Recruitment Consultant

OneStaff is a proudly 100% New Zealand-owned recruitment company with over 25 years of success in providing market-leading staffing solutions. Due to the expansion of our team, we're looking for a motivated and talented Recruitment Consultant to join our Palmerston North branch.

This full-time role is based in Palmerston North and is focused primarily on candidate attraction, interviewing, engagement and placement support across a broad range of temporary, contract and permanent opportunities.

Working across the OneStaff and Magnetic brands, you'll play an important role in ensuring we have a strong pipeline of skilled candidates ready to support clients across a wide range of industries throughout New Zealand.

About the Role

This is a candidate-facing recruitment role where relationship building, communication and attention to detail are critical to success.

You'll spend your time sourcing candidates, conducting interviews, maintaining talent pools, supporting placements and ensuring candidates receive a professional experience from first contact through to placement and beyond.

Working alongside experienced recruitment consultants and leaders, you'll help deliver workforce solutions across a diverse mix of sectors and industries.

Key Responsibilities

• Source and attract candidates through job boards, referrals, social media, database searching and networking.
• Conduct phone, video and face-to-face interviews.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines across a range of industries and disciplines.
• Manage candidate relationships throughout the recruitment process.
• Prepare candidate profiles and recommendations for active vacancies.
• Coordinate interviews and communicate regularly with candidates regarding opportunities.
• Complete reference checks, work rights verification and compliance documentation.
• Maintain accurate records within our CRM and recruitment systems.
• Support onboarding and placement activities.
• Promote a positive candidate experience that reflects our commitment to service excellence.
• Ensure compliance with company, employment and Health & Safety requirements.

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience in a resourcer, talent acquisition, or recruitment consultant role, ideally across multiple industries or sectors.
• Strong candidate sourcing capability, including social sourcing, and database mining.
• Demonstrated experience conducting structured screening interviews and assessing candidate suitability.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build rapport quickly and professionally.
• Strong time management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple roles and deadlines simultaneously.
• Solid understanding of compliance, privacy obligations, and data handling within a recruitment context.
• High attention to detail and accuracy in documentation, candidate records, and reporting.
• Confidence using CRM systems and standard office software to manage workflows and candidate pipelines.

Highly Regarded Skills

• Experience recruiting across multiple industries (e.g. trades, healthcare, corporate, hospitality, manufacturing, logistics or other sectors).
• Full NZ Class 1 Driver Licence.
• Familiarity with the New Zealand employment and labour market.
• Ability to travel locally when required for inductions or client visits.
• Exposure to high-volume recruitment environments.
• Ability to contribute to market mapping and talent pooling strategies.
• Basic understanding of employment legislation relevant to recruitment and onboarding.

Why Join Us?

• Join a fun, supportive and vibrant team.
• Be rewarded for your hard work with performance-based incentives.
• Enjoy a competitive and attractive salary package.
• Celebrate your birthday with the day off each year.
• Convenience of a Centre City car park provided as part of the role.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in recruitment, talent acquisition, or HR is advantageous.
• Prior experience recruiting across varied industries will be highly regarded.

If you're motivated, organised and passionate about connecting great people with great opportunities, we'd love to hear from you.

You must have current New Zealand work rights to be considered for this role. To apply, please submit your application online with an updated cover letter and CV.