The Recruitment team at Leigh Day is an integral part of our Human Resources and Learning department, which comprises around 20 professionals across our London, Leeds, and Manchester offices. This department is structured into three key areas: HR Operations, Learning & Development, and Recruitment.
Our Recruitment team manages the full cycle hiring process for the firm, covering both lateral and early careers recruitment. We work closely with partners and hiring managers to deliver a high-quality recruitment service that ensures we attract, and onboard exceptional talent aligned with our business needs. This includes a key focus on direct sourcing to ensure we are keeping recruitment costs to a minimum. The role may also support our wider HR team as required with a variety of administration related tasks.
Overall purpose of the role
We are seeking a motivated individual to join our Recruitment team on a temporary basis to support across both lateral hires and early careers. On the early careers side, this may include supporting with application screening, coordinating assessment centres and work experience programmes, and supporting with trainee related administration. On the lateral side, the role will support with general recruitment administration and coordination as required, including interview scheduling, assessment coordination and supporting with offers and onboarding.
We are flexible with requirements for this role and are looking for either someone with a foundation in HR or recruitment looking for their first career step, or someone with legal knowledge who is keen to learn more about early career pathways into the legal sector and widen their exposure to our areas of expertise.
Main duties and responsibilities
Early careers
- Supportingthe Head of Recruitmentand Early Careers Advisoracross all early careers recruitment and development processes
- Monitoring the early careers inbox and replying to queries
- Assisting with the screening of applications and sending through shortlisted applications for partner review
- Monitoring scoring and candidate stages on the ATS and on internal spreadsheets
- Liaising with future trainees regarding SQE bookings with the University of Law
- Helping with the trainee seat rotations process
- Assisting with the NQ jobs process for qualifying trainee solicitors and paralegals
- Supporting with drafting content for social media and our website to support with our wider early careers engagement.
- Supporting with work experience and shadowing opportunities.
Lateral recruitment
- Support with end to end recruitment administration, including application shortlisting, interview scheduling and offers and onboarding
- Monitoring the recruitment inbox and replying to candidate queries
- Assisting with recruitment admin including updating recruitment trackers and tracking progress on the ATS.
- Processing invoices and supporting with budget monitoring
Other duties
- Assisting with process review and improvement and creation of process maps
- Any other duties as required, including supporting the wider HR & Learning team
- Ability to work under pressure in a high volume, fast-paced environment
- Ability to work with stakeholders at all levels
- High level of integrity and understanding of importance of confidentiality
- Proactive and efficient, with the ability to manage own workloads and priorities
- Basic understanding of GDPR and the ability to apply this to a recruitment context
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
- Fully competent in using MS Office products and other technology
- Prior administrative experience within an office based business
- Previous experience or knowledge of early careers processes within a legal context (e.g. understanding of how the SQE works and different pathways into law (e.g. solicitors, barristers etc.)
Please note the full job description can be downloaded from our website listing.
About Leigh Day
We are a top 100 law firmcommitted to claimant-only cases, ensuring that individuals have the same access to justice as the UK Government and large corporations. We're not afraid to take on difficult and challenging cases involving medical negligence, serious personal injuries, discrimination in the workplace, defective products and human rights abuses in this country and overseas.
- Hybrid working (typically 3 days from home for a full time worker)
- 29 days annual leave (excluding public holidays)
- Enhanced pension contributions
- Life assurance 4 x salary
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Discounted gym membership
- Enhanced maternity & paternity pay
- Electric car scheme
Commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion
Leigh Day is committed to the principles of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We value the diversity of our colleagues, our clients and the third parties with whom we work. We seek to create an environment where everyone feels included and valued for their unique characteristics, skills and abilities and supported in their needs and responsibilities.
We welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. Please let us know if you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the application or recruitment process. There is an option to detail this on your application form, however, please just get in touch should you wish to discuss this prior to formally submitting an application. Please note all conversations or disclosures are treated in the strictest confidence.
#J-18808-Ljbffr
Recruitment Admin in London employer: Leigh Day And Co
Leigh Day is an exceptional employer that values its employees by offering a supportive work culture and a commitment to professional growth. Located in Nottingham, the firm provides a hybrid working model, allowing for flexibility while engaging in meaningful work that makes a real impact in the field of personal injury and asbestos law. With opportunities for development and a focus on collaboration, Leigh Day is dedicated to fostering a rewarding environment for its paralegals.
