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About the Role
We are seeking an Emerging Talent Recruitment Advisor to manage early careers recruitment and attraction activities during a period of maternity leave. This role involves overseeing Solicitor Apprenticeship, Vacation Scheme, and Training Contract recruitment programmes, ensuring a high-quality candidate and stakeholder experience. The position requires managing competing priorities, coordinating stakeholders, and maintaining smooth programme operations during peak recruitment.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate the end-to-end recruitment process for the firm's Emerging Talent programmes, including Solicitor Apprenticeships, the Vacation Scheme and Training Contracts.
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with internal stakeholders involved in the recruitment process.
- Liaise with third party suppliers on screening and conduct second-stage screening of shortlisted applications.
- Assess candidate suitability and make recommendations on progression through each stage of the recruitment process.
- Manage interview and assessment centre logistics, including scheduling, candidate invitations, stakeholder coordination and on-the-day delivery.
- Participate in assessment centres, partnering with other interviewers to run candidate assessments and interviews.
- Facilitate assessor wash-up discussions after each stage of the process.
- Brief the final interview panel ahead of the final stage to discuss candidate performance.
- Partner with the Training Principal and final interview panel to support final hiring decisions and provide recruitment recommendations.
- Maintain accurate and timely candidate communications through the firm's applicant tracking system.
- Provide unsuccessful candidates with feedback on their performance during the recruitment process.
- Deliver verbal and written offers to successful candidates and support them through the pre-boarding process.
- Support future joiners with queries relating to their post-graduate study.
- Act as a superuser of the applicant tracking system, ensuring vacancies are set up and managed effectively.
- Maintain accurate recruitment records, candidate evaluation data and selection documentation.
- Produce and maintain recruitment and EDI reporting, supporting the monitoring of candidate progression and recruitment outcomes.
- Prepare post campaign reporting and recommendations for the following recruitment cycle.
- Coordinate the planning and delivery of the firm's two-week Vacation Scheme programme.
- Manage Vacation Scheme programme logistics, including timetabling, departmental rotations, supervisor allocation and stakeholder communications.
- Co-facilitate induction sessions and provide ongoing support to vacation scheme participants.
- Act as a key point of contact for external Emerging Talent partners, universities and industry organisations.
- Represent the firm at recruitment events, promoting the firm's emerging talent opportunities and employer brand.
- Lead liaison with external partners and internal stakeholders to confirm the 2027/28 schedule of recruitment events.
Requirements
- Previous experience in Emerging Talent recruitment in a law firm environment.
- Experience coordinating assessment centres and recruitment processes with multiple stakeholders.
- Experience assessing candidate applications and making recruitment recommendations.
- Good working knowledge of the routes to qualification in the sector.
- Previous exposure to analysing recruitment data and producing insights.
- Passionate about Emerging Talent, effective recruitment practices, and EDI.
- Enthusiastic, proactive, creative and organised, with a good eye for detail, as well as the bigger picture.
- Able to hit the ground running.
- Confident communicator and quick to establish relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
- Motivated by developing future talent and helping others succeed.
- Share firm values and want to create a positive contribution to the firm.
Skills
- Emerging Talent recruitment
- Recruitment process coordination
- Assessment centre management
- Candidate assessment
- Stakeholder management
- Applicant tracking system (ATS) usage
- Recruitment data analysis
- EDI monitoring and reporting
- Communication
- Relationship building
Location
- London
Work Type
- Fixed Term Contract
- Hybrid Working
- Part-time options available
Experience Level
- Mid-Senior Level
Benefits
- Impact-Driven Purpose
- Climate Programme initiatives
- Championing Inclusion
- Flexible and Hybrid Working
- Green pensions
- IVF support
- Private healthcare
About the Company
- We align profit with social purpose to create lasting positive impact for our people, communities, and planet.
- We reduce environmental impact and drive a just transition to net zero through our Climate Programme.
- We foster a diverse, inclusive culture where creativity and innovation thrive.