Early Careers Talent Acquisition Business Partner

We’re BDO, a global professional services firm connected to local markets. Our people work together to provide specialist expertise, helping businesses achieve their goals.

We inspire others, to go further. We create together, to reach higher. We build trust, to lead purposefully.

Whether you're building your future or starting your career with us, you won’t do it alone. From creating solutions for our clients to building careers for our people, we shape what matters, and that’s where you come in.

This is more than a recruitment role. As part of a high-performing national team, you'll partner with business leaders to attract, recruit and develop the next generation of BDO talent through our graduate, vacationer, undergraduate and high school leaver programs.

You will play a key role in shaping future talent pipelines, delivering exceptional candidate and participant experiences, and supporting early careers talent to succeed at BDO.

What you'll do

As the Early Careers Talent Acquisition Business Partner for the Melbourne office, you will:

• Partner with business leaders to understand workforce needs, provide advice on early careers talent strategies and influence future hiring decisions.

• Act as a trusted advisor across all early careers’ activities, providing expertise and guidance on attraction, recruitment, development and retention initiatives.

• Lead end-to-end recruitment for vacationer, graduate and undergraduate programs, while supporting recruitment for the High School Leaver Program.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with schools, universities, student societies, professional bodies and industry partners.

• Represent BDO at school and university careers fairs, networking events, presentations and industry activities, strengthening our brand and market presence.

• Plan and deliver Summer and Winter Vacation Programs, ensuring participants have a meaningful and engaging experience from onboarding through to program completion.

• Plan and deliver the Activate (Graduate) Program and other early careers initiatives, creating development experiences that support participants to build confidence, grow professionally and succeed in their roles.

• Partner with leaders, buddies and mentors to support participant engagement, development and success throughout their early careers journey.

• Identify opportunities to improve processes, programs and candidate experiences, contributing to national projects and strategic initiatives.

• Champion inclusive recruitment practices and support the attraction of diverse talent into BDO.

About You

You are passionate about creating opportunities for emerging talent and enjoy building strong relationships with a broad range of stakeholders.

You'll bring:

• Experience in early careers recruitment or program delivery.

• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.

• Excellent communication and presentation capabilities.

• Strong organisational and project management skills.

• A proactive mindset and the ability to balance local business needs with a national approach.

Why Join Us?

You'll join a collaborative national team that is passionate about shaping the future of BDO.

From building talent pipelines and strengthening industry partnerships to delivering impactful development experiences, you'll play a key role in helping students launch their careers while supporting the firm's future workforce needs.

Why BDO?

Working for BDO you will be part of a growing and market leading professional services firm.

Our national and global footprint provides our people with opportunities to work on interesting client engagements, across diverse industry sectors and services.

Our open and collaborative culture ensures access to Partners and professional mentors, to guide and accelerate your professional career, across a wide array of career pathways.

We provide our people with various health and wellbeing, social, financial, and professional development benefits to help realise what’s possible.

Participate in fitness challenges or take advantage of exclusive discounts to corporate health insurance, gym memberships and wellness facilities via our BWell program. Access benefits such as travel perks, retail discounts, employee referral rewards, study, and professional development support.

Our leave options cater to the unique needs of our people; and include enhanced family support, cultural and religious leave, and options to purchase additional leave. You can also give back and get involved in community initiatives via our BCaring program.

With a strong focus on learning and growth, we provide on the job training and formal development programs to help you succeed in your role and develop your skills and experience.

Our culture is underpinned by our core values (One, Bold, Human, Heart and Strive).

We are proud to be recognised as an Inclusive Employer for 2025-2026 by Diversity Council of Australia and a 2024-2025 Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).

BDO is committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment practices. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview process, we encourage you to contact our Talent Acquisition team at [email protected]