Talent Acquisition Advisor

Gowling WLG; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm in Birmingham is seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition Advisor to enhance recruitment efforts across legal practice groups. This role involves developing innovative strategies, engaging with stakeholders, and maintaining an exceptional candidate experience. Ideal for those with a solid background in in-house recruitment and a data-driven approach to talent acquisition. The firm offers a hybrid working model, generous leave, and competitive benefits.

Benefits

Hybrid approach to office and remote working

25 days annual leave plus the option to buy extra leave

Free private medical insurance

Generous pension allowance

Life assurance covering four times your annual salary

Three-month sabbatical every five years

Qualifications

• Have a strong track record of direct sourcing for permanent and temporary roles.
• Be confident using recruitment tech and social media tools.
• Understand the professional services market and apply advanced attraction strategies.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver innovative recruitment strategies mainly for legal roles.
• Advise hiring managers on inclusive effective interview and selection practices.
• Champion tech-led recruitment including AI and automation.

Skills

In-house recruitment experience

Stakeholder engagement

Data-driven decision making

Communication skills

Flexibility in a fast-paced environment

Tools

ATS platforms

LinkedIn

Job description

Description

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Talent Acquisition Advisor to join our Human Resources team in Birmingham on a permanent basis. This role will play a key part in delivering high-quality recruitment support across our Legal practice groups partnering closely with hiring managers to attract and secure top legal talent.

Main purpose of the role :

You will deliver a progressive inclusive and end-to-end talent acquisition service that meets the needs of the firm.

You'll lead our direct sourcing strategy to reduce costs and time-to-hire proactively engaging passive talent and leveraging specialist agencies where needed. You'll build strong networks and market insight across our core growth areas.

Partnering with Practice Group Leaders Team Leaders and hiring managers you'll provide expert guidance throughout the hiring process for legal roles. You'll also help shape our employer brand and ensure an exceptional candidate experience.

Main Duties and Responsibilities :

• Design and deliver innovative recruitment strategies mainly for legal roles across all levels.
• Build trusted relationships with stakeholders understanding their teams and future talent needs.
• Source top talent directly using LinkedIn and other tools reducing reliance on agencies.
• Use data to track recruitment metrics and improve processes and outcomes.
• Support quarterly reporting and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Champion tech-led recruitment including AI and automation.
• Manage agency relationships to ensure value and alignment with direct sourcing.
• Advise hiring managers on inclusive effective interview and selection practices.
• Create and share engaging LinkedIn content to build our employer brand
• Attend industry events to network gather market intelligence and strengthen our talent pipeline.
• Ensure a smooth timely and inclusive candidate experience.
• Lead and support TA projects including systems branding and process reviews

Key Skills and Experience :

You will :

• Have in-house recruitment experience ideally in professional services and be confident working with senior stakeholders.
• Be a credible business partner owning recruitment for your areas.
• Understand the professional services market and apply advanced attraction strategies.
• Have a strong track record of direct sourcing for permanent and temporary roles.
• Be data-driven using metrics to measure success and improve outcomes.
• Influence and educate hiring managers on best practices and inclusive hiring.
• Communicate professionally and responsively at all levels.
• Be resilient collaborative and flexible in a fast-paced environment.
• Be confident using recruitment tech ATS platforms and social media tools.

What We Can Offer You :

The opportunity to work for a firm which has been recognised as one of the best places to work in the UK and has been ranked by Great Place to Work for 25 consecutive years.

Excellent benefits including :

• A hybrid approach to office and remote working.
• 25 days annual leave with the option to buy up to a weeks extra annual leave
• Free private medical insurance and the option to add family members
• A generous pension allowance
• Life assurance covering four times your annual salary
• The chance of a three-month sabbatical every five years
• Maternity paternity and adoption leave schemes
• A range of health and wellbeing programmesState of the art offices in London overlooking Tower Bridge with an onsite restaurant
• Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development

Equal Opportunities :

Gowling WLG is committed both to promoting equality and diversity in the firm and to Equal Opportunities in employment. The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour nationality ethnicity national origins) religion or belief age disability sexual orientation sex gender re-assignment and gender identity marriage and civil partnership and pregnancy maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.

At Gowling WLG we seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our aim is to fulfil everyones potential and together to achieve personal and business goals.