About Ambition Australia

About Ambition

We are passionate about Building Better Futures for our clients, candidates and employees.

We are committed to Building Better Futures for the organisations we work for, the professionals we help, and our own team.

What we do

We are a group of subject matter expert recruiters with a thorough understanding in each of our fields. Each of our team have longstanding networks and extensive experience within their chosen markets.

In Australia we recruit for roles within:

We work across a diverse range of SMEs and multinational organisations, allowing us to offer a range of opportunities to the candidates we represent.

We provide all the security and benefits of a large, international business whilst operating with the personal, bespoke service of a local expert.

Our purpose & values

Believing passionately that everyone in our company can make a difference we work relentlessly to reinforce our purpose and live our values. ​Our values underlie everything that we do as a business and every interaction we have with our candidates, clients and colleagues.

Our purpose is Building Better Futures for:

Our clients: we are committed to finding you the best talent to enable business growth.

Our candidates: matching your skills and interests with suitable job opportunities to fulfill your personal ambitions.

Our employees: we provide the framework for a rewarding, fulfilling and enjoyable career.

Our values encompass PRIDE:

  • Passion

    Passion

    We are passionate about who we are, what we do and the way we do it.

  • Resourcefulness

    Resourcefulness

    We think creatively, working smarter, faster and harder. 

  • Integrity

    Integrity

    We are honest, respectful and straightforward.

  • Drive

    ​Drive

    Ambitious by nature, we are determined to excel and energetic in the way we apply ourselves.

  • Engagement

    ​Enjoyment

    Critical to our success, we strive to enhance the experience for clients, candidates and employees.

​Corporate Social Responsibility

At Ambition we acknowledge our responsibilities to our employees, the community and the environment. Our corporate social responsibility (CSR) policy focuses on three core commitments:

  • We believe that for our employees the company should be a positive, inclusive and safe place to work.

  • We want to be engaged with our community, using our time and resources to improve other peoples’ lives in line with our company purpose of Building Better Futures.

  • We recognise that we can significantly reduce the impact our business activities have on the environment.

Each of our offices around the world supports their communities through raising money as well as donating time, resources and expertise. We also host career-focused programs aimed at assisting young people.

Global

In addition to Ambition’s corporate social responsibility policy, as a group we are affiliated with Unicef and participate in raising funds for their Champion for Children Programme.  Unicef are the United Nations Children’s Fund, they work in 190 countries across the globe, and advocate the survival, protection and development of every child. Their focus is on the lives of children who are the most disadvantaged and excluded.

We are proud to have this partnership with Unicef as it strongly backs Ambitions tagline of “Building Better Futures”. Ambition employees are encouraged to donate year round, however predominantly during the quarterly global culture initiatives, also known as ‘Celebrating Our Culture With Pride’ events.

Learn more about Unicef ›

Partnerships

Ambition is affiliated with a number of corporate bodies to support the professional growth of our employees so they are well equipped to service our community of candidates and clients.

Our Australian affiliations include:

Diversity Council Australia (DCA)

Diversity Council Australia is the only independent, not-for-profit workplace diversity advisor to business in Australia. We offer a unique knowledge bank of research, practice and expertise across diversity dimensions developed over more than 25 years of operation. In partnership with our members, our mission is to:

1. Lead debate on diversity in the public arena;
2. Develop and promote the latest diversity research, thinking and practice; and
3. Deliver innovative diversity practice resources and services to enable our members to drive business improvement.

Recruitment, Consulting and Staffing Association (RCSA)

The Recruitment, Consulting and Staffing Association Australia & New Zealand (RCSA) is the peak body for the recruitment and staffing industry in Australia and New Zealand.

RCSA sets the benchmark for professionalism through standard setting, education, research and business advisory support to our member firms and accredited professionals. All of our members are bound by the RCSA Code for Professional Conduct which is underpinned by a comprehensive disciplinary and dispute resolution procedure.

​Our story

Ambition was founded in Australia in 1999 by Nick Waterworth and Paul Lyons with a belief that whilst we didn't want to reinvent the wheel, we did feel that there was a tremendous opportunity to carve a niche of our own in the recruitment market and build a special organisation.

Since then Ambition has grown, servicing specialist markets in key international cities; Sydney, Melbourne, Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and London, yet despite our size, we remain of the few international recruitment businesses with genuine local expertise.

Today, Ambition is renowned for our in-depth knowledge and expertise, well-established networks and deep relationships. We have the scale to undertake significant projects for our clients yet deliver a personal customer experience with the soul and personality of a smaller company.

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Work For Us

Interested in working for Ambition as a recruitment consultant?

If you have ambition and align with our values then we would love to here from you!

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