Talent Acquisition Assistant / Coordinator
Hill Dickinson LLP is a leading and award‑winning international commercial law firm with offices in Birmingham, Hong Kong, Leeds, Limassol, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Monaco, Newcastle, Piraeus and Singapore. With more than 1000 people including 200 partners and legal directors, the firm delivers advice and strategic guidance spanning the full legal spectrum, from non‑contentious advisory and transactional work, to all forms of commercial litigation. Hill Dickinson acts as a trusted adviser to a wide portfolio of clients across a wide range of specialist sectors: from transport and logistics and international trade, through to retail, insurance, marine, health, education, manufacturing, public sector and banking and financial services.
Job role: Talent Acquisition Assistant / Coordinator
Hours: Monday to Friday, 09:00 – 17:00 (35 hours per week)
Happy to talk flexible working. Hill Dickinson are proud to be named as a Top Ten Employer for Working Families 2024 and so, we are happy to consider flexible working opportunities to help you balance your work and home life.
Team: HR & Development
Location: Liverpool
Benefits: At Hill Dickinson we understand that incentives go far beyond a good salary, so we have created a comprehensive benefits package tailored around our people.
* Annual leave starting at 25 days
* Annual bonus scheme
* Birthday privilege day and Christmas shutdown
* Holiday buy, sell and carryover scheme
* 2 charity volunteering or pro‑bono days
* Optional private medical insurance via BUPA
* Annual fitness allowance
* Flexible pension scheme
* ISA saving scheme and independent financial advice
* Electric or hybrid vehicle lease scheme
* Medicash
* EAP with access to counselling
* Enhanced family leave policies
* Access to confidential, expert support via Fertifa in relation to reproductive health and wellbeing
* Access to 10 days fully subsidised emergency or back‑up care per year via Bright Horizons.
* Life assurance
* Group income protection
* Annual travel season ticket loan
* Hybrid working and dress for your day policy
* Bespoke training and development opportunities
* Financial contribution towards home working equipment
Role Overview
Reporting to the Talent Acquisition Manager, you will primarily provide end‑to‑end recruitment support to key stakeholders within the firm. You will take ownership of vacancies, work collaboratively with hiring managers, and ensure a positive candidate experience throughout. You will also work closely with our Early Careers team to deliver, when needed, an effective recruitment process for our trainee and apprentice programmes.
Introduction To The Team
You will be part of a wider HR & Development team that services the firm across areas such as HR operations, employee relations, early careers, learning & development, HR systems, diversity & inclusion, talent & development and reward. Led by Chief People Officer, Carolyn Morgan, the team is currently made up of 30 people, who strive to deliver a seamless service to all Partners and employees.
Key Responsibilities
* Support the full recruitment lifecycle across all UK offices, including:
* Collecting vacancy briefs from hiring teams
* Posting vacancies via Hireful and creating engaging LinkedIn posts
* Screening and shortlisting candidates
* Coordinating interviews and managing candidate communications
* Managing the offer process and providing a seamless service for candidates through to onboarding
* Champion direct sourcing through avenues such as LinkedIn, our careers site, employee referral schemes
* First point of contact for recruitment queries
* Assist with managing agency relationships and administration of our PSL
* Contribute to employer branding initiatives, including creation of careers content, social media campaigns, and candidate engagement strategies
* Assist with market data collation and benchmarking exercises
* Involvement in wider recruitment projects that support inclusive hiring and the firm’s Responsible Business agenda
* Assist with producing data and insight reports for stakeholders across the firm
* Processing recruitment invoices
* Involvement in Schools Outreach Programme, supporting mock interviews and careers presentations
* Supporting when required with competency‑based interviews
* Supporting the Early Careers team when needed to review trainee and apprentice applications, coordination of interviews and assessment days and delivery of insight days and open evenings
* General administration tasks
* Supporting the wider HR team general queries and ad‑hoc tasks when required
* Work to best practice at all times
What Are We Looking For
* Legal or professional services recruitment experience (in‑house or agency)
* Strong administration and communication skills
* Excellent competence in Microsoft Office
* Ability to work as part of a wider HR team, maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive issues
It would be beneficial for you to have some of the following:
* Ability to prioritise a busy workload ensuring any deadlines are met
* Proactive and professional approach to workDemonstrable experience building strong working relationships both internally and externally
* Flexibility in approach
* Keen to learn and enhance knowledge as part of your role
* Flexibility to work and travel outside of normal working hours when required to support the delivery of training and early careers recruitment activity at different offices
If you don't meet all of the criteria above but feel that you could add real value to Hill Dickinson, we encourage you to apply and if successful, we can help you develop along the way.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Hill Dickinson is committed to providing fairness and equal opportunity for all regardless of age, gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital or transgender status, nationality, religion or belief.
We understand that our power as a firm comes from empowering our people and that it is only by encouraging and enabling individuals to be themselves at work that we can truly benefit from their rich and varied strengths.
Hill Dickinson is an equal opportunities employer. All applications received by the firm will be considered based on their merit alone and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of background and from all routes to qualification, with both the SRA and CILEx.
Disability Support
We are a Disability Confident employer, which means if there is anything that we can do to make your visit easier, so you are able to perform at your best, please let us know. You can contact the HR team at hrteam@hilldickinson.com should you require any adjustments to the application or interview process.
Values
Trust – Respect – Innovation – Collaboration
At Hill Dickinson, we welcome applications from individuals that are looking to return to the law as well as all routes to qualification, with both the SRA and CILEx.
All successful candidates will be subject to our standard pre‑employment screening, including a basic criminal record check via Disclosure and Barring Service. Any offer of employment made is conditional upon completion of all checks.
Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.
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