HR & Recruitment Specialist

The Position

We're looking for an experienced HR and Recruitment Specialist to take ownership of our end to end hiring and onboarding process of Filipino professionals into businesses overseas.

Most of our clients are small to medium businesses hiring offshore for the first time, so the person we place shapes their entire view of outsourcing.

You'll source, screen, interview and shortlist candidates for a wide range of client roles, most of them in the Australian residential construction industry. We want someone who genuinely loves the challenge of finding the very best candidates across every platform and talent pool, and who uses AI and automation to find them faster!

Your involvement doesn't stop at the shortlist. You'll own the onboarding process as well and keep refining it, so that our VA Success Manager is able to better support the ongoing onboarding and integration process between the VA and client..

If you love recruitment, you're proud of the people you find and place, and you’ve got an outstanding track record of finding only the very best candidates for offshore businesses, then apply now!

The Details

Job Location: Remote, work from home.

Company Location: Australia

Job Type: Full-time, 40 hours per week.

Salary: PHP 65,000 to 70,000 per month, depending on experience.

Work Hours: Monday to Friday, aligned to Australian business hours.

Responsibilities

Sourcing & Talent Pipeline

• Source candidates across job boards, professional networks, Facebook groups, referrals and direct outreach.

• Test new platforms and talent pools, and report on which ones produce quality candidates.

• Write job ads that attract the right people and screen out the wrong ones.

Screening, Interviewing & Selection

• Screen and rank applications against the client's brief, using AI to move faster without lowering the bar.

• Run live interviews, skills assessments and reference checks, and interpret the results.

• Build the final shortlist and the candidate documentation the client decides from.

AI, Automation & Systems

• Set up and maintain the integrations between our ATS, assessment tools and AI screening tools.

• Automate the manual steps out of the hiring process and write the SOPs that keep it consistent.

• Own the recruitment inbox and client follow ups, and improve how shortlists are presented.

Onboarding & Integration

• Own and keep improving our onboarding process, that helps support the VA Success Manager’s role.

• To continue refining the onboarding, training, and VA resources, including construction industry materials required in the early stages.

• Close the gap between onboarding and our VA Success Manager’s role of managing the VA team, so nothing is missed or repeated in the handover.

Software Skills

Proficient in:

• An applicant tracking system such as Teamtailor, Workable, JazzHR, Greenhouse or similar.

• Job boards and sourcing platforms such as JobStreet, Indeed and LinkedIn.

• AI tools used in your day to day work, especially Claude.

• Google Workspace, plus video interviewing and recording tools such as Zoom, Google Meet or Fathom.

Ideal but not essential:

• Claude specifically. It's what we use every day.

• AI screening or assessment tools that connect to an ATS, such as HiPeople, TestGorilla or similar.

• Automation and integration tools such as n8n, Make or Zapier, and working with APIs.

• Asana, ClickUp, Slack and Loom.

We Want to Hear From You If You Have…

• 4+ years in recruitment, talent acquisition or HR with a strong recruitment component.

• Genuine BPO or offshore staffing experience, recruiting Filipino candidates for international companies.

• Real experience using AI in recruitment.

• Exposure to the operations side of a business, not just recruitment.

• Experience connecting recruitment tools through APIs or automation platforms, or the appetite to build that with us.

• Deep knowledge of different talent pools and sourcing platforms.

• Experience hiring for Australian or US based businesses.

• Onboarding experience, refining and developing a solid onboarding program for VAs and their clients..

• Strong spoken and written English, because you'll be interviewing candidates and speaking with Australian clients.

You Must Also Be Someone That…

• Holds a high standard and is comfortable rejecting a candidate who is good, but not right.

• Can justify every recommendation with evidence from the interview, the assessment or the reference check.

• Works independently and manages several roles at once without dropping any of them.

• Looks for the better way to do something and then goes and builds it

• Communicates clearly and quickly, especially when something is off track.

• Actually cares about the candidates, and makes them feel relaxed.

How to Apply

If you're an experienced recruiter who wants ownership of a full hiring function and the freedom to build it properly, we'd love to hear from you.

Just reply to this ad and we'll send you a link to our application form.