PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
Joining a dynamic and ambitious team of talent acquisition specialists, this role supports the wider Resourcing Team throughout all the stages of the recruitment life cycle. The role is extremely varied and encompasses a wide range of tasks across talent attraction, sourcing, hiring, onboarding and reporting across all of our UK and international offices.
This role can be based in either Leeds or Manchester and includes ad hoc travel to the other UK offices as and when required. The role is initially offered on a 9-month fixed-term contract basis with the potential to go permanent.THE TEAM
Our HR Group delivers the people strategy of the firm globally with talented individuals spread across our UK offices and internationally. The HR Group comprises of the Learning and Development, Reward & Benefits, HR Operations, HR Business Partnering, Employee Experience, Resourcing, Early Careers and Responsible Business teams.
This role is within our Resourcing team, responsible for attracting and hiring the best talent globally and looks after qualified lawyers up to partner level, business services professionals and paralegals.
We pride ourselves on continuous improvement and innovation and therefore the role is pivotal to drive forward fresh initiatives, annual processes and projects. You can expect a varied, fast paced and diverse role within an inclusive, collaborative and supportive team.
AG have a modern approach to work and offer excellent opportunities for learning, training and career development.
WHAT TO EXPECT IN THIS ROLE
The following list, whilst not exhaustive, gives a flavour of what you can expect in this role:
• Acting as a super user for our Recruitment system and an account lead for our external job boards with responsibility for ensuring our career opportunities are published and maintained effectively
• Scheduling interviews, diary management, and facilitation of ad hoc recruitment events
• Acting as a proactive problem solver, identifying and addressing challenges within the recruitment process to ensure smooth and efficient operations
• Generating recruitment paperwork and collateral, including templated offer letters, contracts of employment and recruitment materials within our intranet and other sites
• Being a point of contact for prospective candidates, new joiners and third-party agents relating to questions about the recruitment and onboarding process
• Producing regular reports, using the recruitment system, so the team can monitor recruitment activity, success rates, agency performance and the diversity of our candidate pipeline
• Updating of recruitment spreadsheets, templates and key recruitment documents
• Supporting with the management of our agency relationships, including arranging agency briefings and organising payment of agency invoices
• Managing recruitment invoicing and liaising with recruitment agencies
• Managing the Recruitment inbox queries in a professional manner
• Ad hoc support with CV screening and candidate screening calls
YOUR AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE
• Previous experience working in an administrative role, ideally (but not essential) with some exposure to recruitment
• An effective problem solver and skilled at prioritising effectively
• Brings strong attention to detail and enjoys confidently managing multiple stakeholder relationships
• Brings a professional and approachable style when working with colleagues, candidates, internal stakeholders and external partners
• Highly computer literate with Microsoft Office skills, ideally including experience of using an Applicant Tracking System
• Advanced Excel and or Power BI reporting would be advantageous
• Demonstrates initiative and a proactive mindset, with a willingness to step in and support where needed.
OUR FIRM
Addleshaw Goddard is a place where you are valued, encouraged, and challenged to fulfil your potential in a supportive and collegiate environment. Our culture of improvement, growth and collaboration delivers results, drives innovation, and rewards ambition.
We not only provide technical excellence and experience but, crucially, demonstrate real insight into our clients and what really matters to them and as such we are natural choice for FTSE100 clients and their equivalents in other markets.
Our success has been built by people from the widest range of backgrounds, locations, and perspectives. We have a number of employee networks that provide space to discuss the differences that make us who we are and celebrate this at AG.
OUR APPROACH: IMAGINE THE BEST YOU CAN BE
Everything we've accomplished can be traced back to our people and the way we work. Our reputation is something we are proud of, and constantly invest in.
Here, you'll do high calibre work, with high-character colleagues who care for one another and our clients.
Are you up for the challenge?
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