Job Description

Job Category: Business Operations
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Specific responsibilities and duties include:
Attraction

• knowledge of the local graduate markets and best practice in relation to the screening and selection for early talent roles including vacation placement, internship and Candidate Attorney legal training contract programmes
• recruitment contact and liaison for national law faculty contacts, career services and student societies etc. re events, placement schemes, recruitment timetable and raising brand awareness
• creating and producing attraction activities including insight events
• working collaboratively with colleagues to produce marketing material i.e. website development, induction packs, etc. suitable for each programme
• using social media in the attraction, recruitment and continued engagement of candidates

Recruitment

• planning creation and delivery of the annual vacation placement, internship and Candidate Attorney legal training programmes, ensuring that the South African jurisdictional regulations and firm's strategic goals for the various programmes are met
• managing candidates via the firm's screening and selection platforms from application to assessment centre. Organising and facilitating assessment centres for the various Early Talent programmes
• screening and shortlisting of candidates for assessment centres for all Early Talent programmes delivered in the Johannesburg office i.e. vacation placements, Internships and Candidate Attorney roles in collaboration with the UK-based Early Talent team
• facilitating assessment centres for all Early Talent programmes, using the Firm's recruitment platforms
• building and maintaining relationships with senior stakeholders of the South Africa business in relation to early talent strategy

Development

• managing the interface between fee earners and legal interns / candidate attorneys to support the on-going professional and personal development of candidates.
• supervising interns, allocating work and assisting with workload management
• Undertaking appraisal and one to one meetings with interns and Candidate Attorneys
• Assisting in identifying training needs of interns on an ongoing basis and arranging/developing appropriate training programme

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Educated to degree level standard.

Relevant Experience

• Experience of working in a professional service environment
• Knowledge of Early Talent recruitment

Key Skills

• Recruitment and managing people experience
• Experience of dealing with all levels of staff, including senior stakeholders, in a persuasive and credible manner
• Ability to interact with candidates at marketing events and assessments and build relationships
• Comfortable making presentations to candidate groups
• Excellent listening and problem solving skills
• Solid understanding and experience of using social media in marketing, recruitment and selection
• Highly organised and skilled in prioritising
• Comfortable using tech-enabled processes in the delivery of the screening and selection of candidates

Personal Qualities / Behaviours

• Professional, approachable, calm, robust
• A self-starter who can work effectively with minimal supervision delivering results from a standing-start, but also enjoys being part of a high-performing team
• Committed to high standards
• Committed to the development of others
• Excellent attention to detail
• First rate communication skills (written and oral)
• Able to deal with different cultures and perspectives
• Ability to work flexibly as required by the job role.

Skills Required