Associate - Executive Search

We are actively seeking a highly professional, savvy and commercial Associate to join our national Executive Search operations based in Melbourne.

Robert Half Executive Search has recently earned the top spot of America's Best Executive Recruiting Firms. This is a testament to the confidence clients have in our Managing Directors, Principals, Associates, and execution teams as well as the way Robert Half was able to turn the closed doors of the pandemic into opportunities for new growth.

Following global investments into the Executive Search practices across the US, Europe and Asia Pacific, there is now an immediate need to further scale the Australian Search Practice by appointing a driven Associate to our highly collaborative and professional national team.

Join Forbes' #1 Best Executive Recruiting Firms 2022 today as an Associate and play a vital role in our continued business growth.

The Associate role is diverse and intellectually challenging, directly supporting the Managing Director group with C-suite search assignments spanning Executive Leadership, Financial, Information Technology, Sales and Marketing and Human Resources.

Partnering with the MD's, the Associate role is highly visible and will be pivotal in driving all aspects of the search process, managing the execution and direction of research; search strategy development; position specification development; candidate development; candidate interviews, assessment and presentation; and referencing. An integral part of this role is relationship management with both clients and candidates, including an ability to build strong relationships with senior executives and assessing them against the client's requirements.

Further specific responsibilities of the role will include:

Collaborate with Managing Director to develop a focused search strategy

Identify prospective candidates through targeted company research, industry sources, relevant prior searches and internal sources

Conduct in-depth phone and in-person interviews to qualify prospective candidates against position requirements and key competencies and attract qualified candidates to the client assignment