Early Careers & Lateral Talent Manager; US Firm

HLS is instructed by a US Law Firm to assist in their hire of an Early Talent Manager, with some occasional support in lateral recruiting.
This is a 15-month contract with a hybrid pattern of 3 days in office and 2 days working from home. The salary for this role is £80,000 - £90,000.

You will be managing the hiring process for Trainees, Summer Associates and Open Day Students, implementing a new selection process. and developing your relationships with stakeholders at universities.

You will direct contact with some of the most senior partners and stakeholders at the firm, providing regular updates to the Trainee Committee, Training Principal and Senior Manager, Legal Talent, EMEA.

This role takes the lead on various university law fairs throughout the UK and other profile raising activities in addition to managing employer brand activity, such as reviewing recruitment materials, brochures, student directories, website, Apply4

Law and other relevant information for the London trainee program.

You will look after all aspects of the trainee interview process: answering day to day queries, shortlisting and interviewing candidates, scheduling assessment centres, preparing interviewer packs and offer letters and liaising with applicants throughout the process, to ensure an exceptional candidate experience. Work experience placements will also come under your remit.

As the Early Careers Talent Manager, you will thrive in ensuring the success of the program by reviewing and measuring the impact of trainee recruitment practices, identifying opportunities to improve existing practices and continually striving to suggest new initiatives and improvements to recruitment campaigns.

The firm cares about DEI - They already have established diversity initiatives in place, and the firm strives to continually identify new initiatives. You will play a role in promoting these events for trainee attendance.

You will liaise with future trainees regarding attendance at law school, course enrolment, payment of course fees, payment of maintenance grants and elective choices, maintaining regular contact and inviting all future trainees to Firm social events. Once the new trainees join the firm, you will play a key role in the new trainee induction programme.

You will be the first point of contact for any day-to-day queries from the Trainee population, carrying out regular welfare check-ins with the Trainee population.

You will manage the seat rotation process alongside the Training Principal, mid-seat and end-of-seat evaluation processes, ensuring all communications are distributed, the requisite evaluation forms are completed with meaningful feedback and that each stage of the process is completed within the due timeframe. Booking PSC electives for trainees and actively reminding trainees to attend courses and complete the online modules. Coordinate the NQ process alongside the Training Principal and manages SRA admission process.

Provides regular updates and reports to the Senior Manager, Legal Talent, EMEA and Training Principal regarding trainees progress and future seat preferences.

Process secondment letters for all secondees across the trainee and associate population. Coordinate Diversity Survey on an annual basis, collating and publishing results with relevant bodies. Support the Senior Manager, Legal Talent, EMEA, as required, with coordination of recruitment activities, including, but not limited to, advertising, postings, screening, interviewing and hiring. Provide support to the London office Engagement and Inclusion Committee on initiatives and events.

May be required from time to time to support with Lateral Associate hiring when needed.

This is a fantastic role with quite a rare spec that covers both the Graduate Recruitment Manager activities, alongside some exposure to Lateral Associate recruiting, at one of the most prestigious US Law Firms in London.