Recruitment Advisor

Specific duties will include:

• Working closely with the Senior Recruitment Manager for live roles across the firm and overseeing the full recruitment cycle for business support and fee-earning recruitment
• Working closely with hiring managers, internal stakeholders and the HR team to understand the firm’s resourcing needs and advising on the best methods to find suitable candidates
• Preparing job descriptions and undertaking candidate sourcing using a mixture of direct and indirect sourcing methods
• Drafting appropriate interview questions and case studies, creating shortlists of candidates, conducting interviews, taking feedback and managing the candidate cycle from start to finish
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with external agencies and drafting fortnightly recruitment updates
• Proactively using LinkedIn Recruiter to support direct resourcing initiatives, posting vacancies on the LinkedIn platform and head hunting candidates directly. Ensuring all communication is professional, clear and engaging
• Working with the Recruitment Assistant to schedule interviews/ meetings and the coordination of new starters; liaising with colleagues in business support teams
• Using the firm’s recruitment portal (AllHires) to advertise new roles and track applications; ensuring that information is maintained and kept up to date for management reporting purposes
• Reporting on the effectiveness of recruitment agencies, time to hire and equal opportunities for candidates and new starters
• Writing adverts and advertising on appropriate platforms. Putting forward suggestions of alternative job boards and publications where appropriate
• Working on a variety of recruitment projects and initiatives across the firm, and assisting with open days, assessment days, work experience and early talent schemes
• Responding to speculative emails and applications in a timely manner, creating talent pools of candidates for future roles
• Assisting the Senior Recruitment Manager with project work around recruitment and selection and carrying out research for specific roles and salary bandings
• Collating salary surveys from recruitment agencies throughout the year and assisting with collating all information for salary review meetings
• Assisting the wider HR team with the new starter process- contracts, offer letters and induction programmes as and when needed
• Liaising with relevant managers regarding temporary cover and organising as appropriate
• Any other ad hoc duties from the HR team may be given.