Overview

35 hours per week, 9:30am to 5:30pm but additional hours may be required. We are happy to consider agile and flexible working patterns. Our approach to hybrid working allows for up to 40% of time working from home and 60% working in the office, please contact a member of the recruitment team to discuss further.

The purpose of this role is to manage the sourcing, attraction, selection, assessment and recruitment process for Business Services and Legal, including temporary workers, in line with the overall firm strategy to create and deliver a high performance culture. The role requires a high degree of professionalism both internally and externally to candidates considering a career with Hogan Lovells in the UK, maintaining a positive and honest image of the firm through the recruitment process. The candidate will have exposure to a wide range of senior people including partners and business services department heads.

Role responsibilities

• Working with HR, Partners and line managers to define the roles and produce job descriptions
• Handling the role fulfilment through the following processes:
• Advising on appropriate sourcing and attraction strategy
• Driving forward appropriate direct sourcing method depending on vacancy
• Briefing agencies on requirements
• Managing direct applicants through the process
• Conducting interviews with line managers and/or HR colleagues
• Managing the feedback process
• Managing the offer process
• Liaising with HR Manager/Advisers
• Checking and processing recruitment invoices
• Reporting on recruitment activity

• Temporary recruitment:
• Recruiting temporary workers on an ad hoc basis, often at short notice

• Relationship management:
• Building relationships with agencies on our PSL to ensure their understanding of our requirements and a flow of high calibre applicants.
• Developing internal relationships with Partners and Business Team managers and other relevant stakeholders.

Specific duties or responsibilities may be reviewed from time to time to reflect changes in personnel and management structure, staff location or services. All members of the firm participate in our Responsible Business program.

• Proven ability to recruit at all levels
• Extensive experience of working within a recruitment function either in-house or in an agency
• Experience of working in a law firm environment, or alternatively a similar professional services culture
• Experience of using social media/technology as a recruitment tool

Qualifications and general attributes

• Ability to communicate effectively with internal clients, recruitment agencies and candidates
• Establish credibility with all levels of staff
• Highly organised with excellent time management skills
• Excellent IT skills
• Ability to manage and negotiate agency contracts
• Adaptable and flexible
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Ability to juggle competing tasks whilst maintaining good client relationships
• Calm and pragmatic approach to problem solving
• Good attention to detail
• Comfortable working as both part of a team and on their own
• Excellent project management skills

Agile Working

Our goal is to embed flexibility across our business by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way, whether as a regular pattern or on an ad hoc basis, and we will be happy to discuss this further.