more information on reasonable adjustments and types of alternate formats available through the recruitment process you can visit ‘ Adjustments for Individual needs’ at I work for NSW.

A talent pool may be created from this recruitment action for
ongoing and temporary roles for this role or similar roles that may become
available over the next 18 months.