The Stephen James Partnership
Delivery Consultant
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About Us
The Stephen James Partnership (SJP) is an award-winning, Chambers and Partners-ranked provider of legal talent solutions, partnering with leading financial institutions, blue-chip organisations, and in-house legal teams.
For over a decade, we have built trusted relationships across the legal market by delivering high-quality services that support some of the most complex and time-sensitive legal resourcing needs in the industry.
Our fast-growing flexible legal resourcing model sits at the centre of the expansion of our partnerships, giving our clients the agility to access top-tier talent quickly, efficiently, and at the right level of seniority.
About the Role
We are seeking ambitious and results-driven Delivery Consultants to join our London team and support our flexible legal resourcing mandates at various levels.
This is a hands-on role with real responsibility from day one, combining strong candidate management skills with a keen commercial mindset at its core.
You will build relationships with candidates, working closely with senior consultants to identify, engage and manage exceptional legal professionals. Alongside this, you will develop a keen awareness of market movements and the instinct to act on them.
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The Opportunity & You
Joining SJP at this stage means becoming part of a high-performing, collaborative and ambitious business, operating at the forefront of the evolving legal talent market.
You will be part of a team that trusts people early with real work, rewards performance and creates an environment where career progression is something you drive.
You will gain exposure to high-calibre clients and stakeholders, building a strong foundation across talent delivery, relationship management, and commercial development, all within a fast-growing business that genuinely invests in its people.
Responsibilities
- Identify, engage and screen high-quality legal professionals, thereby building a strong pipeline of talent across the market
- Cultivate and maintain meaningful, long-term candidate relationships and, as such, become a trusted point of contact and a genuine expert in your space
- Work closely with senior consultants to drive delivery on live mandates, ensuring speed, quality and precision at every stage
- Own the end-to-end of candidate processes (from screening through to final offer), to ensure seamless coordination
- Build and maintain a strong candidate base, to constantly position SJP ahead of the curve when live mandates arise
- Play an active role in market mapping and wider delivery initiatives, helping shape the direction of the business
- Champion a consistently high-quality candidate experience, reflecting the standard SJP is known for across the legal market
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About You
- A strong academic background, and an interest in the legal sector (a law degree or legal exposure is a plus)
- Experience and/or exposure to sales, talent advisory, client-facing roles, or recruitment
- Exceptional communication and rapport-building skills, with a natural ability to connect with people at all levels
- A proactive and commercial mindset, with a strong ability to spot opportunities and act on them
- Highly organised and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple priorities without losing momentum
- Drive, resilience and self-motivation; you are energised by a high-performance environment, and you hold yourself to a high standard because you want to, not because you have to
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