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Professional Recruitment

End-to-end recruitment for professionals

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Australia’s Largest Specialist Local Government Team

As the largest local government specialist recruitment team in Australia, we offer best-practice recruitment processes, trusted advice to our clients, and exceptional candidate care. At Leading Roles, we have a shared purpose with local government and are committed to making a difference in our communities through talented people.

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Dedicated Professional Recruitment Specialists

Our dedicated recruitment team has decades of local government experience and extensive networks to engage and connect with skilled candidates for your professional roles. We can assist your organisation with:

  • professional recruitment from mid to senior managerial roles

  • temporary recruitment to assist with short-term professional skill shortages

  • remuneration and position description reviews to ensure the package is competitive to attract the best candidates

  • psychometric assessments to test the professional competencies of each candidate, such as analysing, influencing, leading, and supervising.

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“I’ve worked with Leading Roles on several recruitment projects – they always take the time to get to know exactly what I want and then really put every effort into ensuring they deliver. Their very professional yet personal approach to each assignment makes them my ‘go to’ recruitment consultants.”

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Peter Franks

Chief Executive Officer, Mareeba Shire Council

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​“Leading Roles have been our preferred supplier of recruitment services for the last 4 years and have provided excellent service with quality candidates for the positions advertised.

Even with the current labour and skills shortage, being in a rural and remote location, and the high demands of many applicants Leading Roles have been able to successfully negotiate those challenges and meet the needs of Balonne Shire Council to our complete satisfaction.”

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Matthew Magin

Chief Executive Officer, Balonne Shire Council

Our Professional Recruitment Approach

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We Take The Time To Understand Your Needs
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Every project starts with a detailed briefing discussion with your team to build a 360-degree view of the role and identify the qualities of the person you are looking for. Using this information, we bring our knowledge, insight and experience to source, evaluate and recommend suitable candidates.

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​Content Marketing Recruitment Campaign
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Our marketing team will design a tailored candidate information pack to highlight the opportunities and challenges of the role, benefits of working with your organisation and profile the local region. We will deliver a content marketing recruitment campaign, to maximise potential candidates, across our social media platforms, website, database, networks and referrals.

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Multi-Channel Sourcing Strategy
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In the sourcing-and-securing phase of the project, our multi-channel sourcing strategy reaches passive and active candidates through job boards, digital media channels and industry websites. We also have a dedicated search team who proactively source candidates statewide as well as those who live inter-state and abroad.

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Mitigating Risk When Hiring
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We have created a rigorous recruitment platform to mitigate risk when making hiring decisions. Our industry expertise, combined with a structured project management approach and robust verification tools, develops a clear picture of the candidate’s fit for the role, their capabilities and suitability for the position.

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Meet Your Professional Recruitment Team​

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Katharine Ottaway

Katharine Ottaway

Talent Consultant

Angie Simmonds

Angie Simmonds

Principal Talent Consultant

Dee du Toit

Dee du Toit

Business Support Officer

Let's talk about hiring, developing and retaining high-performing employees.

Get in touch to discuss your recruitment, culture and performance services needs or submit a vacancy that you need filled.
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