Client: Location: Salary: GRAD RECRUITMENT & DEVELOPMENT MANAGER TO £65k – London
The job holder works closely with the senior HR management team and the partnership to determine the firm’s strategy on the recruitment and development of its trainee solicitors to ensure the best talent for the future business. The role acts as senior point of contact and primary adviser within the firm for all trainee related issues ensuring the development and welfare of current and future trainees. The graduate recruitment and development manager is responsible for the direction and development of the graduate recruitment and development team.
Key areas of focus are:
Manages all marketing activities within the global graduate market designed to attract the highest calibre of graduates to the firm. This encompasses all external branding working in conjunction with the firm’s HR and Business Development teams, advertising and sponsorship both on and off campus.
Builds relationships on campus with Heads of Faculty, career services and students, and off campus with key publications and other advertising media.
Works with the Head of PR to cultivate a relationship with the legal and graduate press to enhance the firm’s reputation.
Promotes the graduate recruitment and development function to the partnership, to associates and to trainees with a view to encouraging participation in events both on campus and internally.
Plans and oversees the annual milk round at universities, samples law fairs for quality and makes recommendations or improvements.
Determines resource plans to deliver a pipeline of trainees and NQs to meet business requirements taking into account the future needs of practice areas for trainees and newly qualifieds.
Consults and guides heads of practice and heads of office in conjunction with the Senior HR Manager and appropriate partners as to their ongoing needs and plans future seat rotations to meet those needs.
Is responsible for budgeting and monitoring all costs related to recruitment and development.
Keeps up-to-date with SRA regulations and developments governing trainee solicitors and proposes changes to current polices and practices as appropriate in relation to graduate recruitment.
Manages the recruitment and assessment process for Training Contracts, vacation schemes, ad hoc internships and open days.
Identifies opportunities to continually improve the firm’s graduate trainee recruitment processes ensuring that they are cutting edge and deliver the recruitment of the highest calibre trainees.
Manages the relationships with Law schools and LPC provider to ensure a consistently high standard of training for prospective trainees.
Manages the firm’s induction for graduate trainees and contributes to practice areas induction programmes.
Works collaboratively with the L&D team to ensure that all SRA and PSC requirements are met.
Manages the seat rotation process including UK, overseas and client secondments.
Oversees the internal secondment process for trainees.
Management of the mid seat and end of seat review/appraisal process for trainees including liaison with the L&D team to ensure that group and individual training needs are met.
Undertakes a review of trainee appraisal process to ensure quality and provides guidance to supervisors and partners where necessary.
Keeps under review the role, and performance, of graduate trainee supervisors to ensure all trainees receive thorough and varied training throughout the seat.
Work with L&D to improve the skills of trainee supervisors though the appropriate learning interventions.
Promotes current and future trainee welfare including the maintenance of a programme of liaison with future trainees.
With assistance from the wider HR team takes responsibility for all aspects of performance management.
Monitors trainee performance from the GDL to qualification and proactively deals with any performance issues in line with the firm’s practice.
Provides advice to partners and supervisors on performance, conducting appraisals and providing feedback.
Advises partners and supervisors on all aspects of policy and procedure.
Develops and engenders a culture of regular and constructive feedback.
Manages the qualification process with a view to maximising retention rates for graduate trainees each intake in line with future business requirements.
Liaises with the HR managers and practice/office heads to identify opportunities and forecast resourcing needs.
Advises on all aspects of graduate trainee and newly qualified lawyer remuneration.
Regularly reviews and measures the impact of recruitment and development practices.
Assesses the return on investment from marketing campaigns and takes necessary action.
Reviews the number, calibre and demographic of applicants and NQs.
Monitors costs against budget
Manages and develops the members of the graduate recruitment and development team.
Chairs regular team meetings.
Chairs quarterly strategy and planning meetings with the team and the partners responsible for graduate recruitment and development and involves senior Hr management as appropriate.
Keeps other members of HR up to date with developments in practice areas.
Plans, delivers and executes projects as agreed with the senior HR management team and the partners.
For more information or please call Paul Knight on 020 7638 0303 or email paulknight@hyf.co.uk
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Expires: 28/06/2011
Popularity: 83% [?]
