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Manchester Area, United Kingdom

My job is find the best early careers candidates for the firm and ensure they get the best candidate journey with Express.

Manchester Area, United Kingdom

Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

Working as a freelance talent acquisition consultant on short and long term contracts. Acting as an internal recruitment consultant dealing with project campaigns from start to finish. Dealing with:• Drafting job specs, adverts and other recruitment literature. • Managing job boards, LinkedIn and graduate pipelines.• Liaising with hiring managers to design and organise selection processes. • Managing stakeholder (internal & external) relations, budgets and MI Analytics. Additionally working with employers to help with developing/improving their resourcing strategies, improving attraction rates, employee retention & engagement, on-boarding practices and increase diversity & inclusion• Making operational improvements (efficiencies/financial/D&I) by spearheading new initiatives. • Training hiring managers in assessment best practice. • Design and delivery of assessment and selection programmes. • Help to implement effective D&I programmes.

United Kingdom

My role was to manage the recruitment and L&D function for both graduates and apprentices. This involved candidate attraction, selection & assessment and the overall emerging talent strategy.During my time at BLM, I introduced virtual assessment centres for both graduate and apprentice recruitment. Designing & implementing new strength based group and written exercises. I also designed a new virtual vacation scheme for multiple offices. Organising presentations, workshops and social activities, ensuring that students got the most out of the scheme. Additionally created a virtual induction for trainee solicitors. Allowing them to have a positive on boarding experience while not in the office. I was in charge of the trainee solicitor learning & development. Including seat rotations and assisting with their qualification process.

Manchester, United Kingdom

The University of Law is the UK's longest established specialist providers of legal education. My role was to increase student application and enrolment numbers for the Manchester campus. This involved the planning and execution of an extensive national events programme, from external UCAS fairs to running internal open days and workshops. Business partnering with Universities, colleges and schools to build application pipelines.I was also responsible for collaborating with senior stakeholders to implement a new strategic plan to launch several new degrees options. This included the introduction of a number of new business development plans. My duties also included the production and analyse of Management information and looking at ways to improve return on investments. I was responsible for the management of the Recruitment Officer, as well as campus representatives and student ambassadors.

Manchester, United Kingdom

DWF is an award-winning international legal business with a strong reputation for excellent client service and innovation.My role was to manage the recruitment function for both graduates and apprentices, across a number of national offices. This involves candidate attraction, selection processes and the overall recruitment strategy.During my time at DWF, I introduced contextual recruitment and implemented a new strength based interview process for graduates. For apprentices, I created a candidate attraction plan (including producing marketing materials) and set up a new streamlined selection process. Additionally I worked on improving employee engagement by improving the internal candidate experience. I also managed the open days & vacation scheme across 8 offices. Arranging team seats with supervisors and mentors and correlation of feedback. I organised presentations, workshops and social activities, ensuing students got the most out of the scheme. Also responsible for on-boarding and inductions and dealing with any enquiries from students and internal stakeholders. I worked closely with the Diversity Steering Group to look at ways to increase awareness amongst students from diverse background. As well reviewing the candidate experience of those applicants and seeking improvements. I introduced Rare Contextual recruitment and reviewed the Disability Confident procedure, within the graduate application process. Additionally I extensively business partnered with Universities. Attending graduate fairs, delivering talks & skills workshops at employability days and conducting mock interviews. My responsibility also involved producing management information, including new diversity figures, budget management and return on investment.

Northenden

Express Solicitors are a top 200 Law firm that specialises in personal injury. We are a Legal 500 Leading Firm for both Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence. I manage the full cycle of the recruitment process for all levels of staff, from apprentices to Heads of Department. We do the majority of our recruiting directly but do also work closely with our established PSL for more specific roles. I recruit across a variety of areas, including legal, sales, business development, marketing, finance, HR and IT. My role also covers the talent management of existing staff and succession planning. Working extensively with Universities and LPC providers to raise the profile of Express Solicitors. I regularly attend graduate fairs, employability days, mock interviews, and provide talks to students on seeking employment. I very much enjoy the business partnering aspect of my role and meeting the lawyers of the future!The training side of my role includes the initial on-boarding of staff, ensuring SRA compliance where relevant. At Express we provide personalised training and development plans for all of our staff both qualified and unqualified. I am responsible for the design, implementation and delivery of competency & capability framework for our apprentices, graduates, paralegals and solicitors. Part of my role also includes, mentoring and coaching members of staff, to help with continuous improvement and employee engagement. I have written, developed and delivered my own training session on a variety of soft skills subjects and IT software. I have also created a number of user guides on the same topics.

Northenden

Express Solicitors is a well-regarded and rapidly expanding specialist personal injury law firm based in South Manchester. The firm is APIL accredited, LEXCEL accredited and a Member of the Law Society’s Personal Injury Panel. In my role I handle the recruitment of all levels of staff from admin staff to Heads of Department, either directly or through our established PSL. I recruit across a variety of areas, including legal, sales, business development, marketing, finance, HR and IT. My role also involves me working closely with various education providers to raise Express’s profile at a grass-root level. I attend graduate fairs and also provide talks to students on seeking employment. The training side of my role includes the initial training for all of our graduates, (organising/delivering), as well as any other internal training required for other members of staff. I have written, developed and delivered my own training session on a variety of soft skills subjects and IT software. I have also created a number of user guides on the same topics. At Express Solicitors, we are always looking for talented team members to join our growing, friendly firm. For the latest vacancies please visit our website, or email your CV to recruitment@expresssolicitors.com

Working within the North West market, I believe in building long term relationships with both my candidates and clients by providing a top level service, based on honesty and trust. I specialize in the areas of personal injury, clinical negligence, industrial disease and law costs. Dealing with permanent fee-earner roles and covering all levels from paralegals through to partners. My clients range from sole practitioners to multi-national law firms.

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