Talent Acquisition Advisor

We are unique

Essential Energy is an organisation that values your voice, empowers your autonomy, recognises the strength in diversity, and prioritises your well-being while offering attractive remuneration and benefits. Take pride in having a meaningful impact on regional, rural and remote communities while being a pivotal player in the energy industry's future.

About the role

As a Talent Acquisition Advisor, you will play a vital role in delivering high-quality recruitment services that support our strategic goal of “Delivering performance through people.” In this role, you will cultivate and maintain strong, trusting relationships with key stakeholders across the business. By proactively engaging with leaders and teams, you’ll gain a deep understanding of their objectives, anticipate their needs, and provide clear, consistent communication. Your ability to collaborate, influence, and navigate diverse perspectives will be essential in driving alignment, supporting strategic outcomes, and ensuring a seamless partnership experience for all stakeholders.

Additionally, you will be managing end-to-end recruitment processes, including attraction, assessment, and offer process, while ensuring compliance with policies and industrial obligations. You will also contribute to building strong talent pipelines and fostering relationships with external networks to meet current and future workforce requirements.

This role will be based within the Essential Energy footprint with the ability to work from home in a hybrid work environment.  

About You

You are a proactive and collaborative professional who thrives in a dynamic environment and enjoys building strong relationships. You bring a solutions-focused mindset, exceptional communication skills, and the ability to influence and negotiate effectively. Adaptable and organised, you excel at managing multiple priorities while maintaining a high standard of service. Your commitment to diversity, inclusion, and ethical practices underpins everything you do.

About Your Skills

• You are confident in managing end-to-end recruitment processes, from attraction to offer stage.
• You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, enabling you to identify and address key issues effectively.
• You communicate clearly and persuasively, both verbally and in writing.
• You are skilled at building and maintaining productive relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• You thrive in a fast-paced environment, balancing multiple projects with ease.
• You will demonstrate exceptional attention to detail and strong time‑management skills

Required Qualifications

• Diploma of Human Resources Management or demonstrated capability through relevant experience and/or qualifications.

Desired Experience

• Proven experience as a professional recruiter managing medium to large volumes of roles within an internal talent acquisition environment.
• Demonstrated expertise in attraction strategies, selection methods, and onboarding processes.
• Strong ability to assess situations, gather insights, and make informed decisions.
• Excellent negotiation and influencing skills to gain commitment from stakeholders.
• Ability to quickly establish and maintain cooperative working relationships.

Why Essential Energy

We offer competitive remuneration commensurate with skills and experience and 16.5% superannuation.

Essential Energy provides employees with a broad range of employee benefits including 26 weeks paid parental leave, learning and development opportunities, and Health and Wellbeing programs including fitness passport. For more information on our benefits, please visit the employee benefits page.

We are proud to be recognised as a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for All Women.

We’re a business with a huge range of operational and corporate roles aimed at connecting our communities. 

As a pivotal player in the energy future of NSW and the country – we cover 95% of NSW and parts of southern QLD - we are an organisation with a wider variety of roles than you may first think.  

Whether you want to work remotely, in a coastal region or rurally, we will invest in you, develop you and help you shape a career in energy that will give you future opportunities you may never have realised in a sector where there is so much to explore.

For further information please contact Jessica McKinnon - Talent Acquisition Manager on 0473 228 213

Applications close on Sunday 22 March 2026 at 11:55pm

Passionate people. Global thinking. Regional heart.

Building a better energy future.

Essential Energy is committed to building a culturally diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourages applicants to apply regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability. As an organisation, our aim is to champion inclusivity in the workplace and celebrate the difference in all our employees.

At Essential Energy, we are committed to supporting adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, as well as during employment. We actively support and encourage people with disability to apply to Essential Energy (including alternate formats of application forms or alternate ways for accessibility). To discuss adjustment requirements, please contact careers@essentialenergy.com.au or call us on 1800 255 777.