London Recruitment Manager, Fee Earner

To work closely with the London and Regional Practice Group leads, EMEA Business Managers, Recruitment Coordinators, and supported by the End-to-End Service Center (E2E) colleagues, delivering a first-class recruitment experience to all Fee Earner candidates (split by practice group) and Hiring Managers. The role-holder will execute the full life-cycle of recruitment processes (internal and external), filling role vacancies, leveraging regional and global resources, while delivering significant hiring numbers in a hands-on and direct sourcing capacity.

Main Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the operational execution of the end-to-end Fee Earner recruitment including direct sourcing, executing go-to-market strategy, efficiently managing applications, candidate shortlisting and interviewing; working with hiring managers and functional leaders to agree and deliver best practice process and interviews, offer management and pre-onboarding activity, ensuring a seamless transition to Talent colleagues for onboarding.
• Develop strong business relationships with practice group leadership that is underpinned by solid specialist knowledge of both London/EMEA markets and legal recruitment.
• Maintain a consistent high-quality pipeline of passive and interested, inclusive and diverse talent.
• Ensure effective collaboration and communication when partnering with practice group leadership, in-market Talent teams, Recruitment Coordinators and Administrators to drive best-in-class recruitment and functional cohesiveness.
• Work with the Regional Director and Associate Director of Recruitment to continuously improve and implement effective recruitment strategies and processes to ensure sourcing/hiring best practices are implemented and followed across the region.
• Partner with the Firm's senior leadership, including Practice Group Leaders, to navigate resourcing challenges, ensuring highest quality service delivery.
• Ensure adherence to Hiring Committee and budgeting/approvals process at all times.
• Work with the Regional Director and Associate Director of Recruitment to deliver timely and accurate reporting of all related recruitment activities and use data to drive recruitment performance and track FTE headcount.
• Execute recruitment strategies that drive creative sourcing methodologies and reduce dependency on agencies.
• Maintain a continuous focus on our ID&E strategy and ensure inclusive recruitment practices at all times.
• Where vendors are used, adhere to the preferred supplier strategy to ensure optimal vendor performance and appropriate pricing.
• Ensure that all recruitment processes support the Firm's brand and that the Firm provides a world-class candidate experience throughout the selection process.

Travel requirements: Limited regional travel may be required.

About The Team

The Firm’s People Function Has Responsibility For Recruiting, Supporting And Developing All Of The Firm’s People, Including Our Partners, Lawyers And Professional & Business Services, Working Closely With The Firm’s Leadership To Design And Deliver The Firm’s People Strategy, Building On The Firm’s Core Commitments To Collaboration, Excellence And Inclusivity.

About The Candidate

Technical skills, qualifications and experience

• A bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• Experience of running significant strategic recruitment in a complex global professional services organisation, ideally a law firm.
• Ideally, international recruitment experience with a strongly developed understanding of resourcing dynamics across London and EMEA regions.
• Extensive experience in delivering fee earner recruitment within a global legal services environment.
• Strong track record in direct sourcing methodologies and delivery of high-quality, diverse talent.
• Strong collaborative working style and track record of building deep relationships with senior stakeholders and establishing trusted advisor status.
• Able to work at pace, problem solve and deliver solutions against tight timelines under pressure.
• Excellent communication skills with both team members and senior and executive stakeholders.
• Able to bring good judgement and empathy to sensitive situations.
• Experience of working in a Global Professional Services organization would be highly desirable, ideally a law firm.

Personal qualities

• Driven by a strong personal sense of integrity and upholds exemplary quality standards.
• Prepares thoroughly, takes responsibility, uses initiative and is self-reliant to ensure work progresses to the fullest extent possible.
• Hardworking and diligent with a keen understanding of client demands.
• Demonstrates composure when dealing with difficult situations.

Why Join Us?

Baker McKenzie is a truly global law firm. Founded in 1949, we advise many of the world's most dynamic and successful business organisations through our 13,200 people in 74 offices in 45 countries. Yet big does not mean impersonal. We work hard to ensure that everyone knows their role and has the support they need to perform it to the highest standard. Our culture encourages this - how we work, think and behave in a collaborative and fulfilling way.

In London you will be part of a 1,000 person office, which is also our largest office globally. Originally opened in 1961, Baker McKenzie London is well established in the UK as a leading international law firm and is regularly involved in some of the country's most high-profile legal matters. We can offer you the work, pride and experience of being part of a leading law firm but in a local office environment that is hardworking, friendly and supportive.

The strength of the firm and our culture is evidenced by a number of recent awards, including:

• Thomson Reuters (formerly Acritas' Sharplegal) Global Elite Law Firm Brand Index, 2010-2022 - ranked 1st.
• The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers 2021-2022: currently ranked 52nd.
• Thomson Reuters ranked the Firm No. 1 for cross-border deals for the last 12 years. More than 70% of our deals are cross-border.
• For the 14th consecutive year, the Firm was ranked first for deals with emerging market involvement, by both number of announced and completed deals.
• Law360 ranked the Firm as one of the 400 Largest US Law Firms in its annual survey in 2020.
• Identified as one of the Hall of Fame for best law firms for women by Working Mother magazine, 2011-2021.
• Received a Gold Award in Stonewall's Global Workplace Equality Index of Top Global Employers for LGBTQ+ Inclusion.
• Ranked as one of the Top 20 Employers in the 2023 Social Mobility Employer Index.
• Received Double Certification for earning top marks in the 2022 Corporate Equality Index and Equidad MX of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.
• Winner of the Europe Mentorship Programme - International Firm award in the Euromoney Women in Business Law Europe Awards 2021.
• Winner of the Gender Diversity International Firm, Talent Management International Firm, and Work-Life Balance International Firm awards in the Euromoney Women in Business Law Asia Awards 2021.

To Apply

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For more information about this position or to discuss any adjustments you may require during the process please contact in confidence, Hannah Ritchie, Recruitment Manager, on hannah.ritchie@bakermckenzie.com.

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Commitment to Inclusion, Diversity & Equity

As the first truly global law firm, diversity and inclusion are foundational to our culture and strategic vision. We are a Firm of individuals from across the globe with different backgrounds, ideas, and points of view who collegially work together to solve complex problems and design practical solutions for our clients.

Our global strategy is focused on our people, our culture, our clients and the communities where we operate. In 2019 we enacted ambitious new targets related to gender, racial and ethnic diversity at the Firm. These targets are viewed as a floor, not a ceiling, to advancing underrepresented groups, and they are backed by a variety of strategic initiatives aimed at achieving our goals.