Recruitment Business Partner – Fee Earning Norton Rose Fulbright LLP

Overview

The Recruitment team at Norton Rose Fulbright LLP is a key part of the wider Talent and Resourcing function within the People and Culture pillar.
We are responsible for the attraction and hire of talent across the business including
Partner hiring, Early Career recruitment and Experienced Hire recruitment including legal staff and business services hires.
The Recruitment team are passionate about identifying talent who will shape and grow our organisation of the future.
The Recruitment Business Partner will be responsible for facilitating a ‘best in class’ recruitment experience for candidates and internal stakeholders within our fee earning teams.
You will have experience of recruiting into the legal market, either from within another firm or have experience built up within legal recruiter and looking to move your skills inhouse.
You will have demonstrable experience of delivering a high impact recruitment service, with a desire to use that specialist knowledge to make a significant impact on the firm.
Our office is based right next to Tower Bridge and within striking distance of The City and re proud to offer a hybrid working model retaining the best elements of remote and inoffice working to create a culture of high performance though flexibility and encouraging a healthy work/life balance of working arrangements.
The key responsibilities of the role are
Partner with the leadership teams and hiring managers to identify and shape current and future needs in personnel.
Develop insight and knowledge into hiring areas, and provide updates on key recruiting trends to hiring managers and Recruitment Team leadership.
Ensure that hiring managers have the skills and tools to hire the talent needed.
Identifying job requirements and determining qualification criteria for candidates.
Provide expert and professional advice on how to best structure recruitment campaigns, with a particular focus on reducing reliance on third party recruitment agencies and maximising social media presence.
Demonstrate a progressive recruitment approach, and a continuous improvement mindset working collaboratively with colleagues to improve the recruitment service for managers and candidates.
Focus on strategies to develop the Norton Rose Fulbright employer brand in the relevant recruitment markets, so that we are positioned as an employer of choice.
Create and maintain content related to recruitment advertising, and employment brand.
Manage stakeholder recruitment relationships internally and externally, including account relationship management for recruitment solutions.
To be proactive in ensuring managers are appropriately briefed on the progress of their recruitment campaigns, in some instances scheduling regular update meetings.
Manage candidate engagement throughout the process and provide support and guidance to Sourcing Advisors to deliver a ‘class leading’ candidate experience.
Maintain regular communication with other business services teams involved in the process such as HR, Finance and HR Service Delivery team.
To manage and coach the Sourcing Advisor, fully briefing them on new mandates, providing guidance on sourcing strategies and delegating where appropriate.
Promote inclusive practices through the hiring process to positively impact diversity and inclusion through talent acquisition.
Monitor the effectiveness of past recruitment strategies including the success rates of PSL agencies.
Maintain relationships with top tier PSL agencies.
Manage the interview and assessment process, meeting candidates with hiring managers/Partner and driving consistency and quality throughout internal and external processes.
Build your own industry networks and participate in career events to promote careers within NRF.
Lead recruitment team projects such as
developing best practice assessment.
Skills and Experience Required Previous experience in an inhouse recruitment role is desirable or an indepth market expertise within a relevant skill area.
Indepth understanding of talent acquisition best practice, a true subject matter expert and a trusted advisor to the business.
Proven success in developing direct sourcing channels, particularly with LinkedIn, and creative recruiting strategies including referrals.
Can demonstrate a flexible and collaborative working style with ability to deliver under pressure.
Highly skilled at building relationships to engage and gain credibility with senior stakeholder.
Experience of using a document management system or applicant tracking system.
Ability to manage own work load and prioritise tasks.
Ability to work in a high volume, fastpaced environment.
Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
A positive and proactive attitude.
Resilience with the confidence to deliver difficult messages.
An excellent team player.
Strong MS office skills are essential in particular reference to Word and Outlook.
At Norton Rose Fulbright we welcome receiving direct candidate applications via our careers page.
Diversity and Inclusion At Norton Rose Fulbright we value difference and promote a culture of respect for each individual.
We encourage workforce diversity in all aspects and at all levels and in doing so create an environment where everyone can realise their full potential and career ambitions on the basis of merit and skill.
If you are unable to apply for a position online or require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact our Recruitment team on The Norton Rose Fulbright office in London has been awarded the Disability Two Ticks Symbol by Jobcentre Plus.
The symbol identifies those employers who have agreed to meet five commitments regarding the recruitment, employment, retention and career development of disabled people.
We want to support your application as best we can.
For that reason, we operate a Guaranteed Interview Scheme GIS.
This means that applicants with a disability need only meet the minimum qualifying criteria for a role to qualify for an interview under the scheme.
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