Job Description | North America Recruitment Manager
Department: Human Resources
Location: Kansas City, MO
The Team
We have specialist teams in Recruitment,
Learning and Development, and HR Operations. The HR department are
based in offices across the North America region, working as one
team to deliver a holistic service to our fee earning and business
services groups.
The Role
The Recruitment Manager role is a key part of the North America HR
team with the aim of facilitating the recruitment of suitably
qualified and experienced fee-earners (qualified and non-qualified),
business services, and early careers candidates across our NA offices.
You will be responsible for driving and championing the global and
regional recruitment strategy.
Key Responsibilities
Be a trusted source of current information and intelligence
related to recruitment market trends, salary data and challenges,
developing a tailored recruitment solution adhering to fair
selection policies and accessible to all.
Ensure that each recruitment experience is a positive one for
candidates, agencies and internal stakeholders, regardless of outcome.
Adhere to all internal recruitment procedures and requirements,
including (but not limited to) recruitment requisition sign-off,
production of quality job descriptions, salary benchmarking and
guidance regarding interview questions and assessments.
Work collaboratively with the broader North America HR team and
global Recruitment function and ensure that it is meeting the
strategic objectives of the firm.
Proactively encourage direct applicants through internal and
external referrals and by maximising social media and other relevant
platforms, especially LinkedIn.
Develop and maintain lists of potentially suitable fee earner and
business services candidates (through networking, previous
applications, LinkedIn, the media and other search mechanisms) for
roles that may arise in the future.
Ensure all recruitment documentation is completed in a timely and
efficient manner by the HR Shared Services team.
Liaise with recruitment agencies and conduct ongoing analysis of
the preferred suppliers (PSL) and ensure communication,
relationships, and quality of service are consistently maintained.
Maintain up to date information for regular management reporting
on any hires via the ATS (applicant tracking system) and Excel.
Attend in-house and other relevant training to ensure best
practice approaches are being undertaken and that legal commitments
are being delivered eg right to work verifications.
Proactively build relationships with the HR team and the business
to facilitate and drive various change-management projects within
the firm.
Identify opportunities for process improvements and become a
project lead to deliver change within the team.
Inspire and mentor junior members of the team demonstrating a
collaborative, supportive team environment. Management of a team of
3 advisors, 2 sourcing specialists and 2 recruitment coordinators.
Essential Skills & Experience
Experienced recruitment professional with in-house experience
and/or agency recruitment experience, ideally gained within the
legal sector.
First rate sourcing ability and expert interviewing
skills/experience ensuring fair selection and best practice methods.
Ability to coach and advise others with the confidence to provide
hiring managers with feedback and develop their skills.
Ability to partner, advise and influence at all levels of the business.
Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
Enthusiastic and proactive approach with a supportive, commercial
outlook, client delivery focussed work ethic.
Excellent IT administration with previous experience using an ATS
(applicant tracking system) and Excel.
Highly organised and a good planner with an ability to manage and
deliver on multiple projects and strong attention to detail.
Ability to manage deadlines and communicate effectively should
those deadlines vary.
Ability to take ownership and responsibility over all work
undertaken with a commitment to supporting the wider needs of a
project and not just the immediate task.
Team player with a willingness to work collaboratively across the
wider HR team with supportive team mentoring / management experience.
The Firm
Clyde & Co is a leading global
law firm, specialising in the sectors that underpin global trade and
commercial activity, namely: insurance, transport, construction,
energy, trade and commodities. It is globally integrated, offering a
comprehensive range of contentious and non-contentious legal
services and commercially-minded legal advice to businesses
operating across the world. Clyde & Co is committed to operating
in a responsible way. This means progressing towards a diverse and
inclusive workforce that reflects the diversity of its communities
and clients, using its legal skills to support its communities
through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and
minimising the impact it has on the environment. The firm has 490
partners, 2400 lawyers, 3200 legal professionals and 5500 people
overall in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide.
Our Values
Our values are the principles that
guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and
strengthen our delivery, for our clients and our firm. We:
Work as one
We are a globally connected team of talented people
who act with a firm-first mentality to achieve success
Excel with clients
We aim high and challenge ourselves to deliver
unique excellence for our clients, keeping them at the centre of
everything we do
Celebrate difference
We help each other to be at our best and believe our
differences result in greater achievement
Act boldly We
seek new opportunities, take action and learn as we go, recognising
that curiosity drives our development and contributes to growth
Business Services Competencies
Clyde & Co is committed to providing extensive, personal and
professional development opportunities for our people enabling them to
be highly effective in their current role as well as assisting them to
fulfil their career aspirations.
The competencies are used to inform all aspects of Business Services
career development. They vary across levels and different business
areas and fall under the following areas:
Technical Excellence
People and Team
Client/Stakeholder Relationships
Service Delivery and Commercial Awareness
Personal Effectiveness
This is the job description as constituted at present; however the
Firm reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the
changing needs of the business.
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