Recruitment Support Services
Recruitment Support Services
You focus on leading your team.
We deliver your recruitment, your way.
Kingston Human Capital's Recruitment Support Services is a service designed for Queensland Government hiring managers,
panel chairs and leadership teams who need recruitment support to deliver their recruitment project on budget and on time
but want to retain full decision-making authority of the recruitment project.
Pre-qualified Queensland Government supplier
- GGS0060 Labour Hire
- GGS0111 Professional Services
- A3737 Specialised HR Services
- OCE2601 Engineering & Technology + RoadTek
Local Buy Arrangements
- LB334 Recruitment: Temporary & Labour Hire
- LB297 Recruitment Services – Permanent
- LB328 People and Wellbeing
- LB327 Training Services
Queensland Recruitment Expertise
Support designed for government hiring managers, panel chairs and public sector recruitment teams.
Queensland Labour Hire Licence
LHL00632M1X4H
What is Recruitment Support Services?
Recruitment support that feels like an extension of your team.
Our Recruitment Support Services provides organisations access to an experienced recruitment team without increasing headcount, adding pressure to internal teams or taking leaders away from their day job. Unlike a traditional recruitment agency that focuses only on supplying candidates, our Recruitment Support Services team supports and manages you through your entire recruitment process. Kingston Human Capital becomes an extension of your team, providing the capability, coordination and recruitment expertise required to move vacancies from approval to appointment, with all the relevant governance and reporting requirements met.
We work using your templates, your processes, your policies and to meet your reporting requirements while managing all of the administrative burden of your recruitment activities, saving you time, reducing risk and ensuring your project is delivered faster. Whether you need support with one vacancy or multiple concurrent campaigns, our Recruitment Support Services provides access to experienced recruitment professionals who will help plan, attract, assess and secure quality candidates while keeping you informed throughout the journey. Most importantly, you remain in control of all hiring decisions while we manage the work required to get you to the right decision faster, in line with policy and regulative requirements.
The Process
Develop the project plan
Understand the requirements of the role
We manage your advertising and attraction
We evaluate and shortlist your applicants
We support you on shortlist interviews and assessment
We undertake the reference checks for you
We draft your selection reporting
We support you in the offer and onboarding stage
Seeking recruitment service support guarantees a good outcome and ensures your project runs in a timely manner.
Nobody hands you three clear weeks to run a recruitment campaign. Hiring managers are already busy and recruitment administration task often have to get done out of hours, this is why shortlisting stalls and project slows down. The government hiring managers who have worked with us received positive hiring outcome, a project that is delivered timely, compliantly and in a way that stands up to scrutiny.
Our Recruitment Support Services Team Solves All Of This
We'll make sure you get a great hire quickly, efficiently and compliantly.
The real cost is what happens in your team while the seat is empty and it accumulates every week the process runs longer than it should. Work is redistributed to people already at capacity, or it is simply not done. Overtime, backfill and higher duties absorb the gap. Your own evenings and weekends go into it and no budget line records that. The preferred candidate withdraws during a slow process and the timeline starts again. A second campaign runs at full cost because the first did not produce a field and sometimes a compromise appointment is made under time pressure and resolved painfully, months later.
45% of Your Candidate Pool
Every week the role sits untouched, more candidates accept other opportunities. By the time shortlisting begins, a significant portion of your original applicant pool may no longer be available. The best candidates move quickly, which is why our Recruitment Support Services keep your recruitment process moving and help you retain access to quality candidates.
15% Lost Between Shortlisting & Interviews
Delays between shortlisting and interviews allow the strongest candidates to progress with faster-moving employers. As candidates explore multiple opportunities, every delay increases the chance of losing quality talent. Our Recruitment Support Services Team keeps the process moving and candidates engaged, helping you protect the strength of your shortlist.
20% Increased Risk Of Candidate Withdrawal
When candidates receive an offer but experience a long delay before receiving the written contract, engagement drops and competing opportunities that may still be in their job seeking pipeline become more attractive. Our Recruitment Support Services Team stay in contact with the candidate from offer to receiving a contract to ensure engagement remains high.
1–2 Weeks Of Recruitment Delay
Internal recruitment can stall when hiring managers are balancing recruitment with their day jobs. Our Recruitment Support Services keep the process moving, with hiring managers reporting completion one to two weeks earlier, while maintaining greater governance, consistency and momentum throughout the recruitment process.
What tasks exactly does the Recruitment Support Services Team do for me?
You stay in the driver’s seat. We do the driving you do not have time for. You make every decision that matters, and we remove every task that does not need you.
What we do?
We write and release the advertisement, based on your guidance
We reviews every application and cover letter against your criteria
We build the applicant list and shortlist report
We coordinate interviews and panel diaries, location and logistics
We draft interview questions and book scribes
We draft the selection report and keep the candidate warm
We support you to manage the offer or extend it for you
We provide you support on making an offer and onboarding
We make sure your project is delivered to a great outcome and on time
We take all enquiry about the job, deadlines and important matters
What you do?
You advice and oversee
You set the criteria and tell us what's important
You review the report
You just have to show up to the interview
You attend the interview
You oversee
You oversee
You celebrate the success
You focus on your critical work
None, this is all on us
Meet your recruitment expert

Michelle Bassett
Director, Recruitment & High Performance
Michelle is a Kingston Human Capital director and your direct contact for Recruitment Support Services.
She has spent more than 10 years helping Government agencies recruit leaders, specialists and critical operational talent. She understands the pressure hiring managers face and designed RAAS to remove the administrative burden, help departments speed up their recruitment processes without impacting governance and compliance.
Deep understanding of recruitment challenges across Queensland organisations.
Queensland Recruitment Expertise
Clear processes, strong governance and defensible recruitment decisions.
Structured Document & Hiring Process
Providing practical support for leaders navigating complex recruitment challenges.
Trusted Advisor To Hiring Leaders
Focused on long-term hiring success, not simply filling vacancies.
Ensuring Better Hires, Better Outcomes
Giving government hiring managers back their time while keeping control of every hiring decision.
Recruitment Support Services Specialist
High Performance Hiring Focus
Ensuring hiring managers make quality recruitment decisions to stronger teams and better business outcomes.
Services covered by our Recruitment Support Services program
How much of the recruitment process would you like us to take off your hands?
| Recruitment stage | What Kingston Human Capital takes care of? | Essential support | Panel and assessment support | End-to-end panel support | Complete recruitment solution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recruitment Strategy & Planning | We design the selection and recruitment methodology | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| We build and manage the recruitment timeline | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| We provide diversity and inclusion guidance | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| We confirm the panel and keep everyone aligned | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Attraction & Advertising | We develop the advertising strategy | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| We write the job advertisement | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| We support your SmartJobs process | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| We develop targeted marketing campaigns | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Application Management & Shortlisting | We review applications and complete eligibility checks | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| We evaluate applicants against the requirements | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| We pre-screen candidates before panel assessment | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| We develop the shortlist | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| We facilitate and moderate the shortlisting meeting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Interview Management | We design the interview questions | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| We arrange the interview schedule | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| We coordinate the panel | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| We prepare candidate and panel packs | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| We brief the panel to support fair, defensible decisions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| We document interviews clearly and accurately | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| We moderate the interview process | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| We facilitate panel deliberations | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| We help the panel make evidence-based decisions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Selection Reporting | We prepare the comparative assessment | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| We prepare the selection report | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| We refine the report through to final approval | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Reference & Due Diligence Checks | We complete standard and targeted referee checks | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| We coordinate and progress pre-employment checks | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| We coordinate other due diligence and psychometric checks | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Project Finalisation | We provide post-project reporting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| We evaluate the project and identify improvements | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Candidate & Stakeholder Communications | We manage candidate outcomes | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| We provide compassionate candidate feedback | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| We support the offer and acceptance process | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| We manage candidate, panel and referee correspondence | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| We keep you informed with progress reporting | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| We support the successful candidate and manager | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| We provide access to Kingston’s leadership capability skills series | ✓ | ✓ |
What your next two weeks look like instead
The applications stop being your problem the day we start. You do not open them. You do not sort them. You do not build a spreadsheet at the kitchen table on Sunday to work out who made the cut and you do not spend Monday morning apologising to a candidate who has been waiting a fortnight to hear something.
Your phone stops ringing with candidate questions, because they ring us. The three diaries you have been chasing get chased by someone whose actual job that is. The interview pack arrives built. The questions arrive drafted. The scribe is already booked. On the day, you walk into the room and the only thing you have to do is the thing you are good at, which is working out which of these people should join your team.
Afterwards, the selection report is written for you, to your reporting requirements. The feedback calls that you have been dreading are made by us, properly and kindly. The person you chose stays in contact with someone right up until the morning they walk in, so the silence between yes and day one stops being the place your appointment goes to die.
That is the whole offer. You get your evenings back and you still get the hire.
What changes the moment we start
Your workload drops on day one
Screening, coordination, scribing and reporting leave your desk immediately
Faster hiring
Your shortlist delivered. Your best candidate identified. Less than 3 weeks from role closure.
Fewer candidates lost
Continuous contact from application through to commencement
A process that stands up
Audit-ready documentation, structured questions, professional scribing and selection reporting
Better candidates
We promote your role actively rather than waiting on the advertisement alone
Lower vacancy costs
Every week saved is a week your team is not absorbing the gap
Better retention
97% of our permanent and executive placements are still in place after three years
Stronger workforce planning
We work ahead of the vacancy rather than behind it
You are not buying a shortlist. You are buying your week back and a hire that lasts.
Let us take the recruitment off your desk
With just three steps.
Confirm the panel
Your procurement team selects the right arrangement, whether that is GGS0060 for labour hire, GGS0111 for HR consulting, A3737 for specialised HR services, or the relevant Local Buy panel.
Brief us once
A single conversation about the role, the timeline and what a good appointment looks like.
Get on with your job
We run the campaign and report to you at every stage.
You did not take this job to review applications at nine o'clock at night. Let us give you that time back.
We do not ask you to take our word for it
When the 2025 Queensland floods and Cyclone Alfred struck, the Queensland Government needed people mobilised immediately. Within minutes of the call, the Kingston Human Capital's Recruitment Support Services team was working with government leaders to activate and onboard staff across the state, from call-centre operators to field officers and grants administrators. Our performance was rated above average by our government partners, and we are rebuilding our systems to reach excellent next time.
Kingston Human Capital has supported the Queensland public service through Cyclone Yasi, Cyclone Alfred, Queensland flooding events, and bushfire and recovery projects. We have delivered recruitment for the Department of Justice and Attorney-General, the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, the Department of Education, the Department of Transport and Main Roads, TransLink, the Department of Environment and Science, Queensland Health, Metro North and Metro South Hospital and Health Services, Queensland Shared Services, the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, and other Queensland Government agencies.
Read through our case studies below:
Recruitment Support Services FAQs
Why do Queensland Government hiring managers use Recruitment Support Services?
When Time Is The Problem
Most hiring managers can make recruitment decisions but do not have the capacity to run a complete recruitment campaign on top of their existing responsibilities. Recruitment Support Services removes the administrative burden while maintaining governance, compliance and control.
Will I lose control of who we hire?
You Keep Control
No. You make every decision that matters. You define what a good appointment looks like, you sit on the panel, and you choose the person. Kingston Human Capital removes the tasks that do not need you: the screening, the coordination, the scribing, the reporting and the candidate communication. We also run your process rather than ours, using your templates, procedures and governance.
Will this make it look like I could not manage my own recruitment?
A Resourcing Decision
No, and it is a fair thing to wonder. Using a panel supplier to run a process is a resourcing decision, not a capability one. The managers who engage us are usually the ones carrying the most, not the least. Nobody is given three clear weeks to run a campaign on top of a full portfolio, and the people who recognise that early are the ones whose campaigns do not stall.
Will our candidates know we used an external provider?
Your Brand, Our Support
They will know a recruitment provider is coordinating the process, because we correspond with them directly and we introduce ourselves properly. What they experience is your process, run under your templates and your branding, with someone who answers the phone and tells them where they stand. In our experience that improves how your agency is seen rather than diminishing it, because the most damaging thing for an employer brand is not using a provider. It is silence.
How much of my own time will this take?
Less Time On Recruitment
Approximately ⟨typical hours required from the hiring manager across a campaign⟩. There are four touchpoints: the brief, the shortlist decision, the interview day and the appointment decision. Everything else is ours.
Can you take over a campaign we have already started?
It's Never Too Late
Yes, and it is how a lot of our campaigns start. Whether your role is still advertised, closed with applications nobody has opened, stalled between shortlist and interview, or already run once without producing an appointable field, we can pick it up from where it is. Send us the SmartJobs link and we will tell you what we would do next.
Is this not more expensive than doing it ourselves?
The Cost You Don't See
It is a real cost, and it sits against a cost you are already paying but cannot see. The work redistributed to a team already at capacity, the overtime and higher duties while the seat is empty, your own evenings, the preferred candidate who withdraws during a slow process and takes the timeline back to the start, and the second campaign that runs at full price because the first did not produce a field. If it is useful, ask us what your current vacancy is costing each week and we will work through it with you before you decide anything.
Will you understand our environment?
Queensland Government Experience
The Queensland public sector is where Kingston Human Capital works. We are pre-qualified on GGS0060, GGS0111, A3737 and Local Buy panels LB334, LB297, LB328 and LB327. We have delivered recruitment for departments and health services including Justice and Attorney-General, Education, Transport and Main Roads, TransLink, Queensland Health, Metro North and Metro South, Premier and Cabinet, and Queensland Shared Services. We were also part of the government’s community recovery mobilisation during the 2025 Queensland floods and Cyclone Alfred.
How hard is it to set up?
Three Simple Steps
Three steps. Your procurement team selects the arrangement that fits the work. You brief us once, in a single conversation about the role, the timeline and what a good appointment looks like. Then we run the campaign and report to you at every stage. Because Kingston Human Capital is already on the panels, there is no procurement process to run first.
How is Recruitment Support Services different from a recruitment agency?
More Than Candidate Supply
Recruitment Support Services is an arrangement where an external recruitment team takes ownership of your recruitment process and runs it for you, using your organisation’s own templates, procedures and governance, while you keep every decision that matters. Kingston Human Capital delivers Recruitment Support Services to Queensland Government agencies. It is not candidate supply: a traditional recruitment agency sends you a shortlist of resumes and leaves you to run the panel, the coordination, the scribing, the reporting and the offer. Recruitment Support Services does all of that work instead, and hands you the decision.
Think of an executive assistant and an HR business partner combined into one team that runs your recruitment project for you. You oversee it to whatever degree you want. They do the steps.
Can Recruitment Support Services be be used for Queensland Government recruitment?
Designed For Government
Yes. Kingston Human Capital delivers Recruitment Support Services specifically for Queensland Government agencies and is already pre-qualified on GGS0060, GGS0111, A3737 and multiple Local Buy panels, making engagement straightforward and procurement-friendly.
We have had disappointing experiences with recruiters before.
Not Your Typical Recruiter
That is usually an experience of candidate supply rather than process support, and it is a fair thing to be wary of. This service does not send you a shortlist of resumes and step back. It runs the process you would otherwise be running yourself. If you would like to test that, send us one role and we will map the timeline before you commit to anything.
Our process has to stand up to scrutiny. Will it?
Built For Compliance
That is the part of this work we take most seriously, because a challenged process is a personal exposure for the panel chair rather than an administrative inconvenience. We draft structured, defensible interview questions. We provide a dedicated scribe. We document every applicant in the applicant grid, including those not progressed. We prepare compliant selection reports. And we include anti-bias training for your panel at no additional cost, because a consistent panel is what makes a decision defensible.
What happens to our applicants' information?
Your Data Protected
See our Privacy Policy Statement on how we gather and store your data.
Do you guarantee the placement?
Clear Expectations Upfront
Not on Recruitment Support Services and we say so upfront. This service manages your process, coordination and delivery rather than searching for and placing the candidate. A twelve-month placement guarantee does apply to end-to-end Executive Recruitment, where we run the search as well as the process.
What if something goes wrong during the campaign?
A Defined Escalation Path
You raise it with Michelle Bassett and her team via direct contact numbers and channels that will be provided to you on the briefing call and she will respond with a plan to fix it. Our position on a campaign that does not produce an appointable field and on a role that is withdrawn partway through, is set out in full on the what is included page.
How long does a campaign take?
Every Role Is Different
It depends on the classification level, the applicant volume and how quickly your panel can sit. Rather than publish a number that may not apply to your role, send us the role and we will map the timeline for it specifically, before you commit to anything.
We are handling it internally, thank you.
That's Completely Fine
That is a completely reasonable position, and plenty of campaigns run well internally. If it is useful, our free resources on designing strong interview questions and on keeping a new hire engaged and performing are available with no obligation, and you are welcome to them whether or not we ever work together.
What happens when you book a conversation with our team
We will ask you three things: what the role is, when you need someone in the seat and what has already happened with it. You will leave the call knowing whether we can help, roughly what it would cost and roughly how long it would take. If the answer is that you do not need us, we will tell you that and there is no follow-up sequence either way.
It is fifteen minutes and it is a conversation, not a pitch.
If confirmed: The call is with the consultant who would run your campaign.
Kingston Human Capital · Brisbane, Queensland · (07) 3211 7719 · talent@kingstonhumancapital.com.au
Pre-qualified on GGS0060, GGS0111, A3737 and Local Buy LB334, LB297, LB328 and LB327 · Queensland Labour Hire Licence LHL00632M1X4H
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