Senior Trainee Recruitment Advisor

Linklaters; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global law firm in London is seeking a Senior Trainee Recruitment Advisor to manage the full recruitment lifecycle for trainee solicitors and vacation scheme attendees. The role includes overseeing assessments, ensuring a seamless candidate experience, and engaging with stakeholders. Ideal candidates have 3+ years of recruitment experience and strong administrative skills. Benefits include private medical insurance, gym access, and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance

Free in-house fitness centre

Subsidised health club memberships

Flexible savings options

Travel insurance

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years’ recruitment experience, in graduate or early careers within professional services.
• Proven ability to manage high-volume recruitment processes.
• Strong administrative skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Oversee assessment suppliers and ATS to ensure smooth operations.
• Design application and assessment processes, manage materials, and make screening decisions.
• Lead the offer process and manage intake numbers and start dates.

Skills

Recruitment experience

Administrative skills

Project management

Proficiency in Excel

Proficiency in PowerPoint

Job description

Overview

Linklaters is a global law firm, with 31 offices in 21 countries worldwide. Linklaters is a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional. We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial, and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction. Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives, but by fostering a positive, supportive, fair, and open atmosphere. We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias. This is vital to our ability to work as one team, with a common goal.

Senior Trainee Recruitment Advisor - The role

To deliver a high-impact, inclusive, and integrated attraction and recruitment strategy that secures top-tier trainee solicitors and vacation scheme attendees. You’ll manage the full recruitment lifecycle, ensuring a seamless candidate experience and strong stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Recruitment Process Management: Oversee assessment suppliers and the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) to ensure smooth operations.
• Assessment & Selection: Design application and assessment processes, manage materials, make screening decisions, and conduct HR interviews.
• Candidate Management: Lead the offer process, manage intake numbers and start dates, and ensure timely communication.
• Candidate Experience: Plan and deliver market-leading vacation schemes (Winter, Spring, and Summer), positioning Linklaters as an employer of choice.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Track performance data, generate reports, and update senior stakeholders on recruitment effectiveness.
• Event Coordination: Support and attend open days, insight schemes, skills sessions, and access events (50–60 annually).
• Interview Oversight: Manage up to 550 interviews annually, ensuring consistency and quality throughout.

Senior Trainee Recruitment Advisor - What we\'re looking for

• Minimum 3 years’ recruitment experience, in graduate or early careers within professional services.
• Proven ability to manage high-volume recruitment processes.
• Strong administrative skills and attention to detail.
• Adaptable and quick to learn new systems and processes.
• Experience in project and stakeholder management.
• Willingness to attend events outside core working hours.
• Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint.

Senior Trainee Recruitment Advisor - What\'s on offer

This role is based at the Linklaters London office with a hybrid working model available.

Joining Team Linklaters will see you qualify for a range of benefits designed to reward the vital contribution you\'ll be making to our success. These include:

Health & Wellbeing

• Private Medical Insurance
• Free in-house fitness centre and subsidised health club memberships
• Free onsite GP service and periodic health assessments

Finance

• Pension and flexible savings options
• Income protection and life assurance
• Mortgage advice and will-writing services

Family & Lifestyle

• Electric car and cycle to work schemes
• Emergency family care
• Additional holiday/birthday leave
• Maternity/paternity shared parental leave
• Travel insurance and season ticket loan
• Option to join sports and social clubs, as well as our employee networks groups (such as our Gender Equality Network, With Pride, or Social Mobility Networks)

Technical Skills

This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.

Application Policy

Applications and CVs (direct or via agency) are only accepted online via the portal. Queries related to our roles must be directed to the relevant recruitment team and not the partners, practices or stakeholders ([e-mail] for legal roles or [e-mail] for business team roles).