Delivery Consultant

The Stephen James Partnership; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

The Stephen James Partnership in London is seeking ambitious Delivery Consultants to join our team and support flexible legal resourcing mandates at various levels.

You will build relationships with candidates, screen and manage processes, work with senior consultants to deliver live mandates, and develop a keen awareness of market movements.

Qualifications

• Strong academic background and interest in the legal sector.
• Experience in sales, talent advisory, client-facing roles or recruitment.
• Excellent communication and rapport-building skills.
• Proactive commercial mindset with ability to spot opportunities.
• Highly organised and detail-oriented with multi-priority management.
• Drive and resilience in a high-performance environment.

Responsibilities

• Identify, engage and screen high-quality legal professionals to build a strong pipeline.
• Cultivate long-term candidate relationships and become a trusted expert.
• Collaborate with senior consultants to drive delivery on live mandates.
• Own end-to-end candidate processes from screening to offer.
• Build a strong candidate base for future live mandates.
• Participate in market mapping and delivery initiatives to shape the business.
• Ensure a high-quality candidate experience reflecting SJP standards.

Skills

Candidate management

Relationship building

Commercial mindset

Communication

Education

Law degree or legal exposure

Job description

The Stephen James Partnership (SJP) is an award-winning, Chambers and Partners-ranked provider of legal talent solutions, partnering with leading financial institutions, blue-chip organisations, and in-house legal teams.

For over a decade, we have built trusted relationships across the legal market by delivering high-quality services that support some of the most complex and time-sensitive legal resourcing needs in the industry.

Our fast-growing flexible legal resourcing model sits at the centre of the expansion of our partnerships, giving our clients the agility to access top-tier talent quickly, efficiently, and at the right level of seniority.

About the Role

We are seeking ambitious and results-driven Delivery Consultants to join our London team and support our flexible legal resourcing mandates at various levels.

This is a hands-on role with real responsibility from day one, combining strong candidate management skills with a keen commercial mindset at its core.

You will build relationships with candidates, working closely with senior consultants to identify, engage and manage exceptional legal professionals. Alongside this, you will develop a keen awareness of market movements and the instinct to act on them.

The Opportunity & You

Joining SJP at this stage means becoming part of a high-performing, collaborative and ambitious business, operating at the forefront of the evolving legal talent market.

You will be part of a team that trusts people early with real work, rewards performance and creates an environment where career progression is something you drive.

You will gain exposure to high-calibre clients and stakeholders, building a strong foundation across talent delivery, relationship management, and commercial development, all within a fast-growing business that genuinely invests in its people.

Responsibilities

• Identify, engage and screen high-quality legal professionals, thereby building a strong pipeline of talent across the market
• Cultivate and maintain meaningful, long-term candidate relationships and, as such, become a trusted point of contact and a genuine expert in your space
• Work closely with senior consultants to drive delivery on live mandates, ensuring speed, quality and precision at every stage
• Own the end-to-end of candidate processes (from screening through to final offer), to ensure seamless coordination
• Build and maintain a strong candidate base, to constantly position SJP ahead of the curve when live mandates arise
• Play an active role in market mapping and wider delivery initiatives, helping shape the direction of the business
• Champion a consistently high-quality candidate experience, reflecting the standard SJP is known for across the legal market

About You

• A strong academic background, and an interest in the legal sector (a law degree or legal exposure is a plus)
• Experience and/or exposure to sales, talent advisory, client-facing roles, or recruitment
• Exceptional communication and rapport-building skills, with a natural ability to connect with people at all levels
• A proactive and commercial mindset, with a strong ability to spot opportunities and act on them
• Highly organised and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple priorities without losing momentum
• Drive, resilience and self-motivation; you are energised by a high-performance environment, and you hold yourself to a high standard because you want to, not because you have to