Emerging Talent Business Partner

We are Eversheds Sutherland, a global law firm, with 5,000+ colleagues in more than 30 countries. We're full service with deep niche and sector experience. Whatever challenge, wherever in the world, we're equipped and ready to meet it. We live our values, we're purposeful and purpose-led. So although the world is fast-moving and rapidly changing, we see it as a place where everyone can thrive. We're ambitious for our clients, our communities – and for you. Whether you're starting out on your career or well established, whether you're a lawyer or in business services. If you're looking for what's next, we are too.
What to expect For business professionals, our environment is highly collaborative with value being placed on diversity of ideas, skills and mindsets. Not least yours. It's energetic, fast-moving and there's always something new to get involved in. You will get exposure across geographies and the firm as a whole. The future is a place of opportunity. Focusing on your success and for what's next, will ensure you thrive too.
Our team The Emerging Talent team is responsible for the recruitment of the firm's Trainee Solicitors and Apprentice Solicitors across our UK offices, as well as managing the development of those individuals to the point of qualification. It is currently an established team of five in the UK, encompassing the Senior Emerging Talent Manager, three Emerging Talent Business Partners and an Emerging Talent Co-ordinator. Working as part of a professional team, you'll achieve personal satisfaction by using your skills to the full, getting involved right across the spectrum of graduate and legal apprentice recruitment activity and making a real difference to our business.
We are looking for an experienced Emerging Talent Business Partner. Your role would be to attract and recruit high calibre and diverse emerging talent across a number of our offices, as well as working to ensure we are the graduate employer of choice in the legal sector. For talented, ambitious individuals there's no better place to be working in the law industry.
Location Birmingham based but the role will involve considerable travel to our offices in London and elsewhere. This will involve working outside of core office hours, including evenings and overnight stays, at key points in the year.
Role and key responsibilities: Building relationships with key stakeholders to deliver an effective graduate and apprentice recruitment strategy and process to your client groups/offices.Improving candidate attraction through proactive work with Universities and education providers.Differentiating Eversheds Sutherland as an employer through market leading and differentiated activities.Managing campus activities including leading on presentations and events, open days and insight evenings.Thinking proactively and innovatively to increase our presence and the awareness of our employer brand.Keeping our external webpages and marketing materials, brochures and online profiles updated.Managing the full selection process including screening applications and video interviews, running assessment centres, wash-ups, candidate offers and delivering feedback.Engaging with and supporting our future talent in the two years prior to joining, ensuring they are on track with their legal education and prepared for relevant examinations.Facilitating the Vacation Schemes with key stakeholders for the offices you support.Leading our emerging talent social media accounts and campaigns, promoting the employer brand on social media.Supporting the Emerging Talent Business Partner who focuses on trainee and apprentice development, where required.Managing any other graduate recruitment processes for any non-legal programmes which may take place.Managing applications via the applicant tracking system.Monitoring, evaluating and reporting on key recruitment metrics.Contributing to emerging talent strategy.Responsibility for specific projects.Working to build your network in the emerging talent space to ensure we can learn from best practice and be a progressive emerging talent team.Representing Eversheds Sutherland in the external market with school leavers and graduate level, including school presentations, careers fairs and other campus activity.Skills and experience We are looking for:
Experienced in graduate/apprentice recruitment activities with a successful track record of working with universities and schools/colleges to attract and select high calibre and diverse candidates.Knowledge and understanding of the legal education system and routes to qualification in England & Wales, and Scotland.Professional, demonstrating ability to build effective relationships at many levels and be an ambassador for the firm externally.High level of ambition and a practical can-do mentality.Ability to work effectively with colleagues from a variety of backgrounds and experience levels.A range of influencing skills, personal impact and communication skills that will ensure credibility with candidates and stakeholders.Ability to work effectively as part of a team.High levels of attention to detail, and exemplary writing and use of grammar.Competent in the use of information systems, including applicant tracking systems.A good understanding and practical experience of student recruitment within a law firm or other professional services organisation.Geographically mobile, and able to travel within the UK regularly, as required by the role.Flexibility to work outside of standard office hours.What's in it for you? At Eversheds Sutherland, we provide benefits focused on looking after you: your development, your performance, your financial future and your health, as well as providing the opportunity to make a contribution to the world.
We're fair, transparent and equitable.We share in the success of the firm, reward alignment to our values, going above and beyond and your individual performance.We support flexible ways of working through our remote working policy and commitment to flexible, agile and hybrid ways of working.We support your health and performance through our dental, healthcare and wellness support.We support everything you are and all you bring through our powerful commitment to diversity and inclusion.We provide a platform for your career, whatever your ambitions through our structured professional and personal training, mentoring and development programs.We provide experience and opportunity through international and cross-function exposure.We provide an opportunity to give back through our pro bono work and community engagement.We help you plan ahead through retirement planning, insurance and assurance.Diversity and inclusion At Eversheds Sutherland, "Inclusive" is a core business value. We bring together different skillsets, global mindsets and approaches. We foster diversity of thought and the freedom to put ideas into action. We have an inherent respect for the individual. We have a strong belief in collaboration and teamwork. Sharing ideas, asking questions, solving challenges and meeting our clients' goals: together.
We want all our people to thrive at work and reach their full potential and we work hard to continue to build a diverse and inclusive culture, monitor and report on our progress and impact, and develop our approach. This is reflected in our policies, systems and processes, and in our work with diversity membership organisations.
Many of our people work flexibly in some way and we are open to considering how we can accommodate flexible working arrangements alongside role requirements. If this is important to you, please talk to us about it during the recruitment process.

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