Legal Recruitment Consultant

TN United Kingdom; London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a motivated Consultant to join their London Private Practice team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work in a collaborative environment, where you will engage with candidates and clients while benefiting from the guidance of seasoned professionals. With a competitive salary and excellent commission structure, this position promises significant career growth potential. The company fosters a welcoming culture with social events and international trips, making it an ideal place for ambitious individuals looking to thrive in legal recruitment.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Commission Scheme

Team Events

International Trips

Qualifications

• 0-3 years of legal recruitment experience or qualified lawyer with 6 months' PQE.
• Strong academic record and high level of professionalism required.

Responsibilities

• Join the Private Practice desk as a Consultant, focusing on candidates and clients.
• Work closely with experienced consultants and receive industry insights.

Skills

Verbal Communication

Written Communication

Organizational Skills

Time Management

Proactivity

Education

Law Degree

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

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We are seeking a new Consultant for our leading private practice division. Acting for an established and growing list of law firms, we have a very friendly, welcoming culture and so this is a superb opportunity for a capable, ambitious and team-oriented person.

The company:

Jameson Legal is an international recruitment consultancy with three core pillars – permanent recruitment, flexible lawyering solutions, and legal technology. Jameson Legal focuses on providing their law firm clients and in-house legal teams with legal, risk and compliance, and business services professionals.

Jameson Legal is headquartered in the UK but has additional offices in the US, Asia and the Middle East. From these offices, the team recruits across a number of jurisdictions including the UK, mainland Europe, Channel Islands, Caribbean, Middle East, Asia, South America, USA, Australia and New Zealand.

The Role:

This role is a junior Consultant role on our London Private Practice desk, which is headed by a number of experienced Consultants with combined experience of many decades in legal recruitment. The Private Practice team is very collegiate and works together very closely.

Depending on your experience, you will join either as a candidate-focused Consultant (with a short-term plan to take on your own clients) or as a ‘’ Consultant dealing with both candidates and clients.

Key points to be aware of:

• Competitive salary with excellent commission scheme and career potential.
• London-based position, in our superbly-located central London office.
• A 3 days/week in office at start, to be 2 days/week in the office in due course.
• We are on the PSL of many top law firms and on arrival (and dependent on experience) you’ll be given warm candidates and clients to work with.
• You’ll be given a manager who will help plan out your week, offer industry insight and be your ‘go to’ person in the business. Their purpose is to help you get up and running, become familiar with your clients and develop your recruitment skill set. In addition, you will have the full support and encouragement of the Directors in the team and across the business. We have an ‘open doors’ policy and encourage questions and discussion.
• The team and company are very social, and recent events have included away days and team BBQ’s. The company also has regular international trips for all staff and previous years have included long weekends in Portugal, Malta and Denmark.

The Criteria:

We are seeking the following background:

• Legal recruitment experience as a consultant or researcher with c.0-3 years’ experience, or:
• A qualified Lawyer with at least six months’ PQE.

Please note : For this role we are not, at this time, seeking graduates with no recruitment or legally-qualified experience.

You should have:

• Excellent verbal and written skills.
• A good academic record, including a degree.
• A high level of professionalism.
• The ability to be proactive and taking ownership.
• Strong organisational and time management skills, and be able to act with urgency.

We welcome applications and enquiries for this hugely attractive legal recruitment position.