Recruitment Assistant

LAW CHOICE RECRUITMENT; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

LAW CHOICE RECRUITMENT in Belfast is seeking a Recruitment Assistant to join its UK Lateral Recruitment team, supporting hiring across the UK and international offices. The role combines recruitment administration, candidate and agency liaison, and early careers coordination, with ownership of end-to-end recruitment for junior roles such as PTAs and Paralegals, under the Recruitment Manager.

You'll gain early exposure to a global law firm, build relationships with university partners and

Qualifications

• Experience in recruitment administration, HR or a similar field.
• Strong organisational skills and the initiative to juggle competing priorities.
• Familiarity with Workday or similar ATS platforms is a bonus.
• Curiosity about the legal industry and how a global firm operates.

Responsibilities

• Keep live vacancies and the careers page up to date on Workday and Phenom.
• Coordinate interviews, technical tests and assessment centres.
• Manage candidate and agency communications from first contact through to offer.
• Draft and issue offer letters and contracts.
• Play a key role in the Belfast Apprenticeship Programme, Vacation Scheme and Internal Training Contract.
• Represent the firm at careers fairs and university events.
• Produce recruitment reports and maintain accurate data.

Skills

Recruitment administration

Organisational skills

Workday familiarity

Curiosity about legal industry

Tools

Workday

Job description

Fancy a recruitment role where no two days look the same - from lateral hires to early careers assessment centres? A leading global law firm is looking for a Recruitment Assistant to join its Belfast team.

About the role

You'll join the UK Lateral Recruitment team, supporting hiring across the UK, Johannesburg, Brussels, Luxembourg, Dubai and Riyadh. It's a genuinely varied role - part recruitment administration, part candidate and agency liaison, part early careers coordination - and you'll take ownership of end-to-end recruitment for junior roles like PTAs and Paralegals, with support from the Recruitment Manager.

You'll be doing things like

• Keeping live vacancies and the careers page up to date on Workday and Phenom
• Coordinating interviews, technical tests and assessment centres
• Managing candidate and agency communications from first contact through to offer
• Drafting and issuing offer letters and contracts
• Playing a key role in the Belfast Apprenticeship Programme, Vacation Scheme and Internal Training Contract
• Representing the firm at careers fairs and university events
• Producing recruitment reports and maintaining accurate data

What you'll bring

• Experience in recruitment administration, HR or a similar field
• Strong organisational skills and the initiative to juggle competing priorities
• Familiarity with Workday or similar ATS platforms is a bonus
• Curiosity about the legal industry and how a global firm operates

This is a brilliant entry point into legal recruitment, with real ownership and exposure across both lateral and early careers hiring.