Ryder Reid Legal
Early Careers and Professional Development Specialist
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Job Title: Early Careers & Professional Development Specialist
Location: City of London
Role: Full-time permanent role
Working Arrangement: Hybrid Working (3 days in office)
Salary: Circa £70,000 per annum
Requirements
- Law firm Experience necessary
The firm
Our client is a large international law firm with a substantial global team and offices across numerous key commercial hubs, offering a broad range of legal services spanning corporate work, regulatory matters, private capital, and litigation. With a strong presence in financial centres such as New York and London, the organization combines extensive industry experience with a collaborative, forward-thinking culture designed to support complex, cross-border client needs.
The role
In your new role as an Early Careers and Professional Development Specialist, you will be leading the graduate recruitment process and managing all aspects of their trainee solicitor programme and assist with attorney professional development for their London office. Your key responsibilities will include:
- Working closely with senior stakeholders at the firm to develop and agree a strategy for graduate recruitment across their London offices.
- Developing and delivering the annual graduate recruitment programme and managing the full recruitment lifecycle for training contracts, vacation schemes, and related initiatives.
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with universities, law schools, and other education providers.
- Coordinating assessment centres and selection process.
- Managing the structure and delivery of the trainee solicitor training and development programme.
- Coordinating seat rotations and supporting and monitoring all aspects of trainee development, performance management, and qualification processes.
- Working with the Knowledge Management team in developing training programmes, coordinating logistics, and updating intranet training resources for attorneys.
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What do you need?
In order to be successful in this role you will need:
- Previous experience in graduate recruitment and trainee solicitor programmes within a law firm environment.
- Strong knowledge and understanding of the SQE process, and other routes to qualification.
- Experience designing and/or running graduate assessment centres.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills and managing stakeholders at all levels.
- Excellent organisational and project management skills.
- Commercial awareness and strategic thinking capability.
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What do you get in return?
In return, you will receive a very competitive salary with excellent benefits and the opportunity to shape the early careers and development programme at a growing prestigious law firm.
Application Process
For further information and to apply, please submit your resume. Due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to respond to all inquiries. If you have not received a response within 72 hours, please assume you have not been shortlisted.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Ryder Reid Legal is a recruitment specialist, for almost thirty years we've been connecting legal talent with many of the leading law firms in London and internationally. Follow our LinkedIn page for our latest vacancies. https://uk.linkedin.com/company/ryder-reid-legal
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