Senior Recruiter – Baker McKenzie

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At AMS, we look for people who bring more than experience, and we welcome different perspectives and ways of thinking.

Are you an experienced 360 Recruiter who enjoys owning the full recruitment journey, building strong relationships with hiring managers and proactively finding great talent?

We’re looking for a Senior Recruiter to join our team supporting Baker McKenzie, delivering end-to-end recruitment within a fast-paced Professional Services environment.

This is a great opportunity for someone who combines strong proactive sourcing capability with confident stakeholder management and full-cycle recruitment experience. You’ll take ownership of your roles from initial briefing through to offer, partnering closely with hiring managers to understand their requirements, shape effective recruitment strategies and deliver a high-quality candidate experience.

You’ll also can use your market knowledge and sourcing expertise to build talent pipelines, provide meaningful market insights and influence hiring decisions.

What you’ll do:

• Manage the full end-to-end recruitment lifecycle, from vacancy briefing and sourcing through to interview, offer and acceptance.
• Build strong, trusted relationships with hiring managers and senior stakeholders, acting as a recruitment adviser rather than simply taking a brief.
• Lead detailed vacancy consultations, understanding the skills required and agreeing the right recruitment and sourcing approach.
• Develop and deliver proactive sourcing strategies across Linked In, talent databases, networks, social channels and other relevant platforms.
• Identify and engage both active and passive talent, building strong pipelines for current and future hiring needs.
• Screen and assess candidates, providing hiring managers with high-quality, well-qualified shortlists.
• Use market insight and talent intelligence to advise stakeholders on candidate availability, skills, market conditions and realistic hiring expectations.
• Manage interview activity, candidate feedback and complex offer negotiations.
• Deliver an excellent candidate experience throughout the recruitment journey, acting as a strong ambassador for Baker McKenzie.
• Maintain accurate recruitment data and work effectively against agreed SLAs, KPIs and hiring targets.
• Share knowledge and best practice with the wider recruitment team and support continuous improvement initiatives.

Must-Haves

• Strong end-to-end/360 recruitment experience within Professional Services.
• Proven experience personally managing the recruitment lifecycle from role qualification and proactive sourcing through to offer and acceptance.
• Strong proactive sourcing capability, including extensive experience using Linked In Recruiter, Boolean search and a variety of sourcing channels.
• Experience recruiting a mixture of professional, specialist and/or senior-level roles.
• Confident stakeholder management skills with experience partnering with and influencing senior hiring managers.
• A consultative approach, with the ability to challenge a brief, advise on talent availability and recommend alternative recruitment strategies where required.
• Demonstrable experience building pipelines and engaging passive talent, rather than relying predominantly on applications.
• Strong candidate…