HR Assistant - Early Careers Development

Slaughter and May; Greater London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Slaughter and May is seeking a HR Assistant to join the Early Careers Development team at our London head office. You will work alongside HR Assistants and Administrators on generalist HR support activities while specialising in Early Careers, supporting Trainee Solicitors, future Trainees and Apprentices throughout their early careers journey.

Responsibilities include coordinating onboarding, inductions, seat allocations and secondments, maintaining accurate HR records, and assisting with

Qualifications

• Experience working in HR, ideally in Early Careers.
• Experience in a corporate or professional services environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• High attention to detail, strong numeracy and good grammar.
• Ability to manage processes autonomously to meet deadlines.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritise.

Responsibilities

• Organise and present at joiner events and early careers induction, including start details.
• Coordinate onboarding, pre-joining communications, inductions and right to work checks.
• Support SQE bookings, reimbursements, and maintain records and trackers.
• Collaborate with internal teams including Early Careers Recruitment and L&D.
• Liaise with BPP regarding attendance, results, and related employee relations matters.
• Support secondment processes, including paperwork and records.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Written communication

Attention to detail

Numeracy

Confidentiality

Autonomous working

Multi-tasking

Diversity & inclusion

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

We are recruiting for a HR Assistant to join the Early Careers Development team.

The Early Careers Development Team is part of the HR Department and the wider Business Services function based at the firm’s head office in London. The Early Careers Development Team supports Trainee Solicitors, future Trainees and Solicitor Apprentices through their early careers journey, including law school, onboarding, seat allocations, secondments and qualification. The HR Assistant role works alongside a team of HR Assistants and HR Administrators on a range of generalist HR support activities whilst specialising in Early Careers Development.

Key responsibilities

The key responsibilities of this role are set out below and there may be others which are not listed. You may be required on occasion to work outside our normal working hours of 9:30am to 5:30pm.

• Organise and help present at future joiner events.
• Organise and present at early careers induction and communicate starting details.
• Coordinate early careers onboarding, including pre-joining communications, inductions and right to work checks.
• Help coordinate SQE bookings and results and maintain the relevant records and trackers. Triage reimbursement and loan requests, escalating as required.
• Share information and collaborate with teams across the firm including the Early Careers Recruitment and Learning & Development teams.
• Liaise with BPP in relation to attendance, results, and some employee relations or wellbeing matters, and support the ongoing relationship with the provider.
• Support with the bi-annual qualification process, including producing qualification packs, ensuring meetings are scheduled, producing paperwork, processing leavers, and monitoring the receipt of practicing certificates.
• Support international and client trainee secondment processes including producing secondment paperwork, maintaining trackers, updating HR records and liaising with necessary teams regarding people moves.
• Own the Brussels secondment process, including managing applications, assessing suitability, liaising with Group Trainee Partners and managing outcomes.
• Coordinate cyclical seat rotation process including managing supervisor allocations,
• Oversee and deliver the Continuity Partner and buddy programmes.
• Maintain HR records to ensure LeaP (online learning and performance system) and People Portal records are accurate and reflective of changes.
• Assist with employee relations cases including but not limited to, health and well-being, absence and performance management.
• Oversee trainee performance review completion metrics, working with Group Trainee Partners to ensure reviews are completed in a timely manner.
• Provide ongoing support across trainee processes and other ad hoc tasks as required.
• Maintain all central Early Careers Development trackers and data. Keep accurate and up-to-date process notes for all processes.
• Be responsible for the Early Careers Development inbox, responding to queries such as holiday or reference requests and escalating as required.
• Review holiday usage metric and send holiday reminders at each seat rotation. Support holiday queries, calculations and annual carry forward processes.
• Review the trainee intranet and seat selection brochure every six months to keep information up to date. Work with the HR Advisory team to review and update employee handbook policies regularly.
• Process invoices and expenses.
• Maintain a good working knowledge of SRA requirements, particularly in early careers.
• Support the Early Careers Development team and HR Advisory team with projects.
• Seek ways to develop processes and efficiencies, including using AI effectively.

Candidate profile

Candidates for this position must have:

• Experience working within HR, ideally in Early Careers.
• Experience working in a corporate or professional services environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills.
• A strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office (in particular Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
• A high level of attention to detail, strong numeracy, and good use of grammar.
• The ability to manage processes autonomously to ensure all requirements and deadlines are met.
• The ability to multi-task and prioritise as appropriate.
• The highest standards of professional ethics and confidentiality.
• Enthusiasm and a can-do attitude.
• Experience of working in a diverse team whilst fostering an inclusive team culture.

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and will offer an interview to applicants with a disability or long-term condition who best meet the minimum or essential criteria for our Business Services roles. If you would like to apply through the Disability Confident 'Offer An Interview' commitment, please apply via our online application form and not via LinkedIn. You are disabled under the Equality Act 2010 if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’ negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. For more information about the Disability Confident scheme, please see the government website here.

We welcome applications irrespective of race, colour, ethnic or national origin, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, belief or marital status.