Graduate Recruitment Advisor
5 days ago
Birmingham
Specific responsibilities and duties include: • Working with the broader team to devise, develop and deliver a calendar of marketing and attraction activity (both virtual and in person) for early talent roles, • Engaging with third-party partners to create content and activities to generate interest in early talent roles, • Collaborating with internal stakeholders on the use of social media and other online platforms to generate interest in early talent roles, • Work with internal stakeholders such as the social media and PR teams to deliver timely content on the firm's platforms and through media, • Own and develop relationships with third party partners such as diversity organisations and branding agencies to ensure activity is delivered in a consistent, high quality, organised and thoughtful manner, • Working with Graduate Recruitment Manager and Head of Early Talent on integrating firm's EVP into attraction strategy including marketing collateral, • Planning and delivery of graduate attraction and engagement events such as presentations and workshops both virtually and in person including law fairs and insight events, • Working with diversity partners (e.g. 10k Foundation, Rare Recruitment and Aspiring Solicitors) to maximise value of partnership and generate a high number of applications from diverse candidates, • Planning, and delivery of assessment centres including facilitating on the day and management of candidate outcomes, • Working with the Firm's compliance team to ensure compliance with UK immigration regulations by verifying and managing the right to work status for international students applying to graduate entry roles, • Building and maintaining relationships with senior stakeholders of the business to enable and facilitate the Graduate Recruitment strategy, • Providing verbal feedback to applicants for the various early talent programmes both successful and unsuccessful, • Experience of working within the early talent market, • Proven project planning and management skills (management of projects from start to finish will be required), • Experience of bulk recruitment, • Experience of dealing with all levels of staff, including senior stakeholders, in a persuasive and credible manner, • Ability to positively interact with candidates at marketing events and assessment centres, • Comfortable making presentations to candidate groups and senior colleagues, • Excellent listening and problem-solving skills, • Knowledge of diversity and inclusion challenges within early talent market, comfortable discussing and challenging in sensitive situations, • Highly organised and skilled at prioritising, managing timelines and keeping stakeholders updated. Comfortable with mixed workload of annual cycle and project work, • Professional, approachable, calm, resilient, • A self-starter who can work effectively with minimal supervision, but also enjoys being part of a high-performing team, • Committed to high standards, • Excellent attention to detail, • First rate communication skills, including listening and adapting approach to others, • Able to deal with different cultures and perspectives