Background

You will work within the People & Talent Development (P&TD) Team and will be based in the Bristol office, helping the team to provide a proactive and forward-thinking resourcing service to its internal clients.

The role has operational responsibility for lateral recruitment into the Legal Services departments in Bristol (which consists of the Claims Handling Department, eDiscovery and paralegals). You will work closely with the People team and hiring managers to source the best talent for their teams; you will liaise with the firms preferred supplier list of agencies and direct source where it is appropriate to do so; you will shortlist CV's and get involved in interviewing candidates and, ultimately, influence hiring decisions positively.

You will also support other recruitment specialists in the team when required, with paralegal recruitment in London and lateral lawyer recruitment into the Legal Groups in both London and Bristol.

You will also have the opportunity to collaborate with the wider P&TD team on projects and events.

You will work in conjunction with the People & Talent Development Team, reporting to the People & Resourcing Manager, to deliver the People strategy.

Key responsibilities

• Leads the lateral hire programme for Legal Services, working in partnership with relevant hiring managers and the People Team
• Supports the qualified lawyer recruitment across the firm, as required, working with the recruitment specialist for the relevant area
• Works with the teams and People Manager to define lateral hire priorities and execute the recruitment plan
• Manages an efficient and effective end to end recruitment process for lateral hires, from search to on boarding, in line with the firm's People strategy and in collaboration with the People Team
• Prepares job descriptions with the People Team, agrees the attraction and selection process in line with the Inclusion and Diversity strategy, drafts and places advertisements (as appropriate) and utilises the preferred supplier agencies to their maximum potential as well as undertaking direct sourcing
• Understands the firm's recruitment brand and ensures all recruitment literature/websites/online material is aligned with the firm's employer brand
• Ensures the effective use of firm's website, social media, job boards and other specific media to source diverse candidates
• Uses the internal job page on the firm's intranet to encourage internal sourcing of candidates where relevant
• Assists with managing the recruitment preferred supplier list ensuring adherence to SLAs
• Manages the use of and promotion of CVMail (or such applicant tracking system in existence at a given time)
• Manages the recruitment processes in line with GDPR requirements
• Ensures that candidates are effectively benchmarked against the RPC CareerBuilder framework
• Regularly reviews the candidate experience and takes action as needed
• Acts as a point of expertise on all recruitment related matters, providing advice and guidance to the relevant People Managers and hiring managers
• Works with the People Manager to provide salary research and insight for the Legal Services teams; understands the Bristol legal markets and can advise the firm on competitive remuneration offerings

Position requirements

Knowledge and experience

• Knowledge and experience of recruitment, either in an agency or in-house environment
• Legal market knowledge is desirable but not essential
• Client management experience
• Ability to manage, consult and influence stakeholders
• Knowledge and appreciation of the law affecting recruitment and selection (including knowledge of inclusion and diversity landscape)

Attributes:

• Ability to develop strong relationships within the business at all levels, using technical expertise
• Strong influencing skills
• Strong personal judgement, able to remain independent and adapt a common-sense approach
• Proactive and self-motivated yet collaborative in approach
• Strong communication skills both oral and written
• Committed, determined and robust