Talent Acquisition Advisor (0686)

Mills & Reeve; Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Job summary

Mills & Reeve is seeking an experienced recruiter to manage end-to-end hiring for lawyers and business services across Birmingham, Manchester, Cambridge or Norwich. You’ll partner with internal clients and agencies, source direct hires, and advise on talent strategy to build sustainable pipelines.

In this role you’ll handle CV shortlisting, conduct interviews, and guide offers through to onboarding, ensuring a professional and responsive recruitment experience across tight timelines.

Qualifications

• End-to-end 360 recruitment experience.
• Legal recruitment experience at multiple levels from Paralegal to Principal Associate.
• Strong stakeholder management with influencing and advisory skills.
• Exceptional client service within tight timescales.
• Strong supplier agency relationships.
• LinkedIn and market mapping experience.
• Direct candidate engagement.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Curious about technology and AI with proactive learning.

Responsibilities

• Partner with stakeholders on recruitment and provide proactive, commercial advice.
• Manage own caseload of vacancies.
• Suggest innovative approaches to the hiring process.
• Advise on candidate sourcing methods and use LinkedIn/market mapping.
• Build relationships with preferred supplier agencies.
• Support CV shortlisting and provide timely feedback.
• Deliver exceptional client service within tight timescales.
• Lead offer conversations and onboarding handover.

Skills

End-to-end recruitment

Legal recruitment

Stakeholder management

Client service

Agency relationships

LinkedIn sourcing

Direct candidate engagement

Communication

AI awareness

Job description

The role

Based in either Birmingham, Manchester, Cambridge or Norwich and reporting into the Head of Talent Acquisition, you'll manage recruitment for lawyers and business services teams. With support from Recruitment Administrators, you'll partner with internal clients, agencies and candidates, and use LinkedIn to source direct hires where appropriate. You'll develop trusted partnerships with stakeholders, moving beyond transactional recruitment to act as a credible advisor on talent, as well as understanding the commercial context, anticipate resourcing needs and bring insight, challenge and solutions that help Mills & Reeve make better hiring decisions and build sustainable talent pipelines.

The person

• End-to-end (360) recruitment experience
• Legal recruitment experience (agency or inhouse) and experience of recruiting across a range of levels from Paralegal to Principal Associate.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to influence, advise and manage expectations effectively
• Exceptional client service within tight timescales
• Strong preferred supplier agency relationships
• LinkedIn and market mapping experience
• Successful direct candidate engagement
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Curious about technology and AI, with a proactive approach to learning and embracing new ways of working

The activities

Partner with stakeholders on recruitment

• Develop a strong understanding of business priorities and talent needs and provide proactive, commercial focused advice.
• Manage your own caseload of vacancies
• Suggest innovative approaches to the hiring process

Attract and source the right candidates

• Advise stakeholders on the best candidate sourcing methods
• Appropriate use of technology such as LinkedIn and market mapping tools for direct hiring
• Build strong relationships with preferred supplier agencies

Manage selection and interviews

• Support CV shortlisting
• Advise stakeholders on the best selection methods
• Provide timely feedback to candidates

Deliver a Strong Recruitment Experience

• Deliver exceptional client service within tight timescales
• Appropriate use of technology and AI to support the hiring process

Manage offers and the HR handover

• Lead offer conversations
• Prepare job offers, contracts and offer letters
• Support a clear handover for the onboarding process

The Benefits

As you'd expect, we offer a competitive salary and a wide range of benefits.

Pre employment screening

If we offer you a role, we will conduct comprehensive pre-employment screening. This screening will include, but is not limited to, a basic DBS, verification of your right to work, a three year employment history and a self-declaration to assess your character and suitability for the role. Full details of our pre-screening employment process are available upon request.

Use of AI during the recruitment process

Technology is changing rapidly and we are all increasingly using AI software in our day to day lives, as well as using it to support our learning and professional development. Here at Mills & Reeve, we embrace the use of technology and AI and we recognise that candidates may use AI tools to support their applications. As a regulated industry, we expect candidates to use such tools responsibly, honestly and in a manner that allows us to make a fair and accurate assessment of their individual skills, experience and suitability for the role.

The firm

At Mills & Reeve, our 1,450 plus people and over 850 lawyers share one vision - achieve more together. It's a state of mind in every client relationship we start and every choice we make. And it's what clients consistently say distinguishes us from your average law firm. You can expect a close and attentive working relationship with a team that's responsive when you need them. You'll receive advice tailored to your individual needs. Wherever in the world you or your business needs support, we'll draw on our network to give recommendations. We're driven by our values - we're ambitious, we're open, we care and we collaborate. We embrace new ideas, communicate honestly and are easy to work with. We're committed to you, our planet, our communities and each other. We've been listed in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work list as one of the best big organisations, and we've recently been reaccredited Platinum Investors in People status - a standard achieved by only 8% of assessed organisations.

And finally

Everyone at Mills & Reeve brings a unique perspective and ideas to the team and we do everything we can to help each person to thrive. We're committed to providing an inclusive and supportive working environment, are happy to consider flexible working arrangements, and want to achieve the right balance for both our people and the firm. We encourage everyone to ask if they feel they need any workplace adjustments, and will do our best to support with these. To find out more about our diversity and inclusion work, visit our website .