Early Careers Recruitment Advisor (12 month FTC)

Norton Rose Fulbright; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A global law firm is seeking a motivated individual for the Early Career recruitment team in Newcastle. This role involves managing applications, running assessment days, and ensuring a seamless candidate experience aligned with business objectives. The ideal candidate will have previous recruitment experience, strong communication skills, and a proactive attitude. Opportunities to create a diverse and inclusive workplace are emphasized.

Benefits

Flexible work model

Inclusive employment policies

Health and wellbeing programs

Qualifications

• Must have at least two cycles of Early Career recruitment experience in a legal or professional services firm.
• Strong ability to prioritise deadlines while working at pace.
• Excellent at translating data into a narrative.

Responsibilities

• Screen and manage high volume applications across various talent pipelines.
• Run and organise assessment days and group exercises.
• Coordinate post-offer processes for recruitment targets.

Skills

Previous Early Career recruitment experience

Highly organised

Attention to detail

Excellent written communication

Excellent verbal communication

Positive attitude

Ability to engage with stakeholders

Job description

Responsibilities

• Screening and managing high volume applications across multiple early talent pipelines
• Run and organise assessment days, including assessing group exercises, administering testing & written exercises as well as managing wash ups.
• Coordinate a seamless post-offer process to meet annual recruitment targets for vacation schemes and training contracts.
• Design and deliver events to support the firm's Diversity & Inclusion initiatives with our internal networks, university societies and external partnerships
• Deliver our marketing strategy, working with external suppliers to engage with exceptional talent
• Develop content for social media campaigns and our website, ensuring it is aligned with our early career's strategy.
• Facilitate and present at skills workshops and events both in the office and on campus, ensuring a good ROI
• Design, delivery and execution of our three vacation schemes
• Liaise with our Responsible Business team on their outreach programmes, making sure they feed into our talent pipelines
• Manage the invoice and expense process for early careers activities
• Work closely with the Early Careers Development team to ensure a seamless transition for our early talent hires
• Provide support to the wider early careers team

Our Newcastle office is looking for a highly motivated individual who will play a key role within the Early Career recruitment team to find the next generation of talent for Norton Rose Fulbright. The position requires someone who can deliver an outstanding candidate experience at each stage of the process, aligning it with our core business objectives. They will be used to working collaboratively within a team and enjoy taking responsibility for executing projects. They should also have experience of working effectively with stakeholders at all seniority levels, both internal and external. Above all, they will be ambitious, creative and motivated to join a team that is constantly evolving.

Qualifications

• Previous Early Career recruitment experience (at least two cycles) in a legal or professional services firm or similar.
• Highly organised and able to prioritise deadlines while working at pace
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to track and translate data into a narrative
• Positive, proactive and enthusiastic attitude.
• Ability to engage and gain credibility with senior stakeholders

Desirable

• Resilient with a keen interest in owning projects end to end

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

To attract the best people, we strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can bring their whole selves to work, have a sense of belonging, and realize their full career potential. Our new enabled work model allows our people to have more flexibility in the way they choose to work from both the office and a remote location, while continuing to deliver the highest standards of service. We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive employment policies and provide access to programmes and services aimed at nurturing our people's health and overall wellbeing. Find more about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion here.

About Norton Rose Fulbright

We're Norton Rose Fulbright – a global law firm with over 50 offices and 7,000 employees worldwide. We provide the world's preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. At Norton Rose Fulbright, our strategy and our culture are closely entwined. We know that our expansion will mean little unless it is underpinned by truly global collaboration and we understand that pioneering work only takes place when our people have room to move and think beyond boundaries. As well as the relevant skills and experience, we're looking for people who are innovative, commercial and value the work that they do. Our Early Career's team operates in a dynamic, collaborative and supportive environment, and we seek a candidate interested in further developing their existing experience.