Introduction

A leading tier one mining business to source an Early Talent Coordinator for a 12-month contract based in Brisbane.

This role will provide operational and administrative support across the full recruitment and onboarding lifecycle for graduate and intern programs. You will play a key part in delivering a high-quality candidate, stakeholder, and participant experience, acting as a central coordination point related to early talent program delivery.

What are you going to do 

In this position, you will support high-volume early careers recruitment and program coordination, working closely with Early Talent Partners, hiring leaders, HR stakeholders, candidates, graduates, interns, and site contacts.

Key responsibilities will include:

  • Conducting phone screens for graduate and intern candidates and providing clear recommendations on progression to interview
  • Coordinating and scheduling interviews via Microsoft Teams across multiple stakeholders and time zones
  • Managing the Early Talent inbox and responding to candidate, business, HR, and site queries in a timely and professional manner
  • Supporting recruitment reporting and pipeline tracking through accurate data management, dashboards, and trackers
  • Coordinating pre-employment activities including medical bookings, qualification checks, and working rights verification
  • Maintaining accurate candidate records, notes, status updates, and outcomes in Workday
  • Assisting with offer and onboarding administration, including communications, acceptance tracking, and escalation of risks or delays
  • Supporting campaign recruitment periods, including bulk communications, assessment activities, and high-volume coordination
  • Coordinating graduate and intern program events, inductions, workshops, milestones, invitations, attendance tracking, logistics, and communications
  • Supporting continuous improvement by updating templates, trackers, and identifying process efficiencies
  • Ensuring recruitment and program activities align with internal policies, processes, and compliance requirements

Essential skills and knowledge

You will be a highly organised and proactive coordinator with strong communication skills and experience supporting recruitment, HR, learning, onboarding, or early careers programs in a fast-paced environment.

To be successful, you will bring:

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • A strong customer service mindset and professional stakeholder engagement style
  • Experience coordinating recruitment, learning, HR, onboarding, or high-volume administrative processes
  • Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines
  • Confidence using systems such as Workday, Microsoft Teams, Excel, Power BI, and third-party vendor platforms
  • The ability to work collaboratively while taking ownership of operational delivery
  • A proactive, solutions-focused approach and willingness to support process improvements

What we offer 

  • Work for a tier one business
  • Salary sacrificing
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Corporate discounts

About Brunel:

Brunel is a recruitment and flexible workforce solution provider which connects talented people with opportunities throughout Australasia and around the world. We specialise in highly skilled roles across a variety of technical, professional, trades and craft disciplines, pairing candidates with industry-leading projects and organisations on a contract, permanent or secondment basis.

Operating in Australasia since 1997, Brunel has major bases of operation in Perth, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Port Moresby, which are further backed by the strength and reach of a truly global network spanning over 45 countries, 120 offices and 50 years of successful operation.

Brunel is proud to be equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and female candidates.

Click the link to apply or email your CV direct to Michael Shirley at m.shirley@brunel.net

Closing: 08 August 2026

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Process of your application

Application process & contact

We will now begin examining your application: We will take a close look at your application documents and ask you for additional information if necessary. If your qualifications match our requirements, we will invite you to meet us for the first time.

Project discussion with our customer

If the introductory meeting goes well for you and us, we will arrange a meeting with the customer who has the perfect project for you. This gives you the opportunity to find out more about the customer and the project.

The decision

If you enjoyed the project discussion and the customer is also convinced of your expertise, we will ask you the final and decisive question: Do you want to get started at Brunel?

Introductory conversation with Brunel

In an introductory meeting, we would like to find out more about your interests, ambitions and professional developments. At the same time, we report on working at Brunel and provide information about all career opportunities and prospects.

Welcome to Brunel

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