Manager Talent Acquisition

Lead talent acquisition across Darling Downs Health and help shape the workforce that supports communities across the Darling Downs region. This is an opportunity to guide recruitment strategy, lead a high-performing team, influence workforce outcomes, and build strong partnerships that attract and retain exceptional people in a large and diverse health service.

We're reimagining People and Culture at Darling Downs Health

As our organisation grows, we're building a more strategic, connected and future-focused People and Culture division. This is one of several new roles we're investing in as we grow our People and Culture team, bringing together passionate professionals to shape the future of work at Darling Downs Health.

If you're passionate about people, driven by purpose and excited by the opportunity to make a real impact at scale, there's never been a better time to join us.

Help us create a great place to work, so our people can continue delivering great care.

What your day could look like 

As Manager Talent Acquisition, you'll help build the workforce that supports patients, communities and teams across Darling Downs Health. You'll partner with leaders to attract great talent, strengthen workforce capability and continuously improve recruitment services. Every day, you'll:

• Lead talent acquisition strategies that attract quality candidates.
• Provide expert recruitment advice and workforce solutions.
• Drive continuous improvement across recruitment services and processes.
• Lead and develop a high-performing, customer-focused team.

Let's Talk About You 

You're a people-focused leader who combines strategic thinking with strong relationship-building skills. You influence with integrity, enjoy solving complex challenges and are passionate about connecting great people with meaningful careers. To succeed in this role, you'll bring:

• Leadership experience in talent acquisition, recruitment or workforce services.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, communication and influencing skills.
• The ability to analyse information, make sound decisions and improve services.
• A current C class driver's licence and willingness to travel as required.

A qualification in Human Resources or a related field, and/or professional HR membership, will be highly regarded. Most importantly, you'll bring Compassion, Integrity, Dignity, Innovation and Courage, helping strengthen healthcare for our communities.

Why Join Darling Downs Health?

At Darling Downs Health, we care for over 300,000 people across our expansive region. No matter where you live in our region, from Taroom in the north to Texas in the south, our purpose is to ensure accessible and sustainable care. It's complex, challenging work that makes a real difference – and the career possibilities are endless. 

Whether you're a doctor, nurse, allied health professional, facilities team member, or administrator, you'll see your impact firsthand. Here, you'll find opportunities that simply don't exist elsewhere: the chance to lead initiatives, develop specialties, and embrace responsibilities that would take years to access in larger health services.  

Darling Downs Health is where you can step up sooner, grow faster, and help shape the future of care across our region. 

Your career at Darling Downs Health also comes with meaningful rewards:

• Maximise your take‑home pay with salary packaging and generous leave entitlements
• Enjoy flexible work arrangements that support balance and variety
• Access professional development funding, study leave and clear career pathways
• Be part of a diverse and inclusive culture that values learning and collaboration.
• Take care of your wellbeing with EAP access, private health insurance discounts and the Fitness Passport.

For a full list of benefits, visit: Darling Downs Health Benefits

Your future is here. Where are you?

If you're ready to make a meaningful impact and grow your career in a place that values people and purpose, we'd love to hear from you.

Click “Apply Now” to submit your application and upload the requested documents.

Find out more about us!

Visit our careers site to learn more about working with Darling Downs Health:

www.health.qld.gov.au/darlingdowns

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