Lead Sourcing Specialist

AMS; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Volunteer day

Growth and development

ERGs

Job summary

AMS is seeking a Lead Sourcing Specialist to partner with Hiring Managers and Recruiters, delivering end-to-end sourcing for specialist and high-volume roles, with a strong focus on passive talent engagement to drive efficient hiring for our clients. You’ll build talent pipelines, provide market insights, and craft compelling adverts while maintaining excellent candidate experience.

This role offers a hybrid work model and the chance to work with a global team in a dynamic, client-facing

Qualifications

• Experience in talent sourcing, executive search, or talent acquisition for legal roles.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Experience developing sourcing strategies for specialist or niche roles.
• Ability to identify and engage passive candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, ATS, or CRM.
• Strong communication, influencing, and candidate assessment skills.
• Ability to use market data and insights to support hiring decisions.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Proficiency in recruitment technology, ATS/CRM systems, and Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Recruiters and Hiring Managers to understand hiring requirements for various legal roles and develop sourcing strategies.
• Provide market insights, talent intelligence, and sourcing recommendations to support hiring decisions.
• Source, attract, engage, and assess active and passive talent through multiple channels for both specialist and volume hiring.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs.
• Review and post compelling, accurate job adverts that amplify AMS’s brand and attract candidates to review and apply.
• Deliver high-quality candidate shortlists with clear recommendations and accurate candidate insights.
• Promote an excellent candidate experience through regular communication and relationship management.
• Use data and market trends to refine sourcing approaches and improve hiring outcomes.
• Maintain accurate candidate records, activity tracking, and reporting within recruitment systems.

Skills

Talent sourcing

Executive search

Stakeholder management

LinkedIn Recruiter

Boolean search

ATS/CRM

Candidate assessment

Data analytics

Microsoft Office

Communication skills

Tools

ATS/CRM systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

Every day at AMS, we connect talent and opportunity, helping people, businesses and communities grow.

Our strength lies in partnership - we listen, collaborate and learn from one another.

Whether you’re helping a client redefine their talent strategy or finding new ways to grow your own career, your work helps millions of people find their dream jobs every year. Your talent is our greatest asset, and we’re dedicated to providing avenues for you to reach its fullest potential. We do so by providing the environment, resources, networks, and career experiences essential for your progress.

Take the next step in your career journey and discover our exciting opportunities.

The Role

Sourcers play a key role in our clients’ success by partnering with Hiring Managers and Recruiters and developing effective, consultative, professional relationships with them.

Through asking the right questions to ensure a detailed understanding of the client and each role, and by leveraging data, historic hiring trends and market analysis, Sourcers develop bespoke sourcing strategies and then use a range of tools and techniques to find the best talent in the market. Sourcers are brand ambassadors for our clients, bringing each opportunity to life with candidates in a compelling and authentic way to ensure they are qualified, interested and engaged before being presented to the Hiring Manager.

The Lead Sourcing Specialist will be responsible for end-to-end sourcing across specialist and high volume hiring within DWF, with a strong focus on identifying and engaging passive talent to ensure an efficient and high-quality recruitment process for the client.

Key Accountabilities

• Partner with Recruiters and Hiring Managers to understand hiring requirements for a variety of legal roles and develop effective sourcing strategies.
• Provide market insights, talent intelligence, and sourcing recommendations to support hiring decisions.
• Source, attract, engage, and assess active and passive talent through multiple channels for both specialist and volume hiring.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs.
• Review and post compelling, accurate job adverts that amplify DWF’s brand and attract candidates to review and apply.
• Deliver high-quality candidate shortlists with clear recommendations and accurate candidate insights.
• Promote an excellent candidate experience through regular communication and relationship management.
• Use data and market trends to refine sourcing approaches and improve hiring outcomes.
• Maintain accurate candidate records, activity tracking, and reporting within recruitment systems.

Skills & Requirements

Must Have

• Experience in talent sourcing, executive search, or talent acquisition for the hiring of legal positions.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Experience developing and delivering sourcing strategies for specialist or niche roles.
• Proven ability to identify and engage passive candidates using tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, ATS, or CRM platforms.
• Strong communication, influencing, and candidate assessment skills.
• Ability to use market data and insights to support hiring decisions.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Proficiency in recruitment technology, ATS/CRM systems, and Microsoft Office.

Nice to Have

• Experience sourcing executive, specialist, or hard-to-find talent.
• Experience within an RPO, agency, or in-house recruitment environment.
• Experience building talent pools and talent mapping for future workforce needs.
• Familiarity with talent intelligence tools.

Why AMS?

We all play a role in our success - whether that’s working directly with clients or adding value behind the scenes. Beyond our standard benefits package, you’ll have the flexibility, autonomy, and trust to work in a way that fits you. Our focus is on enabling meaningful collaboration and support, so you can do your best work - your way.

We offer

• Growth and development focused on your strengths
• The opportunity to develop a career within one of the world’s leading organisations specialising in talent and workforce solutions.
• A team that values being Passionate, Bold, and Authentic
• Supportive communities such as our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
• Volunteer day - you get one additional paid day off each year to volunteer for a cause that matters to you
• A competitive reward and benefits package*
• Flexibility in how and where you work*
• Hybrid model

*Details may vary slightly depending on your location, local labour law, etc.

Our statement

We’re committed to creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage people with diverse skills, perspectives, and experiences to apply. We do not discriminate based upon age, disability, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or any other applicable legally protected characteristic.

We take pride in being Disability Confident. This helps to ensure that you can be interviewed fairly if you have a disability, long- term health conditions, or are neurodiverse. You will be shortlisted based on minimum criteria for the role and will be offered support and/or adjustments for the recruitment process if you wish.

If you require any accommodations or have any accessibility needs, please reach out via email [e-mail] or make a member of our Talent Acquisition team aware at any time.