Senior Early Careers Recruitment Advisor

Trainee Recruitment Delivery

• Own the day-to-day delivery of all trainee recruitment activity, acting as the operational lead from candidate screening through to offer.
• Ensure all milestones, timelines and deliverables are achieved.
• Effectively manage our applicant tracking system (Candid).
• Build and maintain strong relationships with recruitment leads and interviewers, providing a high level of customer service.

Open Days and Outreach

• End-to-end ownership of the firm's three annual student open days, including our Black Talent event which is run in partnership with Sanctuary Graduates.
• Manage project plans, candidate attraction, screening, speakers and event delivery.
• Plan and host our annual trainee pre-joining event.
• Lead on our trainee keep-warm process, ensuring regular and consistent touchpoints.

Wider Support

• Provide cover for lateral recruitment activity during the Recruitment Manager's absence and busy periods.
• Provide interview scheduling cover during the Recruitment Coordinator's absence, for both early careers and lateral recruitment.
• Support wider recruitment and People Team projects as required.

What We Are Looking For

• Strong, demonstrable experience and knowledge of the graduate and early careers recruitment market.
• Law firm or wider professional services experience is desirable, but we are also interested in hearing from candidates from alternative industries.
• Experience of a range of assessment and selection methods, with a particular focus on early careers and volume recruitment.
• Demonstrable experience of using applicant tracking systems, preferably Candid.
• A passion for recruitment marketing, with a keen interest in diversity and inclusion.
• An ability to build strong relationships, quickly becoming a trusted advisor.
• The ability to work at pace, prioritise effectively and use sound judgement.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• A high level of attention to detail.
• An understanding of current employment legislation and its relevance to recruitment.

Due to the nature of the role, the successful candidate must have the flexibility to work outside our core office hours on occasion.

The Recruitment Process

Applicants can expect a welcoming two-way interview process, where there will be plenty of opportunities to ask questions about the opportunity and to discover more about life at the firm.

We’re committed to ensuring all candidates are treated equally and fairly, allowing them to perform at their best during the recruitment process.

If you have a disability, if you're neurodivergent, or if you have a condition that you believe may affect your performance during our recruitment process, we encourage you to share your requirements for any adjustments in the relevant section of our application form, or via your recruitment agency. A member of our recruitment team will be in touch to discuss how best we can support you during each stage of the process.

What We Offer

We offer a competitive benefits package that currently includes the following:

• 25 days’ holiday, increasing by 1 day per year up to our maximum of 28 days.
• Employer pension contribution of 5% in your first year, with a minimum 3% employee contribution, increasing to 10% employer contribution after one year’s service.
• Holiday buy scheme, with the option to purchase up to 5 additional days.
• Holiday bonus, starting at £400 per year, increasing each year up to a maximum of £2,000.
• Private medical insurance via Bupa, where you’ll be eligible to join the month following your start date. You will also have the option to add dependants, subject to a monthly cost.
• Free confidential access to 24/7 medical, mental, legal and financial wellbeing support via Health Assured and WeCare from your first day of employment.
• Access to internal Mental Health First Aiders, all of whom have completed the Mental Health First Aid England accredited training programme and champion wellbeing across the firm.
• Life assurance of 4x your base salary.
• Income protection, with cover for up to 5 years and compensating for up to 75% of your base salary.
• Cycle2Work scheme.
• Season ticket loan.
• Access to Payroll Giving or Give As You Earn (GAYE) which allows you to donate to charity through your monthly pay.
• We’re passionate about the benefits of corporate volunteering and offer all employees 1 paid volunteer day per year.

We are proud of our inclusive culture where individual differences are celebrated, and we are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees and job applicants. We do not tolerate discrimination either directly or indirectly on the basis of race,ethnic origin,sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment,gender identity or expression, religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, age, disability, pregnancy and maternity,socio economic backgroundor any characteristic protected by law. Our approach is embodied in our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy, as well as our diversity and inclusion programmes.

Please note that we do not accept unsolicited CVs or speculative approaches from recruitment agencies unless they have been explicitly instructed on this vacancy by a member of our recruitment team.