Talent Acquisition Consultant - 6-month fixed term contract

Ashurst Perkins Coie Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Ashurst Perkins Coie Group is seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition Consultant for a 6-month fixed-term contract to manage end-to-end recruitment across Australian offices, with a focus on risk and consulting roles. The role collaborates with Partners and senior stakeholders to attract best talent and deliver an exceptional candidate experience.

Based in Sydney or Brisbane, the successful candidate will be part of a national team, using diverse sourcing strategies to fill multiple concurrent

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years end-to-end talent acquisition experience.
• Experience recruiting risk and/or consulting roles preferred.
• Experience in internal or agency recruiting.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication.
• Ability to source and headhunt candidates using various platforms.
• Autonomous worker with team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end talent acquisition for a variety of roles across Australian offices.
• Manage relationships with Partners and senior stakeholders to attract top talent.
• Provide an excellent candidate experience and champion the firm’s brand externally.
• Collaborate with the Talent Acquisition team to ensure smooth recruitment processes.

Skills

Talent acquisition

Stakeholder management

Sourcing candidates

Communication skills

Autonomous work

Team collaboration

Job description

Ashurst Perkins Coie is the global law firm for the future economy. With a team of more than 3,500 legal professionals across 52 offices globally, we partner with leading organisations to solve complex challenges across a diverse range of industries, with a distinct strength in technology, energy & infrastructure, and financial services. Our people work on market-leading matters that drive innovation, growth, and transformation around the world. For Ashurst Perkins Coie, innovation is our tradition.

Ashurst Perkins Coie is the global law firm for the future economy. With a team of more than 3,500 legal professionals across 52 offices globally, we partner with leading organisations to solve complex challenges across a diverse range of industries, with a distinct strength in technology, energy & infrastructure, and financial services. Our people work on market-leading matters that drive innovation, growth, and transformation around the world. For Ashurst Perkins Coie, innovation is our tradition.

The Opportunity

Our internal Talent Acquisition team is dedicated to finding the best people for the firm and providing top-tier service to our stakeholders. With 9 Talent Acquisition specialists based across Sydney and Brisbane we manage the end-to-end recruitment of all legal, risk advisory, NewLaw, business support and partner roles on a national basis. We're a close-knit team with a national and international presence, a strong track-record and rapport within the firm, and a keen interest in trivia.

We are currently seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition Consultant, preferably with experience recruiting risk and consulting roles, to join our team for a 6-month fixed term contract. The role will manage the end-to-end talent acquisition process for a variety of roles, especially risk consulting roles, across all Australian offices. You will work closely with Partners and other senior stakeholders to ensure we attract and hire the best talent in the market, provide an excellent candidate experience, and champion our brand externally.

This role reports to one of the Talent Acquisition Senior Managers and will work closely with members of the team on a daily basis. While we take responsibility for specific functions/roles we also work closely to support each other when recruitment volumes are high, so curiosity and teamwork are essential. This role could sit in Sydney or Brisbane.

Please review the job description attached to the role on our careers site for more information on the role and what we're looking for.

We are interested in hearing from people who have:

• Proven end-to-end talent acquisition experience in an internal or agency role, preferably recruiting risk and/or consulting roles, with a minimum of 3 years' experience. Experience recruiting in a consulting firm will be highly regarded.
• Strong people, partnership, relationship management and consulting skills. Proven experience building and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships, building trust by delivering what you promise, and providing clear and helpful updates, advice and guidance.
• Strong administration and communication skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent roles and candidates, following firm processes/expectations, and ensuring everyone has a positive experience and is consistently kept up to date.
• Curiosity and the genuine desire to understand how the firm operates, what our stakeholders do, the roles we recruit, and our value proposition for candidates.
• Proven experience working autonomously and as part of a close team; managing your own work and communicating clearly with colleagues around processes, issues, availability, and reporting.
• Proven experience utilising a range of strategies/platforms to directly source/headhunt candidates, keeping them engaged for current and future roles.

We value diverse perspectives at Ashurst Perkins Coie, so even if you don't feel you meet all of the requirements, we still encourage you to apply.

If you require any support and adjustments to participate equitably in our recruitment process or in the workplace, please contact: [e-mail] for a confidential conversation.