Senior Talent Acquisition Business Partner

Frazer Jones; Exeter; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Frazer Jones is supporting a leading UK law firm in recruiting a Talent Acquisition Senior Business Partner to lead recruitment across legal and business services, working with Partners and senior leaders.

The role blends strategic thinking with hands-on delivery, directing a three-person TA team and shaping pipelines, employer branding and process improvements to enhance attraction in the legal market.

Qualifications

• Experience recruiting within a law firm for legal talent.
• Proven experience leading or managing a TA team.
• Strong stakeholder management with Partners and senior leaders.
• Data-driven approach with market insights and sourcing strategies.
• Familiarity with LinkedIn Recruiter and ATS systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and manage a three-person Talent Acquisition team.
• Partner with Partners and senior leaders to understand current and future hiring needs.
• Develop proactive talent pipelines for specialist and hard-to-fill legal roles.
• Oversee recruitment from briefing, sourcing, offers and onboarding.
• Provide market insights on recruitment trends and talent availability.
• Develop employer brand and EVP activities to strengthen attraction in the legal market.
• Manage recruitment agencies and external suppliers for quality and value.
• Utilise recruitment data (time-to-hire, cost, pipeline) to drive improvements.
• Review and improve recruitment processes, systems and ways of working.

Skills

In-house TA (legal)

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Data-driven recruitment

ATS systems

Market knowledge (legal)

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

Recruitment ATS

Job description

I’m working with a leading UK law firm to recruit an experienced Talent Acquisition Senior Business Partner to lead recruitment across both legal and business services teams.

This is a senior, visible role within the HR team, managing a small Talent Acquisition team while partnering closely with Partners, Heads of Division and senior leaders across the firm. It would suit someone who knows the legal recruitment market, is comfortable operating with senior stakeholders and enjoys combining strategic thinking with hands-on recruitment delivery.

The Role:

You’ll take the lead on talent acquisition across the firm, with responsibility for:

• Leading, supporting and developing a team of three within Talent Acquisition.
• Partnering with Partners and senior leaders to understand current and future hiring needs.
• Developing proactive talent pipelines, particularly across specialist and hard-to-fill legal roles.
• Managing recruitment from initial briefing and sourcing through to offer and onboarding.
• Providing market insight and advice around recruitment trends, talent availability and sourcing strategies.
• Developing employer brand and EVP activity to strengthen attraction in the legal market.
• Managing recruitment agencies and external suppliers, ensuring quality and value.
• Using recruitment data and MI including time to hire, source, cost and pipeline activity to drive improvements.
• Reviewing and improving recruitment processes, systems and ways of working to create a more efficient and consistent hiring experience.

About you

For this role, I’m keen to speak to experienced Talent Acquisition professionals who have worked within a law firm and understand the complexities of recruiting legal talent.

You’ll ideally bring:

• Strong in-house Talent Acquisition experience within the legal sector.
• Experience leading or managing a recruitment/TA team.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the credibility to influence Partners and senior leaders.
• Strong knowledge of the legal recruitment market and different sourcing channels.
• A commercial and data-led approach to recruitment.
• Experience using LinkedIn Recruiter and recruitment/ATS systems.
• A proactive approach to talent pipelining rather than purely reactive recruitment.
• The ability to balance strategic projects with hands-on recruitment delivery.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys being close to the recruitment activity but also wants the scope to shape how Talent Acquisition operates across a law firm, improving processes, developing the team and strengthening the firm’s approach to attracting talent.