Job Description

Description

The Department

The People team play a key role in enabling the firm to attract, develop and retain great people, and giving them the tools and support needed to develop and fulfil their potential, and that of the firm. The team is welcoming, inclusive, driven by providing a \'high touch\' level of service, and collaborative in terms of how we work. The team consists of c.50 people in both business-facing, generalist roles (Advisory) alongside specialist teams (Data & Systems; Reward; Diversity, Inclusion & Wellbeing; Employment, Policy & Engagement; Talent Acquisition, as well as our Academy, which consists of Academy Learning, Academy Tech and Early Careers).

Early Careers Team

The Early Careers Team (EC Team) manage the recruitment and ongoing support of approximately 20 apprentices, 60 graduate trainees, and regular cohorts of work experience students and interns.

There are five members of the team: one Manager, two Advisors and two Assistants. The team is split into two areas: one Advisor & Assistant look after the attraction and recruitment of our Graduates and Apprentices (including work experience, internships and outreach programmes); the other Advisor & Assistant are responsible for the performance management and development of our Trainees and Apprentices; and the transition into the wider Firm upon qualification.

This assistant role will focus on the second area (development), although they will have exposure to tasks across both areas of the team.

Key Responsibilities/Duties

• Organisation and participation in the candidate attraction process including law fairs, open days, work experience, school outreach and other marketing events.
• Proactive management of the applicant tracking system (cvMail) across all Early Career roles, including apprenticeships, open days, work experience events, internships, paralegals and graduates.
• Working with EDI partner organisations such as the Social Mobility Business Partnership, UpTree, Sutton Trust, Rare Recruitment and other similar organisations.
• Uploading job descriptions and coordinating the advertisement of roles on our careers site, LinkedIn, training providers and other channels.
• Reviewing graduate, internship, apprenticeship and paralegal applications.
• Scheduling, coordinating & conducting virtual & in-person assessments including: video interviews & case studies for graduates; assessment days for apprenticeships; interviews & competency tests for paralegals; and other ad hoc assessments as required.
• Communicating outcomes and providing constructive feedback to candidates.
• Responding to candidate queries, internal queries and management of the Early Careers email inbox.
• Completing onboarding for Early Careers candidates including: creating contracts & offer letters, right to work checks and uploading onto our internal HR system.
• Working with the Academy team to organise the Early Career induction programmes, ongoing support and department issues as they arise.
• Administration and organisation of training providers including scheduling time at college, coordinating coaches and completing required forms so the apprenticeship levy can be accessed.
• Note taking and participation at internal feedback meetings.
• Assisting with data collation and reporting.
• Responding to reference requests for the early careers population.
• Participation in wider HR projects.
• Support the Early Careers Team in dealing with apprenticeship, trainee & paralegal HR related issues.
• General recruitment related paperwork including processing of invoices and expenses.

Skills/Attributes

• At least one year of recruitment or HR related experience ideally gained within a professional services environment.
• Education to degree level (or equivalent) or HR apprenticeship.
• Working knowledge of an applicant tracking system (cvMail or other) is desirable.
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent written communication skills and confident phone manner.
• Enthusiastic and proactive approach to work.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Able to work on multiple projects/priorities at one time and adapt quickly to change.

Please note that this job profile is not an exhaustive list of duties but merely an outline of the key components of the role. You may be required by your line manager to take on additional responsibilities when requested.

About The Mishcon de Reya Group

The Mishcon de Reya Group is an independent international professional service business with law at its heart, employing over 1450 people with close to 670 lawyers. It includes the law firm Mishcon de Reya LLP and a collection of leading consultancy businesses that complement the firm\'s legal services. We have grown rapidly in recent years, showing more than 40% revenue growth in the past five years alone.

Based in London, Cambridge, Oxford, and Singapore, with an association with Karas So LLP in Hong Kong, the firm services an international community of clients and provides advice in situations where the constraints of geography often do not apply. The work we undertake is cross-border, multi-jurisdictional and complex, spanning six core practice areas: Corporate; Dispute Resolution; Employment; Innovation; Private; and Real Estate.

As of 1 January 2023, Mishcon de Reya and Taylor Vinters merged. The merger delivers on both firms\' strategies to support the innovation economy and accelerate our growing share of the technology, media and life-sciences legal and consultancy services market in the UK and in key international innovation hubs globally.

In times of such far-reaching and profound change we want to be the law firm that enables our clients - and our own people - to shape the world\'s possibilities. We are here to help our clients benefit from new economies, new geographic centres of wealth, the new global movement of people and capital, and the impact of new technologies and new knowledge.

Our purpose remains rooted in our founding values. We take pride in the diverse range of people who make up the firm and are proactive in driving change and continuous improvement across the spectrum of equality, diversity and inclusion. Mishcon Academy, our in-house place of learning, development and new thinking for our people, clients and contacts and our innovative impact strategy, including a commitment to be a net zero carbon business, also play a central strategic role in the direction of the firm. In 2020 we launched Mishcon Purpose, a first-of-its-kind sustainability practice providing Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) advice and purpose-driven insight to clients.

The Mishcon de Reya Group comprises standalone businesses MDR Brand Management, MDR Cyber, MDR Discover, MDR Mayfair (in London, Singapore and Dubai) and MDRx. Complementary to Mishcon de Reya\'s core areas of work, each is led by best in class professionals recruited from a variety of non-legal industries and sectors.

We strive to create a fully diverse and inclusive workplace where all our people are empowered to fulfil their potential. We are proud of our agile working culture and are always happy to talk flexible working.

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