Recruitment Lead - Pacific Labour Acquisition in Melbourne

Recruitment Lead - Pacific Labour Acquisition

Costa is a global leading grower, packer, and marketer ofpremium quality fresh fruit and vegetables. Our success is built on acommitment to excellence, innovation, and sustainability across every part ofour business.

Within Costa, our Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) SchemeProgram plays a vital role in supporting our growing operations acrossAustralia. As one of the country's leading horticultural businesses, Costaprovides meaningful employment opportunities for workers from Pacific Islandnations and Timor-Leste, helping to strengthen communities both locally andabroad. Our PALM team is proud to create safe, supportive and inclusiveworkplaces while delivering a positive worker experience focused on wellbeing,development and long-term success.

Whyjoin Costa?

• Learning& Development: Ongoing opportunities to grow your skills and progressyour career with Costa.
• PaidParental Leave: Eligible employees receive 14 weeks paid leave for primarycarers and 6 weeks for secondary carers.
• TeamCulture: Join a supportive and highly collaborative team working acrossCosta’s operations nationally.
• Variety& Exposure: Work across recruitment, mobilisation and workforceplanning, with opportunities to travel throughout Australia and the Pacific.
• Makean Impact: Play a hands-on role in delivering Costa’s PALM program andcreating meaningful employment opportunities for workers from across thePacific and Timor-Leste.

What we are looking for:

We are looking for a PALM Recruitment Lead to join Costa'sPacific Labour Acquisition team, based at our Docklands office (4/1 office/workfrom home hybrid role), however we may consider candidates based in Sydney orBrisbane for a remote working arrangement.

This role will coordinate the end-to-end delivery ofallocated PALM Scheme recruitment cohorts across Costa's operations nationally.You will independently lead lower-complexity recruitment activities whilesupporting senior team members with larger, more complex or higher-riskrecruitment and mobilisation programs.

This is not a traditional recruitment role. Alongsidecandidate screening and selection, you will coordinate workforce planning,PALMIS approvals, documentation, travel and mobilisation schedules to ensureworkers are ready to deploy in line with seasonal labour demand. The rolerequires strong organisation, attention to detail and the ability to keepmultiple time-critical workflows moving at once.

Travel is an important part of the role. You willundertake domestic and international travel to support in-country recruitmentcampaigns, candidate selection and critical mobilisation activities. This willgenerally involve three to six offshore trips each year, along with somedomestic travel to Costa sites. You will need to enjoy working hands-on in thefield and building relationships across different cultures and locations.

You will work closely with Labour Sending Units, travelproviders, government stakeholders and Costa teams across Operations, HumanResources, Payroll and site leadership. This role would suit someone withexperience in recruitment operations, workforce coordination, program deliveryor another high-volume, compliance-driven environment who is ready to takeownership of recruitment cohorts and progressively build their capabilityacross more complex programs.

What you’ll do:

• Lead end-to-end PALM Scheme recruitment forallocated cohorts, from workforce planning and approvals through to candidateselection and mobilisation.
• Coordinate in-country recruitment activities,including screening, shortlisting, interviews and candidate selection.
• Manage recruitment timelines, PALMIS workflows,documentation and mobilisation readiness, identifying and escalating riskswhere required.
• Build strong relationships with Labour SendingUnits, travel providers and internal Costa teams to support successfulrecruitment and workforce deployment.
• Supportlarger or more complex recruitment programs and travel throughout Australia andthe Pacific for recruitment and mobilisation activities.

What you’ll bring:

• Experience in recruitment, workforcecoordination, program delivery or a similar role, ideally in a high-volume ortime-critical environment.
• Strong planning and organisational skills, withthe ability to manage multiple recruitment activities and deadlines at once.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communicationskills, with the confidence to work across different teams, countries andcultures.
• High attention to detail and experience workingwith data, systems and compliance-driven processes.
• A practical, hands-on approach, sound judgementand the flexibility to undertake domestic and international travel as required.

Please note: Applicants must submit a cover letter (2pages maximum) addressing their interest in the role, specifically confirmingyour availability to travel regularly internationally – applications withouta cover letter will not be considered. Applicants must hold full Australianworking rights to be considered for this role.

We do not require the assistance of recruitment agencies and any unsolicited candidate profiles received will not be considered asintroducing candidates to Costa.

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