Early Careers Manager

Frazer Jones; Manchester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm in the United Kingdom is seeking an Early Careers Manager to shape graduate recruitment and development strategies. You will drive initiatives to enhance employer branding and ensure a diverse talent pipeline. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in graduate recruitment within the professional services sector and demonstrates strong strategic thinking and stakeholder management skills.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in graduate recruitment within professional services or legal sectors.
• Proven ability to deliver commercially informed talent strategies with measurable impact.
• Strong strategic thinking, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.
• In-depth knowledge of solicitor qualification pathways and market trends.
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion, with a track record of delivering impactful initiatives.
• Analytical mindset and resilience, with a collaborative leadership style.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the graduate talent strategy aligned with business and client needs.
• Lead innovative attraction and branding campaigns to enhance market presence.
• Design and oversee client-centric graduate programmes, including international secondments.
• Champion fair, data-driven selection and assessment processes.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with universities, industry bodies, and senior stakeholders.
• Drive diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives within graduate recruitment.
• Ensure continuous improvement through market insights and best practices.
• Oversee delivery of the full graduate lifecycle, from attraction to qualification.
• Utilise analytics to measure impact and inform future strategy.
• Lead and develop a high-performing emerging talent team.

Job description

This is a wonderful oportunity for an Early Careers Manager to take on this strategic role to help shape and deliver thee firm’s vision for graduate recruitment and development across the UK and internationally. You will drive initiatives that position the firm as an employer of choice, ensuring a robust, client-focused graduate talent pipeline.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute the graduate talent strategy aligned with business and client needs.
• Lead innovative attraction and branding campaigns to enhance market presence.
• Design and oversee client-centric graduate programmes, including international secondments.
• Champion fair, data-driven selection and assessment processes.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with universities, industry bodies, and senior stakeholders.
• Drive diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives within graduate recruitment.
• Ensure continuous improvement through market insights and best practices.
• Oversee delivery of the full graduate lifecycle, from attraction to qualification.
• Utilise analytics to measure impact and inform future strategy.
• Lead and develop a high-performing emerging talent team.

About You

• Extensive experience in graduate recruitment within professional services or legal sectors.
• Proven ability to deliver commercially informed talent strategies with measurable impact.
• Strong strategic thinking, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.
• In-depth knowledge of solicitor qualification pathways and market trends.
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion, with a track record of delivering impactful initiatives.
• Analytical mindset and resilience, with a collaborative leadership style.

This is an exciting opportunity for a visionary leader to shape the future of graduate talent in a dynamic, market-leading environment

The SR Group (UK) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.