Early Careers Legal Recruitment Advisor (FTC 12 months)

White & Case LLP; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading global law firm as an Early Careers Recruitment Advisor in London, where you’ll manage recruitment processes and develop strategies to attract top talent. This role involves collaborating with teams across the firm and executing events to enhance the company’s reputation in the legal recruitment sector. If you possess strong client relationship skills and a creative mindset, this opportunity will allow you to thrive in a dynamic environment while contributing to the next generation of legal professionals.

Benefits

Support and development opportunities

Competitive compensation package

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships.
• Experience in recruitment is beneficial.
• Ability to think creatively and strategically in recruitment.

Responsibilities

• Manage the selection process and conduct interviews for various programs.
• Plan and execute recruitment events and university engagements.
• Facilitate and run training sessions for interviewers.

Skills

Client relationship management

Strategic thinking

Creativity

Education

Degree in Human Resources or related field

Job description

Are you ready to make your mark as part of our Early Careers Team in our London Office?

A high calibre individual to help ensure the London Early Careers Recruitment & Development function is the best in the sector. The Advisor will have responsibility for helping to manage the day-to-day Early Careers Recruitment effort – thinking creatively, strategically, commercially and competitively. They will have excellent client relationship management skills as well as outstanding professional presence.

Key Responsibilities

In conjunction with the Early Careers Recruitment Manager and current Early Careers Recruitment Advisor, this additional advisor will be responsible for:

Selection & Assessment

• Managing the end-to-end selection process and escalating any issues to the Manager
• Reviewing large volumes of applications and video interview assessments
• Conducting telephone interviews for the solicitor apprenticeship programme and training contract populations
• Conducting interviews with Associates/Partners to select candidates for the solicitor apprenticeship programme, vacation schemes and training contract populations
• Taking full ownership of and participating in the successful running of the vacation schemes
• Designing, developing and conducting interviewer/assessor/supervisor training sessions and briefings
• Taking full ownership of and participating in the successful running of the Solicitor Apprenticeship Programme and Training Contract assessment centres
• Taking full ownership of all assessment feedback and wrap-up processes, including collating and moderating all feedback and working with the Early Careers Partner Group to determine candidate outcomes
• Attending all Early Careers Recruitment social events during the formal programmes, including vacation schemes, first-year insight schemes and open days (predominantly during the evenings)
• Monitoring and helping drive the candidate management process once an offer has been extended
• Ensuring effective management of the AllHires application database
• Building relationships with key internal recruitment stakeholders

Cultivation & Attraction

• Identifying opportunities to promote White & Case’s employment proposition via online and media adverts and identifying key competitor activity and potential candidate populations for targeting purposes
• Devising and executing comprehensive attraction and events through sponsorship opportunities with universities/student groups to build the Firm's reputation
• Managing existing and cultivating new relationships with key contacts at universities
• Creating and delivering campus-based skills sessions, university law fairs and careers dinners
• Travelling to and attending UK law fairs, careers dinners and general recruitment events. Overnight stays are expected, particularly during the milkround season
• Involving in the design and content of the Firm’s early careers materials
• In conjunction with Global Mobility, appropriately advertising positions for the purposes of the resident labour market test
• Annually reviewing all cultivation and attraction efforts

Engagement & Development Initiatives

• Working closely with key internal contacts such as the Engagement and Development team and Responsible Business team to manage our initiatives across the different functions
• Building relationships with key external engagement and development contacts
• Managing and participating in the successful co-running of recruitment engagement and development events
• Identifying opportunities to promote White & Case’s early careers engagement and development proposition via online and media adverts
• Presenting to key internal stakeholders on the progress of the Firm’s early careers engagement and development initiatives

What We Offer

When you join us, you’ll be working directly with partners, business leaders and many other inspiring colleagues across our global network of offices. We live by our values—to be pioneering, united and human—and we believe that you’ll experience them from your first day. We will give you the support and development opportunities that will help you achieve your potential.

We believe that consistent high performance merits reward and support. Our compensation package reflects your calibre as an Early Careers Recruitment professional, and our benefits are designed to support your changing needs and priorities across different life stages. About White & Case We are a global law firm with longstanding offices in the markets that matter today. Our on-the-ground experience, our cross-border integration, and our depth of local, US and English-qualified lawyers help our clients work with confidence in any one market or across many. Location and Reporting

This role is based in our London office, and reports into the Early Careers Recruitment Manager.

Our standard office hours are 09:30-18:00, with a current requirement for 3 days in the office per week.

Equal Opportunities

White & Case is committed to creating a fair workplace. It is our Firm’s policy to recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, creed, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law.

If you require assistance and/or adjustment to participate in our application and/or interview process, please email us. We will be happy to work with you.

Note to recruitment agencies: Our internal Recruitment team are responsible for all end-to-end lateral recruitment processes. All agencies must sign White & Case terms of business, which are office specific. Candidates submitted by an agency without terms of business agreed with the appropriate office, and/or outside of our online application tracking system, will not be considered a formal introduction.

Any applications and CVs sent directly to White & Case Partners and employees will not be accepted as formal introductions. If you have any questions, please contact the London Recruitment team.

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