ROLE OVERVIEW //
This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive, professional and detail-focused individual who is eager to support our talented workforce and be an integral part of our Recruitment team.
We are recruiting a Recruitment Adviser to work in the Recruitment team within the Human Resources (HR) department on a permanent basis. The Recruitment team reports into the Head of Recruitment and is responsible for all new hires across the business services and legal groups in London, except for trainee solicitors and solicitor apprentices.
This role will support the delivery of a high-quality, end-to-end recruitment service across both legal and business services populations, with a particular focus on direct sourcing and delivering against mid-to-senior level hiring needs. The successful candidate will play a key role in managing recruitment processes from briefing through to offer, acting as an escalation point for more junior team members and ensuring an exceptional experience for hiring managers and candidates alike.
Reporting to the Recruitment Manager, the successful candidate will work closely with two Recruitment Advisers, a Recruitment Assistant and a Recruitment Administrator, in a collaborative team environment that thrives on shared expertise and mutual support.
HR is responsible for supporting and developing the firm’s people to help drive and shape the future success of the firm. The HR department is led by our Chief People Officer and comprises the following - HR Advisory, Recruitment, Early Careers Recruitment, Early Careers Development, HR Systems and MI, Global Mobility, Reward and Benefits and Employee Relations.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES //
The key responsibilities of this role are set out below. The role may evolve as needed and will require occasional flexibility, including working outside the firm’s core hours of 9:30am to 5:30pm:
- Acting as a trusted adviser to hiring managers to scope roles, define requirements, and align hiring strategies with the firm’s objectives.
- Conducting comprehensive market mapping for strategic roles, particularly in hard-to-fill or specialist areas, leveraging market knowledge, prior networks and data and insights to inform sourcing and search approaches.
- Leading strategic sourcing efforts, including direct approaches and use of advanced search tools, job boards, and networks to attract top-tier talent.
- Manage the end-to-end recruitment process, including application screening, initial candidate outreach, feedback collation, offer administration, and accurate data management within the applicant tracking system (ATS).
- Developing relationships with recruitment agencies, including briefings, candidate submission tracking, and quality assurance, ensuring alignment with the firm’s expectations and standards.
- Attending interviews where appropriate, advising panels on structure and candidate assessment, and providing timely feedback to both candidates and agents.
- Managing the offer process including negotiation of terms, counter-offer management and working closely with HR Advisory and hiring managers to ensure a smooth onboarding process.
- Ensuring best practice is followed throughout the recruitment lifecycle and that all activity remains compliant with GDPR and relevant employment legislation.
- Producing recruitment-related data and market insight reports to support decision-making across legal and business services recruitment.
- Contributing to wider recruitment and HR projects, helping to develop and refine recruitment tools, processes, and systems.
- Supporting and coaching junior recruitment team members, reviewing their outputs and providing guidance; acting as a key escalation point for queries, troubleshooting, or complex scenarios.
CANDIDATE PROFILE //
Candidates for this position should have demonstrable experience in a professional services environment, ideally within legal recruitment. In addition, we are seeking individuals with the following attributes:
- Degree educated or qualified by relevant experience, with strong knowledge of the legal market and law firm structures.
- A minimum of 4+ years prior in-house recruitment experience in a law firm or similar environment, or experience as a legal recruiter within an agency.
- Strong understanding of legal hiring, including senior legal roles, legal terminology, and practice area distinctions (particularly corporate, competition, litigation, finance).
- Proven track record of providing high-level recruitment advice to senior stakeholders and influencing hiring decisions.
- Experience supervising or mentoring junior team members and providing escalation support on simple hiring issues.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct market mapping exercises and use market intelligence to inform hiring strategy and fill roles.
- Ability to prioritise, multitask, and work in a fast-paced and demanding environment with changing priorities, sustaining exceptional attention to detail and organisational skills.
- Outstanding interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to engage at partner and senior executive level.
- Highly organised, methodical and able to manage multiple processes and stakeholders concurrently.
- Able to work independently while contributing to a collaborative and inclusive team environment.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (particularly Word and Excel), with experience using applicant tracking systems; familiarity with Workday is an advantage.
- Demonstrable professionalism, discretion, and a commitment to high ethical standards.
We welcome applications irrespective of race, colour, ethnic or national origin, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, belief or marital status.
