About Us

RECRUITMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY - RMC

The Recruitment Management Company now known as RMC is an Australian company established in 2000 by a group of former senior Australian Public Service officers. Based in Canberra, RMC is a national company with a network of quality-assured consultants working in all capital cities and regional centres Townsville, Albury and Northern NSW.

WHAT WE DO

RMC provides an extensive range of recruitment support, training and resource services. Our consultants are a highly experienced team – our people have held successful senior careers across a range of public sector, NPO, NGO operations prior to joining RMC.

WHO IS RMC?

Management Team

Directors: Catherine Andrews - Managing Director, Maree Upton and Noel Kelly

Administration Manager: Selena Gardiner

Business Manager: Christine Kemp

Our Consultants – Our Expertise

RMC's consultants deliver a wealth of senior level public sector experience, diverse professional expertise and high level interpersonal skills to your project.

Available for short and longer term assignments – our team is mature, highly experienced and thoroughly versed in public sector recruitment procedures. In fact, most of our consultants are former senior public servants who bring a wealth of experience and knowledge to the selection task ensuring you benefit from their Best Practice expertise.

RMC’s 50 consultants provide resource support services to our public sector clients. Their expertise and experience includes –

Government/public sector recruitment
Professional scribing
Mentoring and coaching
Communications, research, writing, editing
Project management
Public Sector career guidance, training and development

RMC consultants travel to suit service level requirements as required and we can readily provide consultants in locations such as Rockhampton, Darwin and Hobart.

CV’s, testimonials and client lists are available – tell us what you need and we’ll find you a match.

Our Business Support Partners

Accounting: Clearcorp

Marketing and Communications: Prue Beckett (PBMC)

Technical support: Canberra Home Computer Support and Service (CHCSS)

Internet and online services: U-NIQ Consulting

THE RMC COMMITMENT - Service, Quality and Best Practice Expertise

We honour and further our reputation for superior service, flexibility, quality and no fuss, timely delivery
We understand and promote the merit principle as the basis for staff selection and we are cognisant of legislative and individual departmental guidelines
Our practices and procedures are aligned to the APS Code of Conduct and Values
We ensure the currency of our best practice benchmarks in the public and private sectors and adapt our methodology to suit client and project requirements
We aim to establish effective, lasting relationships with our clients based on superior service and added value. Integral to our service is an open and professional transfer of knowledge between ourselves and our clients

We guarantee to significantly ease the burden of the recruitment selection process

In 2002 RMC won the ACT/NSW Australia Post Small Business Award based on its business planning and establishment strategies
RMC is a corporate member of the Recruitment and Consulting Services Association Ltd (RCSA)

Testimonials

'Linda was such a fantastic help in making my recruitment process run efficiently and smoothly. Her assistance was greatly appreciated’ TM - Dept of Finance

‘David is a great scribe. His IT background is very useful as we hire IT staff, and his scribe and SAC skills are excellent’ TM - Dept of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

‘Michael was very professional, helpful and reliable – a dream to work with someone so experienced’ DW - Aust TAxation Office

‘Nick was very professional. His service was excellent and I would highly recommend him for any level panel’ JM - Comcare

‘Thanks for arranging to get Megan for us – she was a really great help’ JC - AusAID

‘The services provided by Ray were excellent’ JS - Aust Customs and Border Protection Service

‘Con did an excellent job as always’ JR - AusAID

‘It has been a pleasure working with Lawrie on this and previous selection exercises. Lawrie represents your organisation well’ AW - Centrelink

‘Janette was helpful, focussed attention of panel on pertinent issues and provided a timely response’ GK - Dept of the Treasury

‘Great work on the EL1 report. It is now ‘in the system’ for the necessary sign offs. I am most grateful for Reuben's efforts to meet a tight deadline’ SS - Dept of Defence

‘More than satisfied with the service and advice provided by Chris’ JV - Dept of Defence

Sandi was ‘Very professional and a pleasure to work with. We really appreciated your advice, ongoing regular communications and your willingness to take as much of the administrative load off us as possible’ JE - AusAID

‘Scribe (Mary) was able to discreetly guide and educate the panel through the process and some awkward moments during rating of candidates’ SP - Aust Customs and Border Protection Service

‘Thanks again Selma for all of your hard work, we would love to have you on next time so keep your books open’ AC - Dept of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

‘We are very happy with the service provided by Peter and look forward to future business’ MC - Aust Customs and Border Protection Service

‘Lyn was excellent – I wouldn’t look further unless she was unavailable’ AW - Aust Taxation Office

‘Helena was invaluable to this process and I am very grateful for the fast turnaround with the report’ MS - AusAID

‘It is a great pleasure to be able to work with a professional like John with such knowledge of government and security’ WM - Aust Customs and Border Protection Service

GreaterGood

RMC IS A CORPORATE SUPPORTER OF GreaterGood

RMC chooses to provide its philanthropic support to causes within our region which will support and develop our community

WHAT IS GreaterGood?

The Capital Region Community Foundation, known as GreaterGood, is a public charitable trust established in 2003 to provide a convenient, low cost structure to build a permanent fund to support projects, activities and charities that address the region's most challenging social issues. GreaterGood is a community based, independent organisation, which operates with the support of the Public Trustee for the ACT and an independent volunteer Board and Management Committee.

“………….Gifts to GreaterGood and the causes and activities it supports will forever make a difference to the quality of life in our unique part of Australia." Lady Helen Deane, Patron

Our Managing Director, Catherine Andrews is a Board Member and prior to that a founding member of the GreaterGood Management Committee.

Catherine was involved in the concept development and planning for GreaterGood.

Our Consultants

RMC's Consultants bring a wealth of prior, senior level public sector experience, diverse professional expertise and high level interpersonal skills to our company.

Our Consultants are available for short and longer term assignments - they come to you

Job ready and hands on
With a proven track record
Knowledgeable about public sector processes and values
Strongly networked
RMC trained and quality assured
Fully supported by a professional management team

CONSULTANT PROFILES

We have over 50 dedicated RMC Consultants. CV’s, testimonials and client lists are available for all our Consultants - you tell us your requirements, we will find you a match.
Profiles of our Consultants is under construction.

Our Locations

RMC's head office is located in Canberra. We have Consultants in Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth as well as regional areas such as Townsville, Albury and Newcastle.

Our Consultants are available to travel to other locations as required and we can readily provide Consultants in locations such as Rockhampton, Darwin and Hobart if required.

Please contact RMC to discuss your requirements.

Professional Partners

RCSA - Recruitment and Consulting Services Association Ltd (RMC is a Corporate Member)

IPAA - Institute of Public Administration Australia

AHRI - Australian Human Resources Institute

AICD - Australian Institute of Company Directors

Recent Assignments

Some recent assignments undertaken by RMC Consultants

A Senior Consultant was placed in-house with a client for six weeks to provide project management for a high priority Government assignment
Transcription and reporting for a sensitive, complex multi-stakeholder focus group for a Federal Government initiative
A Senior Consultant was assigned to support the Convenor and report on a work unit planning day
A Senior Consultant who undertook a five month selection process involving extensive travel to both Capital and Regional centres
Senior Consultants engaged for reporting the findings of a national conclave of experts
Our Regional team was engaged to support a national assessment process which was coordinated by RMC to ensure a seamless operation
Senior Consultants engaged to document the considerations of several Tender Assessment Panels in subject matter as diverse as industry, international aid, health and welfare
Several Senior Consultants engaged for short term assignments to provide technical writing and Standard Operating Procedures
A team of Senior Consultants assigned to deliver in depth referee reports on individuals and organisations under assessment for various Government tenders
Short-listing of candidates under consideration for membership of various high level Government Industry Boards and Advisory Committees
Recruitment support, including advertising, candidate liaison, short-listing, psychological and physical testing, interviewing and documentation of the process for a number of bulk recruitments in specialised areas. Applicant numbers exceeded 1200 for each of these processes
Independent Panel Members for SES and EL selections
Coordination and training of Scribe support for a national graduate selection process involving a team of both in-house and RMC Scribes working across Australia
Short-listing bulk round recruitment at the APS and EL levels for an international aid organisation
Reporting for evidential hearings in Victoria and the ACT

Contact Us

For an obligation free quote please complete our Book a Scribe Online booking form. For all other enquiries please contact -

National Office and ALL State enquiries	Address:	Unit 3 / 22 Napier Close DEAKIN ACT 2600
	Telephone:	1300 668 832 02 6248 5313 02 6262 5065
	Facsimile:	02 6262 5825
	Mail:	PO Box 167 DEAKIN WEST ACT 2600

South Australian Office	Address:	PO Box 4080 NORWOOD STH SA 5067
	Telephone:	08 8331 2982 1300 668 832
	Facsimile:	08 8332 2748

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Privacy Statement

1. GENERAL

RMC respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information that you share with us. When we need your personal information to provide services that you request or when you choose to provide us with your personal information, this policy statement describes how we collect and use your personal information.

RMC will comply with the National Privacy Principles unless exempt. The exemptions are acts done in meeting obligations under Commonwealth contracts (s.7B(2) Privacy Act) and in relation to employment relationships and records (s.7B(3) Privacy Act).

If you choose not to provide personal information we request, it may not be possible to provide you with our services. We may require disclosure of information under Australian law where applicable, eg GST legislation.

2. JOB APPLICANTS AND POTENTIAL JOB APPLICANTS

When you browse our website, you do so anonymously, unless you register with us. When you do this RMC collects personal information or contact details such as your name, physical address and email address. This information is used to send you information about our services or documentation that you have specifically requested. It may also be used to follow up with you to ascertain if you wish to proceed with your original registration of interest, eg. Submit an application for a position. There is no obligation for you to pursue your original enquiry.

If you submit a job application or a resume to us to assist you in finding employment we will use the information only for those purposes in our communications with our clients or other service providers in our industry and you are assumed to consent to that use and to our retention of your application.

We give you the opportunity to "opt out" of receiving direct information or ongoing services from us. Unless you opt out we will assume that you have consented to receipt of information or ongoing services from us if in our judgement it continues to be applicable. You may opt out by contacting RMC.

Your information may be used for demographic data for aggregate use by us or our advisers. This information is not linked to any personal information that can identify you.

3. PERSONAL INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS and/or AGENCIES AND OTHER EMPLOYERS

Personal information received by RMC or its subcontractors in providing recruitment and training services to Commonwealth departments/agencies will only be used for the purposes of providing services for which we or our subcontractors are engaged. It will not be used for direct marketing (s. 6F Privacy Act).

Where personal information is collected from other employers, we will take reasonable steps to comply with National Privacy Principle 1.3.

4. DATA SECURITY

RMC safeguards the security of data that you send to us with physical, electronic and managerial procedures. While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure the security of information that you transmit to us so we urge you to take every precaution to protect your personal data when you are on the Internet.

5. FURTHER INFORMATION

If any of your personal information is incorrect we will correct it. You may request more information about the way that we manage your personal information or about determining access to your personal information. This can be obtained by contacting RMC.