Head of Partner Recruitment

Date: 30 Jun 2026

Location: VIC, AU, 3207

Company: Specsavers

The role & team

Are you a strategic talent leader who thrives on building pipelines, influencing senior stakeholders and creating innovative recruitment solutions? Do you love leading high-performing teams while shaping the future workforce of a national brand? If so, this could be your next career-defining opportunity.

As Head of Partner Recruitment, you'll lead the strategy and delivery of partner recruitment across Australia and New Zealand, ensuring Specsavers continues to attract, develop and place exceptional Joint Venture Partners into our growing network. You'll drive talent pipelines, succession planning and key partner development programs while leading a passionate team dedicated to finding and developing future business owners.

Reporting to the Director of Professional Recruitment ANZ, you'll play a critical role in protecting and growing market share, supporting partner profitability and delivering workforce solutions for new stores, business transfers and hard-to-fill locations.

 

What we are looking for

You are a commercially minded talent leader with a track record of delivering results through people, partnerships and strategy.

You'll bring:

  • Significant experience attracting, developing and retaining top talent.
  • Proven success leading large-scale recruitment functions.
  • Exceptional leadership, coaching and people development capability.
  • Strong change management and continuous improvement experience.
  • Outstanding stakeholder management and influencing skills.
  • The ability to balance strategic thinking with operational execution.
  • A passion for building talent pipelines and creating career pathways.