HR & Recruitment Coordinator in Derby

We’re looking for a HR & Recruitment Coordinator to join us at Smith Partnership, a forward-thinking, leading law firm in the Midlands, employing around 200 staff across 5 offices. You will be joining our growing HR team that plays a huge part in the growth of the business.

The main purpose of this role is to support recruitment, HR and onboarding activities, from early careers to senior posts. You will provide an effective and efficient specialist advice and support service to all recruiting managers and candidates.

Benefits & perks:

• A competitive salary and benefits package.
• Hybrid working.
• A supportive and collaborative working environment.
• Opportunities for career progression and professional development.
• Access to ongoing training and development programs.

As HR & Recruitment Coordinator at Smith Partnership, your responsibilities will include:

• Delivering a full end-to-end recruitment and onboarding service across the firm, working closely with the Head of HR, HR team, Heads of Department and line managers.
• Managing campaigns for all roles, including drafting job descriptions and adverts, advertising vacancies, managing applications and supporting shortlisting and selection processes.
• Coordinating interviews and selection activity, attending interviews where required, and ensuring timely communication and feedback to candidates throughout the process.
• Carrying out and overseeing compliant pre-employment checks, issuing contracts, offer letters and variations, and ensuring all documentation is accurate and up to date.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with preferred agencies, reviewing CVs, providing feedback and assessing campaign effectiveness.
• Developing and maintaining the firm’s talent pool and talent pipeline, providing regular updates and reporting on live vacancies and recruitment activity.
• Supporting onboarding and induction processes, including creating induction plans, arranging training, and working with internal teams to ensure a smooth new-starter experience.
• Contributing to employer branding and early careers initiatives, including recruitment events and fairs, while providing support and responding to queries in a timely manner.

We are looking for:

• Experience of working in a HR or recruitment role.
• Previous experience of working/providing support in a HR and/or recruitment function.
• Demonstrable experience of HR recruitment and selection procedures.

To apply for this role as HR & Recruitment Coordinator at Smith Partnership, please click apply online and upload an updated copy of your CV.

Agencies: Smith Partnership request that recruitment agencies do not speculatively submit CVs to us unless explicitly asked to do so by our HR team. Any CVs sent to us on a speculative basis will not be recognised and we will not accept liability for any fee or commission should we subsequently employ a candidate who applied to us directly or was introduced by another agency, that may also have been submitted speculatively by an uninstructed agency. In the event that an agency's correspondence includes a disclaimer indicating otherwise, our policy above will prevail.