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GRADUATE RECRUITMENT OFFICER – LEADING LAW FIRM - £38K

GRADUATE RECRUITMENT OFFICER – LEADING LAW FIRM - £38K
One of London’s law firms is looking for a graduate recruitment officer to work alongside the Graduate Recruitment Manager. Duties will include:-

Pre-selection
· Assist GRAs with pre-selection of candidates for interview against set criteria. Act as referral point for complex candidates or contacts.
· Provide interviewers with information concerning the assessment process.
· Manage the process for liaising with internal / referred applicants including paralegals. This involves communicating decisions with sponsoring partners and providing feedback to candidates.
Interviews
· Sit on interview panel.
· Monitor fee-earners and partners on opening and closing interview panels.
· Liaise with departmental supervising partners regarding fee-earners and / or partners wishing to join the interviewer panel.
· Assist GRM with the hosting of interviewer training days, including observation of mock interviews and feedback to interviewers.
· Assist GRM in discussing decisions with interviewers where necessary and liaising with Susan Hazledine in GRM's absence.
· Monitor prompt receipt of completed interview report forms from all interviewers.
· Provide feedback to unsuccessful interview candidates.
Advertising
· Devise and monitor advertising strategy and spend for the year. Monitor success of different publications and websites.
· Negotiate deals and placing of adverts with a number of publishers and manage these relationships.
· Prepare adverts, profiles and other text for marketing materials.
· Represent the firm on TARGET Law editorial board.
Campus Marketing and Events
· Devise and monitor on-campus sponsorship strategy and spend.
· Act as recruitment contact for a number of University Alumni Teams. Motivate teams, communicate and update on developments in Graduate Recruitment activity, and implement year-round strategy.
· Organise annual Law Society Presidents' Open Day and lunches.
· Liaise with Careers Services / student societies regarding profile-raising.
· Review and decide on sponsorship requests.
· Organise and deliver skills sessions at target universities.
· Compile negotiation game / business game for use on campus.
· Deliver presentations to open day, Insight Week and vacation students.
· Represent the firm at Law Fairs and campus presentations.
Diversity
· Devise and implement diversity strategy for Graduate Recruitment.
· Evaluate success of different diversity publications and websites.
· Liaise with external organisations to promote the firm to a wide range of potential recruits.
· Produce diversity statistics and monitor representation within the trainee body.
· Act as consultant to team on issues related to diversity and inclusion.
· Liaise with HR team over firm-wide diversity issues.
· Organise and attend diversity events such as TARGET Chances, Sutton Trust summer schools and Pathways to Law, and Pure Potential.
· Organise and run annual London universities Work Experience placement week.
Future trainees
· Deal with requests for changes in start date and maintain waiting list. Liaise with HR Manager for Trainees to monitor intake numbers.
· Liaise with HR Assistant for trainees to offer advice on requests for loans and awards.
Supervision of team members
· Supervise work of 3 GRAs ensuring that responses to candidates and other clients happen in a timely fashion. Assist in any aspect of Graduate Recruitment activity where needed.
· Discuss team objectives and performance with Graduate Recruitment Manager on regular basis.
Ad hoc functions
· Provide support for HR team for Trainees at events and induction days.
· Give occasional support to wider HR team, for support staff recruitment, etc.
· Answer ad hoc recruitment queries from anyone within the business and advise on best practice in recruitment
Assist GRM with ad hoc projects.

For more information please call Paul Knight on 0207 638 0303 or email paulknight@hyf.co.uk