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At Origin, being useful is more than a tagline - it’s how we approach work every day. As a collective, we’re a team that thrives on finding better ways, working together, and owning our impact. From powering homes to delivering award-winning internet and helping to lead Australia’s energy transition. If you’re driven by purpose and excited to be part of something bigger, we’d love to have you on the journey.
About the role
At Origin, we’re shaping the future of energy by investing in our people. We seek a Manager – Talent Development to drive our enterprise talent strategy, building leadership and pipelines for Origin’s growth.
In this strategic role, you’ll work with senior leaders to attract, develop, and mobilise talent while making diversity, equity, and inclusion central to our culture.
Your focus will be aligning workforce strategy with business goals through initiatives like critical role frameworks, workforce planning, leadership development, and succession planning, directly impacting Origin’s long-term success. Your responsibilities will include:
Lead enterprise talent strategy aligned to Origin’s business priorities, planning cycles and success measures.
Drive targeted retention interventions to strengthen capability, engagement and long-term workforce sustainability.
Partner with executives and senior leaders as a trusted advisor on workforce planning, talent risk and capability uplift.
Design and embed critical role frameworks, succession and development pathways to ensure strength in value-critical roles.
Champion diversity, equity and inclusion while using data and insights to measure impact and continuously improve outcomes.
What will you bring?
You will be an accomplished advisor who quickly establishes trust and credibility at senior and executive levels. You will be able to demonstrate sound judgment and adaptability, approaching complexity and ambiguity with clarity and composure. With a strong focus on collaboration and outcomes, you will communicate effectively, think strategically, act pragmatically, and guide others through periods of change. You will also have;
Proven experience leading strategic talent initiatives in large, complex organisations, with high-quality team leadership, resilience and drive.
The confidence to constructively challenge thinking and direction, synthesising complex inputs into clear recommendations and decisive action.
Deep expertise in workforce planning, talent development and leadership capability, applied at enterprise scale.
Exceptional executive-level stakeholder influence, with the ability to build trusted, long-term partnerships.
Strong analytical judgement, translating insight into action, supported by relevant tertiary qualifications or equivalent experience.
So why join us?
20 weeks of paid leave for primary carers with flexible return options.
Thrive in a culture of personal and professional growth.
Enjoy a central CBD location with access to parking and public transport.
Purchase up to four additional weeks of leave annually.
Engage in opportunities through the Origin Foundation to support your community.
Powering your career with unbeatable perks - Get discounted electricity, gas, and internet as an Origin employee.
Explore unique and cost-effective employee EV Car subscriptions
Origin - Where good change happens
At Origin, we’re powered by people who believe in creating change.
We are committed to fostering a diverse, gender equitable workforce, where everyone is welcome, and all applications are evaluated on merit and potential. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people living with disabilities, culturally diverse people, any stage in life, people with intersex variations and people within LGBTQ+ communities, including trans and gender diverse.
Enjoy a challenging career in an exciting industry where you can grow and explore your potential. If you think you have transferable skills, an appetite to learn and would be a great fit, we’d love to hear from you.
Here's a little about us: https://www.originenergy.com.au/about/careers/
Background checks may be required to determine your suitability for this position as part of the recruitment process and during your employment. These checks may include police checks, AusCheck, medical assessment and/or drug and alcohol testing.
Please note unsolicited CVs from agencies will not be accepted.
Origin recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and future.
Origin is one of Australia's leading energy companies, exploring, generating and delivering energy to over 4 million customer accounts. Our purpose – getting energy right for our customers, communities and planet – drives everything we do.
As Australia's largest energy retailer, we have an important role to play in providing electricity, natural gas, solar and LPG to Australian communities and work every day to make energy more affordable, more sustainable, smarter and easier for our customers.
We are committed to leading the transition to a cleaner energy future and believe our company, and the energy industry more broadly, should be at the forefront of action to reduce carbon emissions. Origin was the first Australian company to set an emissions reduction target endorsed by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) – aiming to halve our Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon emissions by 2032, as we work towards achieving net zero emissions by 2050.
Through the Origin Energy Foundation, we support programs that use education to help break the cycle of disadvantage and empower young Australians to reach their potential, contributing more than $27 million to support community organisations since 2010.
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