Vacancy details
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Recruitment Assistant - Nottingham or Manchester
Vacancy type Secretarial/administrative Level Junior Business area Support Duration Permanent Hours Full time Location Manchester, Nottingham Reference number J0022 Duration details 3 months Job title Recruitment Assistant - Nottingham or Manchester Team Recruitment Vacancy owner Jen Foster
At Browne Jacobson, we’ve always worked across business and society, and this expertise sets us apart. Social and environmental impact are at the top of our business agenda. We champion fairness, make the complex simple and forge connections between clients to find creative solutions. This is how we improve outcomes for every person, community and business we serve.
With offices in Birmingham, Dublin, Exeter, London, Manchester and Nottingham, we’re a UK & I based law firm with an international reach. Our sectors include: health; real estate and construction; education; energy and infrastructure; financial services; government; insurance; manufacturing and industrials; and retail, consumer and logistics.
We nurture talent at all levels and from every background and celebrate what makes people individuals. Law needs all voices to reflect the society it serves and we’re working towards social mobility, diversity and inclusion in our firm - and our profession. We strive to create meaningful personal and professional development opportunities and offer flexible working in support of a good work-life balance. We focus on wellbeing and individuality, so that all our people can thrive.
What is the working practice for this role?
The firm operates a set of core principles that guides our working practice. It’s called ‘One Firm, Wherever You Are’.
You might have enjoyed working from home and would like to split your time between there and the office/ other work locations. Others may be eager to return to the office on a more regular basis. We believe that a regular level of in-person contact is an important way to build connections with your colleagues, enhancing knowledge and idea sharing and enabling all of us to benefit from the vibrant office culture Browne Jacobson has to offer.
Our expectation is that, on average, you’ll work from home for no more than three days per week, with the remainder of your time either spent with your colleagues in the office or working from other locations as work demands dictate, e.g. courts, client offices, conferences etc. This is an average expectation over time and we know that there will be variations from week to week. Equally, there will be individual circumstances in which a different pattern of work is needed, for example as an agreed reasonable adjustment for colleagues with a disability or long-term medical condition.
We believe this approach:
* fits with our values and personality;
* will enhance our performance through greater flexibility;
* advances our ambitions as an inclusive employer – helping you better balance work and family/life commitments;
* offers opportunities to reduce our carbon footprint (travel, office services etc.), a key ambition underpinning our corporate sustainability plan.
Why is this role important and how does it fit into the team, department and wider firm?
We’re looking for someone to take ownership of all our recruitment administration, supporting the recruitment team and our colleagues in the HR Services team with the flow of information and seamless handovers of candidates and new joiners.
What does the role actually involve?
* Advertising vacancies and reformatting job specifications as required, to ensure they are consistent and on brand at all times
* Setting up interviews, organising the platform through which the interview will take place (most of the time this is via Microsoft Teams, but occasionally Zoom is required), and making sure the interviewers are in timely possession of the interview documentation (CVs, interview toolkits etc.)
* Ensuring all CVs are redacted, to support the firm’s commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
* Working alongside our Early Careers Co-ordinator in the preparation and organisation of Assessment Centres - virtual and/ or in person
* Coordinate and action all administration relating to our ‘hiring manager checklist’ for new joiners, ensuring that any new joiner to the firm has a warm and slick onboarding process
* Ensuring our recruitment tracking system is kept up to date as candidates progress through different stages of the recruitment process
* Providing detailed feedback to candidates who have taken part in an interview(s)
* Monitoring the ‘recruitment’ and ‘trainee applications’ inboxes
Person specification
What technical skills are required for someone to be successful and enjoy the role?
* Strong administration experience
* Strong Excel and Microsoft teams experience
* Good organisational skills, with the ability to multi-task
Who would be a good fit for this role?
As part of the recruitment team, you would be expected to have the following skills and experience:
* Ability to adapt to change and understand the need to develop processes
* Keen to help, advise and educate clients to enable them to make life easier for the services the team provide
* An effective communicator with the ability to build and maintain relationships with clients & colleagues
* A proactive, professional and flexible approach to meeting client needs
* Ability to work to tight deadlines in a calm and controlled manner and to be able to effectively manage business expectations
* Demonstrable experience of problem-solving, as well as building and development of relationships with clients and peer group
Closing date Monday, 05 June 2023 14:11 (UK time)