Recruitment Consultant / Senior Recruitment Consultant

Talk Staff Group Limited; Belper CP; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency in the UK is seeking a Recruitment Consultant to join their Legal recruitment team. This role involves managing the recruitment lifecycle, building relationships with law firms, and providing strategic hiring advice. The ideal candidate has proven recruitment experience, ideally in the legal sector. A competitive salary of £28,000 - £38,000 plus commission is offered, along with generous benefits including flexible working hours and team bonuses.

Benefits

Pay day pizza

23 Days Annual leave + Bank Holidays

Birthday off

5 Wellbeing Days per year

Team Bonuses

Social events including Christmas party

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a recruitment role, ideally within the legal sector.
• Track record of delivering high-quality placements.
• Ability to manage end-to-end recruitment processes.

Responsibilities

• Maintain strong relationships with law firms and understand their needs.
• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle from sourcing to presenting candidates.
• Provide market insights and salary guidance to clients.

Skills

Recruitment experience

Relationship building

Commercial awareness

Client management

Talent sourcing

Job description

Following a continuous period of sector growth, Talk Staff are looking to hire an additional Recruitment Consultant / Senior Recruitment Consultant to join their Legal recruitment team.

By joining an existingteam of ambitious, passionate and dedicated individuals who are committed to delivering exceptional service and results to a wide range of legal clients, you’ll bring your experience to partner closely with law firms across the UK, including international, national and regional firms, providing tailored support as a specialist recruitment team.

Responsibilities

• Maintain strong relationships with international, national and regional law firms across the UK, understanding their culture, structure and talent needs
• Managing the full recruitment lifecycle, including sourcing, screening, interviewing and presenting qualified legal professionals
• Proactively identify and engage top legal talent through headhunting, market mapping and utilisation of recruitment platforms
• Completing deep-level screening and interviewing of candidates, identifying the very best talent for exclusive representation into some of the best law firms in the world
• Providing informed advice to candidates on career options, market trends, interview preparation and salary benchmarking
• Act as a trusted hiring partner to clients, offering strategic guidance on talent attraction, market insights and recruitment best practice
• Developing and maintaining an active pipeline of candidates and ensure accurate, compliant record-keeping within the CRM
• Collaborating with colleagues to share market intelligence, contribute to team strategy and support wider business objectives
• Staying up to date with legal sector developments, practice area trends and competitive hiring activity to deliver high-quality, consultative recruitment services

You’ll be working collaboratively with firms of all sizes, from global legal powerhouses to specialist regional practices, ensuring they receive strategic, practical and commercially focused guidance. By building strong, long-term relationships, we help our legal partners navigate market challenges, enhance their capabilities and drive sustainable growth.

We believe that relationships are the key to long term success and this, alongside the expertise in house is why we have a fantastic set of clients, all who look to Talk Staff as their preferred supplier. We're looking for a talented individual to join our fantastic team.

Previous Experience Requirements

• Proven experience in a recruitment role, ideally within the legal sector or a professional services environment, with a strong track record of delivering high-quality, high value placements
• Demonstrated ability to manage end-to-end recruitment processes while consistently achieving performance targets and contributing to revenue growth
• Experience building and nurturing long-term client and candidate relationships, with evidence of repeat business and successful partnership development
• A history of sourcing high-calibre talent through proactive methods such as headhunting, networking and market mapping
• Strong commercial awareness, with experience providing informed market insights, salary guidance and strategic hiring advice to stakeholders
• Evidence of working effectively in a fast-paced, results-driven environment while maintaining exceptional standards of professionalism and service quality
• Prior success managing multiple vacancies simultaneously and prioritising workload to deliver timely, accurate and impactful recruitment outcomes

This is a unique opportunity to join a busy team to develop and service high-profile clients with top quality, qualified legal talent across the UK, so if you're an ambitious and driven Recruiter looking to take on a key role in a growing team that values collaboration, exploration, creativity, achievement, and celebration, we want to hear from you. Submit your CV today and join our team of exceptional individuals. All applications will be treated as strictly confidential, and we encourage you to request an informal chat if you have any questions or would like to learn more about the position.

Salary, Benefits & Working Hours

Salary is £28,000 - £38,000 per annum + Commission + Bonus, dependant on experience

We're pretty proud of our benefits :

• Pay day pizza
• 23 Days Annual leave + Bank Holidays (Increasing with tenure)
• Birthday off
• 5 Wellbeing Days per year
• Team Bonuses
• Social events including Christmas party

Working hours are between Monday & Friday with flexible & hybrid working included