Senior Legal Recruitment Consultant

Hays; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading recruitment firm as a Senior Recruitment Consultant in London, specializing in the Legal sector. This role offers the chance to build strong relationships with law firms and key stakeholders while sourcing top talent for permanent positions. With a supportive team culture and a focus on professional development, you will thrive in an environment that values collaboration and growth. Enjoy uncapped commission, flexible working arrangements, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion. This is your opportunity to elevate your career in a dynamic and rewarding setting.

Benefits

Uncapped commission

Performance-based incentives

Flexible working hours

Hybrid working models

Learning and development opportunities

Employee support networks

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Proven track record in recruitment and business development.
• Experience as a Senior Recruitment Consultant or above.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain relationships with law firms and key decision makers.
• Source and recruit top-tier candidates for permanent roles.

Skills

Business Development

Recruitment

Relationship Management

Sales Skills

Job description

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We are seeking a sales-driven Senior Recruitment Consultant to join our flagship London office in our Professional Recruitment team within the Legal sector. As a Senior Consultant, your primary focus will be to develop and nurture relationships within both large and small law firms across London. You will actively seek out and meet with Recruitment teams, Directors, line managers, and other key stakeholders. As a Senior Recruitment Consultant, you will be recruiting the best and most experienced candidates for permanent roles within this busy sector. The desk available in this market has derived its success from repeat and multi-sector business, billing over £300k this financial year, with genuine potential to grow more.

Your new team

This is an opportunity for an experienced consultant to join one of Hays' most stable businesses with a strong client base and job flow. You will be working alongside a market leader in Legal who is consistently a top biller nationally and a wider team of ten consultants who like to do things outside of work together and have an extremely collaborative culture in which we fully support any development.

The Legal business in London has bounced back excellently from the recent economic challenges and are already on £170k+ for this period with over £100k+ Perm fees in forwards. This is an excellent opportunity for a high performing Senior Consultant or above and enjoy building long term relationships and take their career to the next level.

Your new role

The responsibilities of a Senior Recruitment Consultant include:

• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with central law firms and key decision makers.
• Actively seeking and engaging with in-house recruitment professionals, directors, and line managers.
• Sourcing, screening and recruiting top-tier candidates for permanent roles.
• Draft reports, ensure compliance, and participate in internal projects.
• Contribute to the development and growth of the business, especially your Legal team.

Due to the fees already in the area and the potential we have here, to be successful you will need to meet the following criteria:

You will have experience as a Senior Recruitment Consultant or above as well as a proven track record in business development and recruitment. You will be a highly driven, ambitious, and inspiring individual who can drive success in those around you and navigate the highs and lows of recruitment with resilience.

What you’ll get in return

As a multi award winning employer of choice, we believe as part of the employee and employer deal at Hays, we can give you a career with unrivalled progression. Our culture is a reason why so many of our people choose to stay and grow their careers with Hays. Our colleagues describe our culture as ‘high energy’, ‘inclusive’, and ‘great people’ with a ‘growth mindset’.

In addition, you will enjoy:

• Uncapped individual commission paid upon invoice every 4 weeks
• Regular performance-based incentive programmes including all-expense paid international trips
• A culture underpinned with trust, which is based on expertise, training, collaboration, inclusivity and doing the right thing
• Industry-leading learning and development to maximise your performance and advance your career every step of the way
• A global brand with established PSL agreements and warm client relationships
• An adult approach to working with hybrid working models and flexible working hours
• The opportunity to work in any of our 32 other countries through our global mobility offering
• Diverse range of employee support networks, wellbeing initiatives and wider benefits

We know talented people want to work with the best: people, brand, tools, technology and infrastructure. They also want career development. Our culture is shaped and created by these features. We also know our people want to do interesting and meaningful work, increasingly in an organisation that is purpose led. This is demonstrated in the work we have done through our commitment to DE&I, Net Zero and our global volunteering and fundraising programme, ‘Helping for your tomorrow’.

What to do next

Please apply now to become the next Senior Recruitment Consultant or for more information on our roles.

Life at Hays presents the opportunity for growth, varied career paths, exciting challenges and a culture of inclusion that celebrates diversity. As a committed Disability Confident employer, if you’re thinking of a new tomorrow for your career, whatever your background, let’s work together to create it!

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Business Development, Consulting, and Sales

• Industries

  Staffing and Recruiting

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