At a Glance
- Tasks: Match lawyers with client opportunities and draft bespoke proposals.
- Company: Join LOD, a leader in flexible legal services with a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Opportunity to shape the legal industry and work in a dynamic environment.
- Other info: Be part of a high-growth business with excellent career development opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in the legal sector while developing your skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in legal recruitment and strong communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
We're looking for an experienced Talent Engagement Manager to join our fantastic, collaborative Lawyer Engagement team. Ideally you'll have previous experience recruiting within the legal industry. You'll be covering our Financial Services (Banking, Real Estate Finance, Funds etc), Construction, and Real Estate practice areas, so previous experience recruiting in these areas would be beneficial. We're looking for someone to start as soon as possible and this role is expected to run until December.
More about the role:
- Matching our lawyers to the right client assignment opportunities.
- Quickly building strong relationships with all lawyers to successfully match them to the right client opportunities.
- Playing a key role in drafting bespoke client proposals to give the lawyer the best possible chance of success.
- Working smart to deliver client proposals as quickly and efficiently as possible in a fast-paced environment while ensuring a high-quality output.
- Being creative and going the extra mile to find the right lawyers outside of our core pool for clients with more specialist needs.
- Recruiting new LOD lawyers.
- Acting as an LOD ambassador in speaking and meeting with new joiners to the team – assessing their experience and fit for LOD, and our clients’ opportunities.
- Developing a deep knowledge of their technical legal experience and sector backgrounds.
- Helping to drive our recruitment and resourcing strategy based on the lawyers and client opportunities we have at any one time.
Your Approach:
- Well organised with an eye for detail.
- Adds personality, to clear communications that display emotional intelligence.
- Listens to stakeholders, effectively anticipating concerns and building long term, mutually beneficial relationships.
- Gets the bigger picture, taking ownership of solving the root cause of a problem.
- Asks the question ‘Can this be done differently?’
- A genuine interest in the changing legal market and in ensuring that our LOD lawyers and clients receive the best possible experience throughout their dealings with us.
Your skills and qualifications:
- Demonstrate a high degree of emotional intelligence to assess the right personality fit for both lawyers and clients.
- Consultative in approach, quickly gaining credibility and respect from highly qualified professionals.
- Creative and open-minded in finding a solution that works.
- Strong communicator that offers stakeholders the best possible service at all times.
About LOD:
For almost 20 years, we’ve transformed the way in which lawyers, consultants and legal teams work. Today, we’re the market leader for flexible legal services businesses globally, delivering hundreds of assignments and projects with the world’s leading businesses and law firms each year. Winning numerous awards along the way, LOD is continually recognised for creating different and better ways of working for both lawyers and legal teams. Now part of the Consilio Group, we have the global reach and scale needed to answer our clients’ complex demands and the support of a leading legal technology business to help us innovate and evolve with our customers.
Work at LOD:
LOD has the spirit and excitement of an entrepreneurial growth business. LOD’s HQ team is at the core – they are the people that look after our lawyers and clients work to build the LOD business. So, working in the HQ team offers you a chance to shape how things are changing in the legal industry. What you do will have a direct effect on how our lawyers and clients work with us.
Ideals at LOD:
This may seem a rather lofty topic but we see on a daily basis that giving people the chance to work differently can have a positive impact on the world. We run LOD with that in mind for our lawyers and for our clients. It’s also crucial for our employees in the HQ team – each employee has a chance to truly engage and to make a difference in what they do.
You at LOD?
Our HQ team members come from varied backgrounds but we want them all to enjoy their work while collaborating with talented people on a shared mission. If you think you would like to be part of that, we’d love to hear from you. By joining us, you can not only be part of a high growth business, but you can also influence the transformation in the legal sector.
Talent Engagement Manager / Legal Recruiter (interim) employer: Lawyers On Demand
At LOD, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer that fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture. As a Talent Engagement Manager, you'll have the opportunity to shape the future of legal recruitment while working alongside talented professionals in a dynamic environment. With a focus on employee growth and a commitment to creating meaningful experiences for both our lawyers and clients, LOD offers a unique chance to make a significant impact in the legal industry.
