Early Careers Assistant- Talent Acquisition

**About Hempsons**

With 250 staff and lawyers working across our five offices nationwide, Hempsons is a leading law firm for the health and social care, life sciences, charity and social enterprise sectors. We help clients overcome a constantly evolving list of challenges.

Our aim is to provide outstanding legal services that deliver the best possible client outcomes whilst nurturing a culture that makes us a “great place to work”.

**The role**:
This role is a new addition to our national HR team and will support us with our ambitious plans to grow the attraction and retention of talent for the future, for us this means school leavers, interns, apprentices, and university graduates and those that wish to retrain from a previous career.

Although this role is based in our Manchester office this role will have a national remit.

The Early Careers Assistant will support the effective operation of our Talent Acquisition function, reporting directly to the Talent Acquisition Manger the primary responsibility of this role will be to support with resourcing and the development of our Trainee and Apprenticeship programmes both legal and non-legal whilst also supporting with general resourcing across the firm.

**Core duties and responsibilities**:
Co-ordinate all recruitment for our graduate and apprenticeship programmes, and for all our early careers from paralegals through to newly qualified solicitors across the firm

Advertising vacancies and ensuring they are compliant with the relevant standards

Arranging interviews, compiling interview packs, updating process tracking documents and systems and booking rooms and arranging MS Teams meetings.

Booking external careers fairs, work experience and insight days and be required to attend career fairs and other relevant marketing events.

Supporting with our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I) initiatives in the recruitment process, ensuring the emerging talent schemes contribute to achieving our ED&I aims.

Assisting with the capture of relevant recruitment data and management information for key stakeholders

Co-ordinating offers through the approval process through to offer.

Act the first point of contact for the Firm's existing training provider relationships

Co-ordinate the training contract process including; allocations and feedback, seat rotations, support with trainee development and SRA admissions

Co-ordinate secondments for trainees and paralegals and be the first point of contact

Support with the development and implementation of Early Careers programmes. For example, not limited to new initiatives such as Vacation and Work experience schemes.

Proactively work with Supervisors and Team Leaders to support their efforts to attract, recruit and develop diverse early careers talent.

And such other duties as may reasonably be required from time to time.

**Skills**:
**Prior Experience of Graduate and/or Apprenticeship recruitment in a professional environment

Strong organisational skills with the ability to work on your own initiative, manage priorities and deal with high volumes.

High attention to detail with the ability to work accurately and in a timely manner.

Strong communication skills and ability to build effective relationships

Good knowledge of IT packages (Microsoft Office) and confident navigating systems.

Confident at presenting or hosting

**Knowledge**:
**Knowledge of legal apprenticeships and the SQE will be advantageous
Experience working within professional services will be advantageous
Awareness of external developments in the talent acquisition space
Awareness of competitor activity in the emerging talent/early careers space

**What can we offer you?**

Our benefits package is designed to enable all colleagues to thrive in an inclusive and supportive environment. These benefits range from private health insurance, life assurance & critical illness cover protection to season ticket loans, cycle-to-work scheme and much more.

We are based on the 16th and 17th floors of City Tower in the heart of central Manchester, a thriving work hub surrounded by a vast array of coffee shops, bars and restaurants.

We have a hybrid working environment, so you will have the flexibility to work from home and office.

**Hempsons is an equal opportunities employer**
**Hempsons is committed to providing equal opportunities for all and to encouraging diversity through recruitment. Applications are welcome from all sections of the community and decisions to progress will be made with reference to entirely objective criteria only.

**Hempsons is an agile firm and is open to discussions over flexible/hybrid working**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: Up to £25,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Wellness programme
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
-