Recruitment Manager

Clyde & Co; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Clyde & Co is a leading global law firm seeking a Recruitment Manager to shape and lead UK & Europe recruitment. This role blends hands-on recruitment with strategic stakeholder partnerships, team development and continuous improvement.

You will lead fee-earner recruitment in the UK and support recruitment across Europe, advising senior partners, mentoring colleagues, and delivering an inclusive, commercially focused service across the firm.

Qualifications

• Substantial in-house recruitment experience, ideally in legal or professional services.
• Experience with end-to-end recruitment, interviewing, assessments, and fair-selection practice.
• Ability to advise, coach, challenge, and influence hiring managers and senior stakeholders.
• Experience mentoring recruitment professionals.
• Commercial judgement with focus on service quality, cost management and continuous improvement.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong organization and planning skills, with ability to manage competing priorities and multiple projects.
• Experience using an applicant tracking system (Workday) and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Partner with hiring partners to design inclusive resourcing solutions aligned with business needs.
• Deliver end-to-end recruitment for UK fee-earners and European business services professionals.
• Guide hiring teams on requisition approval, job descriptions, salary benchmarking, interview questions and assessments.
• Conduct and facilitate interviews following fair-selection principles and best practice.
• Manage fixed-term recruitment and act as key contact throughout each contract.
• Build relationships with recruitment agencies, oversee preferred suppliers and maintain high service standards.
• Increase direct hiring through referrals, social media and other platforms.
• Provide market insight and salary data to inform recruitment decisions and salary reviews.
• Maintain accurate hiring data in the ATS and Excel for management reporting.
• Collaborate with Recruitment Managers, HR Operations and Diversity & Inclusion to support strategic priorities.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and lead projects that deliver meaningful change.
• Line-manage and develop Recruitment Advisors in London and/or Manchester including one-to-ones and coaching.

Skills

In-house recruitment experience

End-to-end recruitment

Advising & influencing managers

Mentoring recruitment professionals

Commercial judgement

Communication skills

Organization & planning

Client-focused approach

Tools

Workday

Excel

Job description

The Role

Help shape recruitment at a leading global law firm. We are looking for an experienced Recruitment Manager to join our UK & Europe Recruitment team. This is a high-impact role combining hands-on recruitment, strategic stakeholder partnership, team development, and continuous improvement.

You will lead fee-earner recruitment across the UK, while also supporting recruitment across our European offices. You will advise senior stakeholders, mentor junior colleagues, and help ensure an inclusive, efficient, and commercially focused recruitment service.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with hiring partners to design tailored, inclusive resourcing solutions aligned with business needs.
• Deliver end-to-end recruitment for fee earners in the UK and for business services professionals across Europe.
• Guide hiring teams on requisition approval, job descriptions, salary benchmarking, interview questions, and assessments.
• Conduct and facilitate interviews that follow fair-selection principles and best practice.
• Manage fixed-term recruitment and act as a key contact throughout each contract.
• Build effective relationships with recruitment agencies, oversee preferred suppliers, and maintain high service standards.
• Increase direct hiring through referrals, social media, and other recruitment platforms.
• Provide market insight and salary data to inform recruitment decisions and salary reviews.
• Maintain accurate hiring data in the applicant tracking system and Excel for management reporting.
• Collaborate with Recruitment Managers, HR Operations, and Diversity & Inclusion colleagues to support the firm's strategic priorities.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and lead projects that deliver meaningful change.
• Line-manage and develop Recruitment Advisors in London and/or Manchester, including one-to-ones, resource planning, performance feedback, and coaching.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Substantial in-house recruitment experience, ideally gained in the legal or professional services sector.
• Strong end-to-end recruitment expertise, including interviewing, assessment, and fair-selection practice.
• The confidence to advise, coach, challenge, and influence hiring managers and senior stakeholders.
• Experience managing, mentoring, or developing recruitment professionals.
• Commercial judgement, with a focus on service quality, cost management, and continuous improvement.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong organisation and planning skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and multiple projects.
• Experience using an applicant tracking system, ideally Workday and Excel, supported by strong administrative skills and attention to detail.
• A proactive, collaborative, and client-focused approach, with the confidence to take ownership and deliver results.

The Firm

When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 500 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.

Our Commitment

Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity. Learn more about our interview process.

A Note on Privacy

Please take a moment to read our privacy notice. This describes what personal information Clyde & Co (we) may hold about you, what it's used for, how it's obtained, your rights and how to contact us as a data subject. If you are submitting a candidate as a Recruitment Agency Partner, it is an essential requirement and your responsibility to ensure that candidates applying to Clyde & Co are aware of this privacy notice. This is the job description as constituted at present; however, Clyde & Co reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.