Recruitment Manager

Career Legal; Paris; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Career Legal seeks a Recruitment Manager to lead end-to-end hiring for Fee Earners and Early Careers across Paris and Casablanca. You will partner with Local Practice Heads and the Regional Director to deliver high-volume, high-quality recruitment while ensuring an excellent candidate experience.

You will design Paris-focused recruitment marketing, manage campus events, employer branding, and the intern process, while driving inclusive recruitment and Avature optimization.

Qualifications

• Proven experience running strategic recruitment within a complex, global professional services organization — ideally a law firm.
• Extensive experience delivering Fee Earner and Early Careers recruitment within the French legal market.
• Strong track record in direct sourcing and delivering high-quality, diverse talent.
• Excellent relationship-building skills, with a track record of earning trusted advisor status among senior stakeholders.
• Ability to work at pace, solve problems, and deliver under pressure and tight timelines.
• Strong communication skills across all levels, including senior and executive stakeholders.
• Sound judgement and empathy in sensitive situations.
• Strong team spirit, reliability, flexibility, and commitment.
• Analytical, independent, and proactive working style.
• Friendly, service‑oriented, hands‑on attitude.
• Creative and ambitious, with motivation to contribute ideas and engage in international projects and HR concepts.
• Knowledge of French labour law as it relates to recruitment and contracts.
• Excellent written and spoken French and English.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end recruitment for Fee Earners and Interns, from direct sourcing and go-to-market strategy through application management, shortlisting, interviewing, offer management, and pre-onboarding.
• Lead, coach, and develop the Hiring Coordinator, building a high-performance culture.
• Design and deliver the Paris recruitment marketing, attraction, and media strategy, including the graduate attraction plan.
• Manage the Early Careers events programme (university and school career days, job fairs, partnerships).
• Oversee the internship application and selection process, from preselection through offers and onboarding.
• Manage employer branding and digital strategy for the local market, ensuring alignment with the global brand.
• Support interns throughout the employee lifecycle, proactively leading on related HR matters.
• Build strong relationships with practice group leadership; act as a subject matter expert.
• Maintain a consistently strong, diverse, and inclusive talent pipeline of active and passive candidates.
• Partner with practice group leadership and in-market Talent teams to drive recruitment.
• Deliver timely, accurate reporting on recruitment activity, using data to track performance and headcount.
• Drive creative sourcing strategies and ensure inclusive practices throughout the process.
• Uphold the Firm's brand and deliver a world‑class candidate experience at every stage.
• Drive Avature implementation and improvement for Paris and Casablanca.

Skills

Direct sourcing

Stakeholder management

Recruitment marketing

Employer branding

People leadership

Analytical thinking

French & English fluency

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree

Tools

Avature

Job description

Role Overview

The Recruitment Manager will work closely with the German and Regional Practice Group Leads, EMEA Business Managers, recruitment coordinators, and Center-based services to deliver a first-class recruitment experience to Fee Earner and Early Careers candidates (across practice groups) and Hiring Managers.

The role-holder will own full life-cycle recruitment (internal and external) to fill vacancies, drawing on regional and global resources while delivering significant hiring volumes through hands-on, direct sourcing.

Key Responsibilities

Fee Earner & Intern Recruitment

• Own end-to-end recruitment for Fee Earners and Interns, working directly with Local Practice Group Heads — from direct sourcing and go-to-market strategy through application management, shortlisting, interviewing, offer management, and pre-onboarding, ensuring a seamless handover to Talent colleagues
• Lead, coach, and develop the Hiring Coordinator, building a high-performance culture

Early Careers & Employer Branding

• Design and deliver the Paris recruitment marketing, attraction, and media strategy, including the graduate attraction plan
• Manage the Early Careers events programme (university and school career days, job fairs, school/university partnerships)
• Oversee the internship application and selection process, from preselection through offers and onboarding
• Manage employer branding and digital strategy for the local market, ensuring alignment with the global brand
• Support interns throughout the employee lifecycle, proactively leading on related HR matters

Stakeholder & Strategic Partnership

• Build strong relationships with practice group leadership, underpinned by deep knowledge of the French and Moroccan legal recruitment markets; act as a subject matter expert
• Maintain a consistently strong, diverse, and inclusive talent pipeline of active and passive candidates
• Partner closely with practice group leadership and in-market Talent teams to drive best-in‑class, joined‑up recruitment
• Work with the Regional Director and Associate Director of Recruitment to refine and implement recruitment strategy and best practice across the Paris and Casablanca offices
• Deliver timely, accurate reporting on recruitment activity, using data to track performance and FTE headcount

Process & Continuous Improvement

• Drive creative sourcing strategies that reduce reliance on agencies
• Champion ID&E principles, ensuring inclusive practices throughout the recruitment process
• Manage vendor relationships in line with preferred supplier strategy, ensuring performance and value
• Uphold the Firm's brand and deliver a world‑class candidate experience at every stage
• Ensure full compliance with Hiring Committee and budget approval processes
• Develop new, creative approaches to recruiting and employer branding, and contribute to process optimization projects
• Drive the ongoing implementation, development, and improvement of Avature for Paris and Casablanca

Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree, or equivalent qualification
• Proven experience running strategic recruitment within a complex, global professional services organization — ideally a law firm
• Extensive experience delivering Fee Earner and Early Careers recruitment within the French legal market
• Strong track record in direct sourcing and delivering high-quality, diverse talent
• Excellent relationship-building skills, with a track record of earning trusted advisor status among senior stakeholders
• Ability to work at pace, solve problems, and deliver under pressure and tight timelines
• Strong communication skills across all levels, including senior and executive stakeholders
• Sound judgement and empathy in sensitive situations
• Strong team spirit, reliability, flexibility, and commitment
• Analytical, independent, and proactive working style
• Friendly, service‑oriented, hands‑on attitude
• Creative and ambitious, with the motivation to contribute ideas and engage in international projects and innovative HR concepts
• Knowledge of French labour law as it relates to recruitment and contracts
• Excellent written and spoken French and English