Resourcing Advisor, Regional

Addleshaw Goddard; Leeds; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Addleshaw Goddard is seeking a Resourcing Advisor to drive recruitment excellence for fee-earning roles across our UK offices. This role blends strategic hiring with strong business partnering, acting as an extension of partner teams to deliver high quality campaigns and efficient processes.

Based in Leeds, with travel to Manchester and Edinburgh as required, you will manage end-to-end recruitment, build talent pipelines, engage with agencies, and collaborate with HR and finance on hiring plans.

Qualifications

• Experience in fee-earning recruitment, ideally in the legal sector.
• Ability to manage briefs from partners and design effective campaigns.
• Skilled in direct resourcing and using professional networks.

Responsibilities

• Own fee-earning recruitment for designated divisions, from brief to offer.
• Shortlist and screen candidates, provide market insights to partners.
• Build talent pipelines and map markets to support AG2030 growth plans.
• Partner with HR, finance and BD on recruitment projects and process improvements.
• Monitor agency performance and manage candidate experience.

Skills

LinkedIn Recruiter

Legal recruitment

Stakeholder management

End-to-end sourcing

ATS implementation

Tools

Applicant Tracking System

Job description

An exciting role with a global remit, the Resourcing Advisor will drive recruitment excellence in fee earner recruitment delivery. A great combination of autonomous strategic hiring and business partnering where you will become a true extension of the teams that you are supporting.

This role can be based in either Leeds, Manchester or Edinburgh and includes travel to the other UK offices as and when required.

What You\'ll Do:

Responsibility for fee‑earning legal recruitment, including taking effective briefs from hiring partners and working with hiring managers to design compelling campaigns and role profiles aligned to the AG EVP and employer brand, through to agency briefings and screening calls.

• Shortlisting and screening candidates, providing advice, best practice and market insights to hiring partners, and managing the end‑to‑end recruitment process through to offer: giving timely feedback, advising on salaries and approvals, managing offers through to acceptance, handling candidate queries, ensuring a smooth handover to HR Administration, and capturing/ sharing feedback where offers are declined.
• Taking full ownership of your allocated fee‑earning division by assessing and managing speculative applications, supporting AG2030 growth plans, and continuously tracking and reviewing the candidate pipeline to identify strong matches early and flag them to hiring partners ahead of roles going live.
• Attracting and engaging talent through continuous market research, networking and insight, building strong relationships with local agencies and hiring teams, coaching and advising hiring managers, and focusing on direct sourcing (e.g. talent mapping, job boards, referrals, social media) to optimise candidate experience, cost per hire and inclusion outcomes.
• Acting as a strong business partner, building effective relationships with Divisional Finance, HR and BD, and leading (with support where required) key recruitment projects and initiatives such as ATS implementation and process design, employer branding and EVP, inclusive talent acquisition, PSL reviews, and talent pool/community management.
• Using the recruitment system and reporting tools to monitor recruitment activity, success rates, agency performance/usage and pipeline diversity, maintaining accurate spreadsheets, templates and collateral, and ensuring effective tracking.
• Providing sustained responsiveness, first-rate service and high standards to deliver an excellent internal hiring manager experience and an inclusive, fair and efficient candidate experience, working closely with (and supporting as needed) the Resourcing Assistant on administrative tasks (e.g. arranging interviews, sharing feedback, drafting offer paperwork and contracts).

Who We\'re Looking For:

• This role requires an experienced Recruitment Advisor. The experience can have been gained either in house or with an agency.
• Experience of direct resourcing including using tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter.
• A strong understanding and experience working in the legal sector.
• Experience of end-to-end sourcing and attraction methods, candidate pipelining and attraction in‑line with firm\'s strategic ambitions.
• You will have experience following a clear recruitment strategy and process.
• Ability to build strong and credible relationships with candidates and stakeholders at all levels in the business. Capable of delivering advice which is both accurate and commercially sound, ensuring knowledge is kept up to date.
• Committed to growing your network within the wider recruitment profession.
• A passion for learning, seeking new methods of attraction and your curiosity of new hiring tools and tech that comes to market.

Why Choose Us?

Addleshaw Goddard is a place where you are not just valued but encouraged to reach your full potential. Our culture promotes improvement, growth, and collaboration, making us the natural choice for top-tier clients. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees.