The Department

The People Team plays a key role in enabling the firm to attract, develop and retain great people, and to give them the tools and support they need to develop and fulfil both their own potential and that of the firm.

The team is welcoming and inclusive, with a strong focus on providing a high-quality, responsive service and working collaboratively. It consists of approximately 40 people across business-facing, generalist roles within People Advisory, alongside specialist teams including Talent, Reward, Engagement, EDI and Wellbeing, as well as our Academy, which includes Academy Learning and Academy Tech.

The Role

This is a fantastic opportunity for a recruitment professional looking to focus on lateral hires. The team is led by the Head of Talent and consists of a Manager and an Advisor.

Alongside the day-to-day, you will be encouraged to take on project work and make connections across the wider firm. This may include providing and implementing ideas to improve the recruitment experience, and contributing to our external and internal recruitment pages, e.g. LinkedIn and the Intranet.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual with a proven track record in legal recruitment, whether this be from agency and/or in-house.

Duties And Responsibilities

The role will include, but is not limited to, the following day-to-day responsibilities:

• Managing the end-to-end recruitment cycle - Liaising with hiring managers; taking role briefs; uploading new roles; conducting market mapping using LinkedIn and our aggregator software; approaching candidates; acting as an ambassador for the firm; seeking the relevant approvals at commencement and offer stage, where required.
• Conducting recruiter briefings; ensuring agencies are clear on our expectations and processes and are signed up to our standard terms; maintaining strong relationships; flagging duplicate candidates and managing agency disputes.
• Gathering feedback after and ahead of all interviews and creating detailed internal briefing notes ahead of interviews.
• Advising Partners at the firm on recruitment strategy, best practice and playing a leading role in supporting them to find, attract and secure the best talent.
• Arranging interviews and booking meeting rooms with support.
• Producing high quality market mapping and market intelligence, when needed.
• Liaising with our Risk & Compliance team on conflict checks.
• Acting as the talent acquisition subject matter expert in various meetings, both with the business and People Team.
• Collaborating with the People Advisory team ensuring they are well informed of the various processes for their respective groups.
• Supporting firmwide EDI objectives and participating in EDI initiatives.
• Taking responsibility and proactively engaging in your own professional development, networking and sharing best practice through attending training sessions, webinars and networking events.
• Being innovative, making recommendations and improving our processes, to ensure we are delivering a better experience for candidates, and internal stakeholders.
• Conducting telephone, video and face to face interviews for Associates and Business Operations candidates.
• Using market knowledge and experience to guide talent acquisition approaches and hiring decisions.
• Collaborating with our Reward team at offer stage; sharing market intel with Reward and Advisory colleagues as needed.