Recruitment Coordinator (12 months FTC)

Every minute of every day, Smiths Detection’s threat detection and security screening technology helps to protect people and infrastructure, making the world a safer place. 

Smiths Detection is a global leader in the development, manufacture and management of security and detection solutions designed to make the world a safer place. Our technology provides threat detection and screening solutions for customers in our key markets: aviation, ports and borders, defence, and urban security.

Our expertise spans 21 global offices, seven manufacturing sites and five R&D centres, with a global network of 3,500 dedicated colleagues contributing towards over 40 years at the frontline of advances in safety and security.  

This results in careers built on variety and the opportunity to work on a range of state-of-the-art solutions, where you can develop your knowledge and experience every day.

We are looking for a highly organised and proactive Recruitment Coordinator to support recruitment activities across the Asia Pacific region, including Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and India. This role plays a critical part in ensuring a smooth and efficient hiring process by coordinating recruitment activities, maintaining recruitment data, supporting contractor onboarding, managing agency relationships and providing administrative support to the Talent Acquisition team.

Working closely with Talent Acquisition, Hiring Managers, HR and external recruitment partners, you will help drive a consistent and effective recruitment process across a fast-paced transformation programme.

What You'll Be Doing

Recruitment Coordination & Administration

• Coordinate recruitment activities across multiple countries and business functions.
• Raise and manage recruitment requisitions, ensuring information is complete, accurate and aligned with internal processes.
• Support day-to-day recruitment administration and ensure actions are followed through to completion.
• Monitor recruitment activity and ensure requisitions are closed promptly once hiring is completed.

Tracking, Reporting & Data Management

• Create and maintain recruitment trackers to provide visibility of vacancies, hiring progress, onboarding activities and outstanding actions.
• Maintain accurate recruitment records, reports and status updates.
• Monitor risks, escalate issues where required and ensure recruitment data integrity.

Agency & Stakeholder Coordination

• Act as a central point of contact between Talent Acquisition, Hiring Managers, HR teams and external recruitment agencies.
• Coordinate agency communications and recruitment activity across multiple roles and locations.
• Support the onboarding of new agency partners and ensure required documentation and approvals are completed.

Contractor Onboarding Support

• Coordinate contractor onboarding activities and work closely with stakeholders to ensure a smooth onboarding experience.
• Track onboarding requirements and proactively follow up on outstanding actions to ensure agreed start dates are met.

Process & Transformation Support

• Help establish consistent recruitment administration processes across different functions and countries.
• Provide recruitment coordination support for transformation and change initiatives as required.
• Support SAP purchase requisition creation and invoice administration processes.

What We're Looking For

• Previous experience in Recruitment Coordination, Talent Acquisition, HR Administration, Resourcing or a similar coordination role.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent administrative skills and strong attention to detail.
• Experience maintaining trackers, coordinating actions and ensuring deadlines are met.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams and functions.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Teams and other Microsoft Office applications.
• Comfortable working with recruitment systems, HR platforms or Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS).
• A proactive approach with the confidence to follow up on outstanding actions and drive tasks to completion.
• Ability to work with accuracy, pace and consistency in a dynamic environment.

What Will Make You Stand Out

• Experience working in a multinational or matrix organisation.
• Exposure to Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and HR systems.
• Experience coordinating recruitment agencies and external hiring partners.
• Experience supporting contractor recruitment and onboarding.
• Previous involvement in transformation, change management or high-volume recruitment programmes.
• Exposure to SAP purchase requisition or invoice processing activities.

Why Join Us?

• Opportunity to work across multiple APAC markets and business functions.
• Be part of a high-impact transformation programme.
• Gain exposure to regional Talent Acquisition operations and stakeholder management.
• Work in a collaborative environment where organisation, initiative and attention to detail are highly valued.
• Opportunity to develop your recruitment, project coordination and HR operations expertise within a global organisation.

Join us and we’ll help build your career, with excellent training and opportunities for career growth across the business, both locally and globally. You’ll experience an inclusive environment, with strong leadership and a focus on safety and wellbeing. You’ll also have the flexibility to choose from a wide range of benefits to suit your lifestyle, offering you and your family support from a health and wellbeing, financial and lifestyle perspective.

Join us and work for a world-leader, with the benefits and training to reward your dedication and skills. Be part of a team where we are making the world a safer place.

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.

At no time during the hiring process will Smiths Detection, nor any of our recruitment partners ever request payment to enable participation – including, but not limited to, interviews or testing. Avoid fraudulent requests by applying jobs directly through our career’s website.