Resource Executive Workforce Planning/allocation

2 weeks ago

Manchester, United Kingdom LHH Recruitment Solutions Full time

**Resource Executive (Workforce planning/allocation)**

**Legal Sector**

**Manchester or Leeds**

**c.£30,000 +excellent benefits**

The LHH Recruitment Solutions Team has partnered with a leading international law firm (regional office locations: Manchester + Leeds) that is looking for a Resource Executive to join the Resource Management + Work Allocation team. You will be responsiblefor the delivery of resourcing and work allocation activities across a specific business unit with the aim of driving forward the strategic objectives of the organisation and practice group/s.

**What you will be doing**:
Liaising with the fee earners and understanding work requests, you will be responsible for the day to day resourcing activities for a key product group. You will have an excellent ability to manage relationships and expectations, which is key to this role.You'll be working alongside the Senior Resource Manager to continue the expansion of work allocation, in addition to taking ownership with projects across the team.
- Resource allocation activities for your primary product group; speaking to partners, associates and others, finding resourcing solutions for new and existing matters as they arise
- Be an advocate for work allocation technology (app)
- Following up with fee earners to ensure their capacity and availability is updated regularly
- Keeping a log of resource requests
- Negotiate and problem solve resourcing challenges as they arise
- Reviewing and identifying suitable fee earners for cross team projects, with the aim to balancing workloads
- Informing the individuals and their line managers when they have been allocated to a matter
- Preparing the weekly and monthly Power Bi reports/MI packs for your product group and highlighting key themes from that week/month
- Facilitating the formal feedback process to ensure that feedback is obtained from both partners and fee earners at the end of significant matters that have been allocated and ensuring this is filtered back to the individual's line manager/supervisor
- Taking the lead on specific projects to help further expand the work allocation project
- Collate data with the aim to streamline resourcing

**Person Specification**
- Experience working within a work allocation role previously is preferred
- Relationship building and negotiating skills are essential for this role - you must be confident in dealing with people at all levels within the firm and to put them at the heart of all tasks
- Client and solutions focused in everything you do
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment with changing timelines
- Attention to detail is a key part of this role - along with the ability to prioritise and manage high volumes of work while maintaining quality and accuracy
- Providing excellent service and client/stakeholder delivery
- Ability to manage your own time effectively
- Proactive, willing to challenge and have the confidence to identify and recommend changes and improvements
- Fantastic organisational and administrative skills
- Excellent communication skills, including high quality of written English, preparation of presentation decks and MI
- Ability to think on your feet and look for solutions to challenges
- Good IT skills - in particular an excellent knowledge and ability in the Microsoft Office suite, particularly the use of Excel and PowerPoint
- Experience of working with other technology and/or Apps, work allocation related or otherwise, is advantageous.

Although it is advantageous for applicants to have worked in this capacity previously, we'd also consider applicants that meet the required skills of the above person specification that have gained their experience in other industries/roles such as: ExecutiveAssistant, HR Analytics, Corporate Graduate Scheme, Talent Acquisition.

It's a busy role with lots of potential for growth and opportunity.

The firm offers hybrid working, looking for office attendance min. 2/3 days per week.

**Contact: Paige Stephens**

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