Early talent acquisition specialist

Clifford Chance; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Clifford Chance UK is seeking an experienced Early Talent specialist to design and deliver high-touch post-offer cultivation strategies. You will lead a portfolio of multi-project initiatives, manage pre-boarding tech, and embed a learning curriculum aligned to our global early talent framework.

You will build relationships across campus partners and internal teams to drive high-quality hires. In this role you’ll monitor ROI, report on campaign data, manage external agencies and suppliers, and

Qualifications

• Experience designing high-touch early talent post-offer cultivation strategies.
• Proven project management across multiple projects at pace.
• Experience working with high volumes and fast pace.
• Strong reporting experience; analyzing campaign data and insights.
• Experience determining and optimizing ROI from spend.
• Proven experience managing external agencies and suppliers.
• Organised, capable of managing multiple projects and deadlines.
• Analytical mindset with commercial acumen.
• Self-starter with initiative and influencing skills.
• Impeccable eye for detail in written work and collateral.
• Flexible communication with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience across lifecycle of early talent recruitment is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Designing and delivering high-touch Early Talent post-offer cultivation strategies.
• Managing pre-boarding technology and embedding a learning curriculum.
• Lead the graduate Social Mobility strategy and relationships with external partners.
• Monitor financial expenditure and ensure spending aligns with policies.

Skills

High-touch cultivation strategies

Project management

Campaign data analysis

ROI optimization

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Job description

Описание:

We are one of the largest international law firms in the world. With over 30 offices across the globe, we strive to exceed the expectations of our clients, providing them with the highest-quality advice and legal insight, which combines the firm’s global standards with in-depth local expertise.

Задачи:

Designing and delivering an industry‑leading cultivation strategy. This will include management of the team's pre-boarding technology and embedding a learning curriculum aligned to the firm's global early talent framework of high performance. You will create touchpoints that help future trainees build their firm network, develop core business skills, and engage in learning that enables them to contribute meaningfully from day one. Leading the firm’s graduate Social Mobility strategy, driving conversion from ACCESS as programme co‑lead, and overseeing relationships with external partners and the firm’s internal network, RISE. Acting as the lead for end of cycle reporting, using data and statistics to track hiring outcomes and identify trends. Owning campus relationship management for key strategic universities, delivering high‑quality hires and monitoring activity to ensure strong return on investment. Managing alumni involvement in Early Talent attraction, including ownership of the bi‑monthly internal alumni survey. Tracking the competitive landscape in Early Talent content and applying insights to strengthen our competitive advantage. Ensuring that we promote our events and programmes in a targeted and compelling way, across appropriate channels, whilst delivering an application pool that reflects the quality and diversity expected by the firm. Providing day-to-day management of our external agency partners – across all channels – with close management of weekly action points, meeting agendas and budget management. Ensuring all activities fully support the wider firm brand proposition. Understanding of wider brand purpose and how Early Talent feed into this is essential. During peak periods of activity in the early talent cycle, playing an active part in the team and assisting with key Early Talent workstreams such as attending and running events, screening applicants, fielding candidate queries, supporting campus activity, and assisting at assessment days. Escalating issues as appropriate. Monitoring and reporting on financial expenditure relating to your projects and ensure that the spend remains in budget and is in line with relevant policies. Management of additional projects as directed by the Head of Early Careers, UK & Middle East Markets and the Early Talent Acquisition Senior Specialist. Regularly reporting on progress of projects to the Early Talent Acquisition Senior Specialist.

Требования:

You will have prior experience of designing and delivering high-touch Early Talent post-offer cultivation strategies. You will have proven experience in project management and successfully delivering several projects at any one time. You will be able to demonstrate experience of working with high volumes and at fast pace. You will have strong reporting experience; including analysing and deciphering campaign data and wider insights. You will have experience in determining and optimising return on investment from spend. You will have proven experience in managing external agencies and suppliers. You will have experience in providing solutions to often complex issues. You will be exceptionally organised, and you will have the ability to manage multiple projects effectively and efficiently, ensuring all deadlines are met. You will have an analytical mindset with strong commercial acumen. You will be a self‑starter and a quick learner who uses their initiative and influencing skills to manage up, down and across the organisation. You will have an impeccable eye for detail in written work, creative artwork, and campaign collateral. You will have flexible and effective communication skills with proven experience of building and managing relationships with internal stakeholders and external suppliers. Будет плюсом: Experience of the full lifecycle of early talent recruitment

Условия:

From your first day with us, you will have varied opportunities to continuously grow and development your skills and knowledge. From formal training, informal coaching and mentoring through to skills-based and technical training and on the job learning. This role follows our 'balanced' hybrid working approach and as long as business needs allow, you will be supported to work in a hybrid way in line with the hybrid working policy. When you join Clifford Chance, you will have access to a broad range of benefits to support you across many aspects of your personal and professional life including financial, wellbeing, lifestyle, and family friendly benefits.