HEADHUNTER & HR SPECIALIST | Permanent work from home | AU morning shift

Job Description This is a remote position. HEADHUNTER & HR SPECIALIST Remote | Philippines | Full-Time ₱40,000 – ₱50,000 About GetMyCourse GetMyCourse is a growing education and training business focused on helping people access practical skills, training, and career opportunities. We are looking for a **high-calibre Headhunter & HR Specialist** who can build our talent pipeline for niche commercial roles while also owning key people and employee-experience initiatives across the organisation. This is a recruitment-first role, with approximately 70–80% focused on specialist hiring and 20–30% focused on HR, engagement, and employee support. THE ROLE We are looking for a proactive and commercially minded Headhunter & HR Specialist who is highly skilled at identifying, approaching, assessing, and securing high-performing sales talent. The primary focus will be hiring A-players for niche sales and enterprise roles, particularly candidates who can operate in consultative, B2B, SaaS, enterprise, or high-value sales environments. Beyond recruitment, you will act as the organisation's HR point person, supporting employee engagement, HR administration, HMO processing, onboarding, employee experience, and other people-related initiatives. You will work closely with leadership and hiring managers to understand what a true "A-player" looks like and proactively build talent pipelines rather than relying solely on job advertisements. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Niche & Specialized Talent Acquisition — PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY · Own end-to-end recruitment for specialist, niche, and senior sales positions. · Identify and attract A-player Sales Representatives, Account Executives, BDMs, Enterprise Sales professionals, and other commercial talent. · Proactively source passive candidates through LinkedIn, talent databases, referrals, networking, Boolean search, headhunting, and other sourcing channels. · Build and maintain talent pools for hard-to-fill and recurring sales positions. · Develop targeted sourcing strategies for candidates with proven experience in: o B2B Sales o SaaS / Technology Sales o Enterprise Sales o Consultative Sales o High-ticket Sales o Account Management o Business Development o Education / Training Sales o Other niche commercial environments · Conduct initial screening and competency-based interviews · Assess candidates based on track record, revenue performance, sales capability, communication, cultural alignment, career stability, and potential. · Validate sales achievements wherever possible through measurable evidence such as revenue generated, quotas achieved, conversion rates, deal sizes, client portfolios, or sales rankings. · Present shortlisted candidates to hiring managers with clear recruitment recommendations. · Manage candidate communication and experience throughout the recruitment process. · Coordinate interviews, assessments, reference checks, offers, and onboarding handovers. · Maintain accurate candidate records and recruitment activity in the ATS. · Continuously improve sourcing strategies based on hiring outcomes and market feedback Recruitment Strategy & Talent Intelligence · Partner with leadership to understand current and future hiring requirements. · Translate hiring-manager requirements into clear candidate profiles and sourcing strategies. · Research talent markets and identify where high-performing candidates are currently working. · Conduct competitor and talent-market mapping for difficult roles. · Build a ready-to-hire pipeline instead of starting recruitment from zero whenever a vacancy opens. · Provide feedback to leadership on salary expectations, candidate availability, market competitiveness, and recruitment challenges. · Track recruitment metrics including: o Time to shortlist o Time to hire o Source effectiveness o Interview-to-offer ratio o Offer acceptance o Quality of hire o Pipeline health HR & EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE — SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITY Act as the organisation's primary HR support person for day-to-day employee experience and people-related administration. Employee Engagement · Plan and coordinate employee engagement activities. · Organise team-building activities, celebrations, recognition initiatives, birthdays, work anniversaries, and other employee experience programs. · Help maintain a positive, connected, and high-performance culture across remote teams. · Gather employee feedback and identify opportunities to improve engagement. · Support internal communications relating to people initiatives and employee activities. Employee Support & HR Administration · Serve as a first point of contact for general HR-related questions and employee concerns. · Support employee onboarding and offboarding processes. · Maintain employee HR records and documentation. · Coordinate employment-related documents and HR communications. · Assist managers with basic people-related processes and employee concerns. · Maintain confidentiality and professionalism when handling employee information. HMO Administration · Coordinate HMO enrolment, updates, additions, deletions, and employee requests. · Liaise with the HMO provider regarding employee concerns and documentation. · Maintain accurate HMO records. · Assist employees with basic HMO-related queries and processing requirements. **Payroll, payroll calculations, salary processing, and finance-related payroll functions are NOT part of this role. These responsibilities are handled separately by the Payroll/Finance Specialist.** HR OPERATIONS SUPPORT · Maintain organised employee files and HR documentation · Support HR reporting and people-related data tracking. · Assist in developing and documenting HR processes and policies. · Coordinate employee surveys, feedback collection, and engagement initiatives. · Support performance-review and employee-development processes where required. · Ensure HR activities are completed accurately, confidentially, and on time. · Assist leadership with ad hoc HR and people projects. IDEAL CANDIDATE We are looking for someone who is more than a traditional recruiter. The ideal candidate is a headhunter who knows how to find people who are not actively looking for jobs and can distinguish an average salesperson from a genuine A-player. You should be: · Highly proactive and resourceful. · Strong in headhunting and passive candidate sourcing. · Commercially minded and comfortable recruiting sales professionals. · Excellent at assessing sales performance and potential. · Confident communicating with experienced and senior candidates. · Strong in stakeholder management and hiring-manager partnership. · Highly organised and able to manage multiple vacancies simultaneously. · Comfortable working independently in a remote environment. · People-oriented and genuinely interested in employee experience. · Detail-oriented when handling HR administration and employee records. · Discreet and trustworthy when handling confidential information. · Comfortable balancing high-volume recruitment activity with high-touch executive/niche hiring. REQUIRED EXPERIENCE Essential · 3+ years of recruitment/headhunting experience, preferably within sales, commercial, SaaS, technology, B2B, or professional services recruitment. · Demonstrated experience sourcing passive candidates. · Proven ability to recruit difficult-to-fill or niche positions. · Strong LinkedIn sourcing and Boolean search skills. · Experience conducting competency-based interviews · Strong understanding of sales roles and commercial talent. · Experience using an ATS or recruitment CRM. · Strong written and verbal English communication. · Experience handling HR administration and employee engagement activities. Highly Preferred · Experience recruiting *A-player sales professionals*. · Experience hiring Enterprise Sales, Account Executives, BDMs, Sales Development Representatives, or high-ticket sales professionals. · Experience recruiting for Australian, US, UK, or other international markets is an advantage but not required. · BPO, agency recruitment, executive search, SaaS, or startup experience. · Experience with HMO/benefits administration. · Experience supporting remote or distributed teams. SUCCESS PROFILE Your success in this role will be measured primarily by your ability to consistently deliver and close high-quality commercial talent, not simply the number of CVs submitted. Recruitment Success · Consistently produces qualified shortlists for niche sales roles. · Builds strong passive-candidate pipelines. · Improves time-to-shortlist and time-to-hire. · Delivers candidates who meet both technical and cultural requirements. · Demonstrates strong hiring-manager satisfaction. · Maintains a healthy pipeline of future A-players. HR Success · Employees receive timely and professional HR support. · HMO requests are processed accurately and efficiently. · Engagement activities are organised consistently. · HR records remain accurate and up to date. · Employees experience a responsive and people-focused HR function. TOOLS & SYSTEMS · Experience with the following is advantageous: · LinkedIn Recruiter · ZOHO or other similar Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) · Recruitment CRMs · Google Workspace · Slack / Microsoft Teams · HRIS platforms · HMO / benefits portals · Boolean sourcing tools · Other AI recruitment and sourcing tools WORKING ARRANGEMENT Location: Philippines Work Setup: Permanent Work From Home Employment: Full-Time (5-6 weeks nesting period) Shift: Aligned with GetMyCourse business requirements : Tentative 7AM-3PM Reporting To: GetMyCourse Leadership / Management THE BIG PICTURE This role is ideal for someone who wants to be the talent hunter and people champion of GetMyCourse. Your primary mission is simple: Find the A-players we cannot easily find through traditional recruitment. You will own the hunt for exceptional sales talent while also helping build an organisation where employees feel **supported, engaged, recognised, and connected**. If you are a recruiter who loves the thrill of finding the needle in the haystack, knows how to sell an opportunity to passive candidates, and also enjoys building a great employee experience, we want to hear from you.