Chapter Lead First Nations Talent Acquisition
Commonwealth Bank of Australia · Sydney CBD Area
Chapter Lead First Nations Talent Acquisition
Do you want to work for a company that celebrates your culture?
Do you want to be part of the Deadly community within our Indigenous Employee Network at CommBank?
We encourage all Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander job seekers to apply.
Working with us
At CommBank, we're committed to creating meaningful opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and increasing First Nations representation across our workforce.
To help us achieve this ambition, we've built a dedicated First Nations Careers team focused on attracting, developing and retaining First Nations talent. This team plays a critical role in delivering our First Nations employment commitments and creating pathways for Mob to join and thrive at CommBank.
See yourself in our First Nations Careers team
As the Chapter Lead First Nations Talent Acquisition, you'll play a pivotal role in advancing First Nations employment outcomes across CommBank.
You'll lead a team of Indigenous Career Sourcing Partners while also contributing to the broader First Nations Careers squad. Together you'll drive attraction, hiring, employee experience and mobility initiatives that support our commitment to increasing First Nations representation across the organisation.
This is a unique opportunity to combine people leadership, talent acquisition expertise and deep community connection to make a genuine impact at scale.
Dual responsibilities
As a squad member, you will:
- Partner with Talent Acquisition teams and business stakeholders to increase representation of First Nations talent across CommBank.
- Develop innovative sourcing strategies to identify and engage First Nations talent in a highly competitive and specialised market.
- Build and maintain meaningful relationships with First Nations communities, organisations and referral networks.
- Support initiatives that strengthen the attraction, onboarding, mobility and retention of First Nations employees.
- Provide expertise and guidance on culturally safe recruitment practices.
- Contribute to strategic initiatives that deliver against CommBank's First Nations employment commitments.
- Monitor sourcing outcomes, identify opportunities and manage risks.
As a Chapter Lead, you will:
- Lead, coach and develop a team of Indigenous Career Sourcing Partners.
- Create a high-performing culture focused on collaboration, learning and continuous improvement.
- Build sourcing capability and uplift recruitment best practice across the team.
- Partner with the Delivery Lead and Product Owner to ensure the team has the skills and capability required to deliver outcomes.
- Support career development, goal setting, performance and wellbeing conversations for your team.
- Drive delivery of First Nations hiring outcomes and retention initiatives.
- Influence senior stakeholders across HR and the broader business to advance the First Nations talent agenda.
- Share knowledge and collaborate with other leaders across Talent Acquisition and People & Culture.
We're interested in hearing from people who have:
- A strong connection to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities and a passion for advancing First Nations employment outcomes.
- Demonstrated experience leading, coaching and developing people.
- Strong talent acquisition, talent sourcing or recruitment expertise, ideally across the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle.
- Experience building talent pipelines and engaging candidates through creative sourcing strategies.
- Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills, including partnering with senior leaders.
- Experience working within complex organisations and navigating multiple stakeholder groups.
- The ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery.
Why join us?
This is an opportunity to lead one of Australia's most established dedicated First Nations talent teams and play a key role in shaping employment outcomes within one of Australia's largest organisations.
You'll have the opportunity to influence meaningful change, strengthen pathways for First Nations talent and help create lasting impact for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples at CommBank.
If you're already part of the Commonwealth Bank Group (including Bankwest, x15ventures), you'll need to apply through Sidekick to submit a valid application. We’re keen to support you with the next step in your career.
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