Advisor, Business Professionals Talent Acquisition

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP is seeking an Advisor, Business Professionals Talent Acquisition to join our Global Business Services Recruitment team. You will collaborate with colleagues across the UK, US, and EMEA to deliver a seamless, high-quality recruitment experience for business professional roles.

In this role you will manage end-to-end recruitment activities, build talent pipelines, coordinate with hiring managers and HRBPs, and ensure compliant, timely processes across multiple

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience supporting recruitment and talent acquisition within a law firm, professional services organization, or other highly regulated environment.
• Experience managing multiple vacancies simultaneously with high accuracy and responsiveness.
• Proficiency in using applicant tracking systems (ATS), recruitment technologies, LinkedIn Recruiter, and Microsoft Office.
• Knowledge of recruitment compliance requirements and employment legislation.
• Experience supporting recruitment across multiple offices, jurisdictions, or international locations is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support the full recruitment lifecycle across UK and international offices, from workforce planning through onboarding.
• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience via timely communication, coordination, and professional process.
• Source and engage active and passive candidates across multiple channels.
• Provide regular updates to hiring managers on recruitment activity, market insights, pipelines, and progress toward goals.
• Proactively communicate recruitment progress, priorities, risks, and next steps to stakeholders.
• Create and maintain accurate job descriptions aligned with business needs and role requirements.
• Conduct candidate interviews and assessments with objective feedback and recommendations.
• Guide hiring managers on recruitment processes and interview best practices.
• Champion direct hiring initiatives including employee referrals and social media recruitment.
• Maintain recruitment data, candidate records, and system documentation to ensure data integrity.
• Develop recruitment process documentation and best practices to support consistency and excellence.

Skills

Stakeholder credibility

Clear communication

Candidate experience

Self-starter

Progress reporting

Organizational skills

Cross-location collaboration

Tools

ATS

LinkedIn Recruiter

Microsoft Office

Job description

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Advisor, Business Professionals Talent Acquisition

At BCLP, we’ve built our firm on the foundations of thinking differently. Curious, inquisitive, and unbound by tradition, we are continuously evolving the way we support our people and manage risk across the firm.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. We are seeking an Advisor, Business Professionals Talent Acquisition to join our Global Business Services (GBS) Recruitment team. In this role, you will collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders across the UK, US, and EMEA to deliver a seamless, consistent, and high-quality recruitment experience.

Partnering closely with business leaders, hiring managers, and members of the Talent Acquisition team, you will help attract, engage, and hire top talent across a broad range of business professional positions. While the role has a primary focus on recruitment activity within the UK, you will also support hiring initiatives across EMEA and the US. You will play an integral role in coordinating recruitment processes, developing talent pipelines, supporting sourcing efforts and helping ensure an exceptional experience for both candidates and hiring managers throughout the recruitment lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supporting the full recruitment lifecycle across UK and international offices, from workforce planning and role approval through to onboarding.
• Delivering an exceptional candidate experience by ensuring timely communication, effective coordination, and a professional recruitment process throughout.
• Sourcing and engaging active and passive candidates through a variety of recruitment channels to support current and future hiring needs.
• Partnering with hiring managers business stakeholders to provide regular updates on recruitment activity, market insights, candidate pipelines, and progress against hiring goals.
• Proactively communicating recruitment progress, priorities, risks, and next steps to hiring managers and key stakeholders to ensure transparency and alignment throughout the hiring process.
• Coordinating with internal stakeholders to conduct job analysis and create accurate, compelling, and inclusive job descriptions aligned with business needs, competencies, and role requirements.
• Conducting candidate interviews and assessments, providing objective feedback and recommendations based on skills, competencies, and cultural fit.
• Supporting hiring managers throughout the interview and selection processes by providing guidance on recruitment processes, interview best practices, and candidate evaluation approaches.
• Champion direct hiring initiatives, including employee referrals, social media recruitment, and proactive sourcing strategies.
• Maintaining accurate recruitment data, candidate records, and system documentation to ensure visibility, consistency, confidentiality, and data integrity across hiring activity.
• Developing and maintaining recruitment process documentation, guidance materials, and best practices to support consistency, knowledge sharing, and operational excellence.
• Building effective relationships with preferred and non-preferred recruitment agencies to secure top talent.
• Ensuring recruitment activities comply with all applicable regulatory requirements.
• Partnering closely with HR Business Partners and onboarding teams to ensure a seamless transition for new hires.
• Participating in recruitment-related projects, process improvement initiatives, and other activities that support the continued development of the GBS talent acquisition function.

Skills and Competencies:

• Builds credibility with hiring managers, HRBPs, and business leaders.
• Communicates clearly and professionally with candidates, internal stakeholders and agencies.
• Creates a positive candidate and hiring manager experience.
• Self-starter with a calm and responsive manner, able effectively manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Proactively communicates progress, challenges, and priorities to ensure visibility and accountability.
• Demonstrates strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to maintain high levels of accuracy and follow through.
• Demonstrates strong self-management and the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders across different locations and time zones.

Experience & Knowledge

• 3+ years’ experience supporting recruitment and talent acquisition activities within a law firm, professional services organization, or other highly regulated environment.
• Experience managing multiple vacancies simultaneously while maintaining a high level of accuracy, responsiveness, and attention to detail.
• Proficiency in using applicant tracking systems (ATS), recruitment technologies, LinkedIn Recruiter, and Microsoft Office applications.
• Knowledge of recruitment compliance requirements and employment legislation.
• Experience supporting recruitment across multiple offices, jurisdictions, or international locations is preferred.

At Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner we understand the value of a diverse workforce, and we believe people perform at their best when they can truly be themselves at work. We aim to create an inclusive environment where all our employees are valued, motivated and able to be themselves. In order to provide the best possible service to our diverse client base, we are committed to recruiting, retaining, rewarding and developing our people with regard to their abilities and contributions and without reference to their background, gender, gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, political belief, disability or any other protected characteristic.