Graduate Recruitment Assistant Manager London 2023

Hogan Lovells is a Global Elite law firm. Our distinctive market position is founded on our exceptional breadth of practice, on deep industry knowledge, and on our 'one team' global approach. Formed through the combination of two top international law firms, Hogan Lovells has around 2,500 lawyers on six continents. With a presence in the world's major financial and commercial markets, we are well placed to provide excellent business-oriented advice to our clients locally and internationally. Our people are the key to our success, which is why we seek to recruit and retain the most talented individuals in all regions of our global practice.

Department Description

The People team is responsible for all people management activities in the London office in relation to legal staff (including those seconded to clients and international offices), business support staff and PAs.

The Graduate Recruitment team forms part of the overarching People function of the Hogan Lovells global business, working alongside HR Advisory, People Development and Learning & Development. Graduate Recruitment sits within the Legal Resourcing function and works closely with the Legal and Business Services Recruitment and Trainee Development teams. The team is responsible for the firm's strategic aim of attracting and recruiting the best people across all practices and departments.

Role Overview

Each year the firm seeks to recruit up to 50 graduates to join the firm's trainee solicitor recruitment programme in London and Birmingham. The firm has a successful track-record of developing its trainee solicitors with over 50% of the London partners having joined the firm via this route. The recruitment market for the most talented graduates is highly competitive and the firm needs to work hard to define and differentiate itself from major competitors. Anyone joining the team needs to understand the strategic objectives of the firm and team and be prepared to represent the firm to the highest standards.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

Graduate Recruitment

• Partner with the Senior Graduate Recruitment Manager to manage our graduate recruitment programmes including HL BaSE Gold & Silver, Vacation Schemes, First Year Schemes and Campus Ambassadors
• Lead the recruitment campaign and process for the trainees in our Birmingham office
• Responsible for successfully delivering the full life cycle of graduate recruitment, including the screening process, recruitment pipeline, and assessment days
• Support the Senior Graduate Recruitment Manager to ensure the pipeline for our programmes meets the firms D&I objectives
• Provide support to students as they progress through the application and assessment process
• Help guide the interview panel to support hiring decisions and to ensure best practice is maintained.
• Conduct situational judgement interviews
• Help to manage our external marketing agency
• In collaboration with the Senior Graduate Recruitment Manager, develop the strategy for target universities, milkround events, and campus activities to attract the best talent for our opportunities
• Manage the production and maintenance of our marketing materials including website, brochure, adverts and social media presence
• Drive graduate recruitment diversity events and programmes
• Ensure a current knowledge of the legal market and our competitors to influence our graduate offering

Operational Support

• Deliver regular updates on Graduate Recruitment and Marketing activities to key stakeholders
• Partner the Senior Graduate Recruitment Manager to review and assess our recruitment processes, to meet the objectives of the business and market changes
• Actively contribute to budget planning and management, ensuring all costs are kept within the budgeted spend
• Collating and contributing to award submissions
• Oversee the production and communication of graduate recruitment statistics and analysis, including diversity statistics
• Lead on ad hoc projects and initiatives within graduate recruitment and marketing
• Work collaboratively with, and support, the Graduate Recruitment team in the development of their knowledge and achieving the team’s objectives
• 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

The Candidate

The job holder will have a high level of energy, drive and commerciality combined with the presence and credibility to deal with a range of audiences. They must demonstrate a collaborative style and work as an effective team member who is able to build a network of relationships both internally and externally.

Qualifications & Training

• Degree educated with several years’ experience gained in Graduate Recruitment
• Experience gained ideally in the legal or professional services sector

General Attributes

• A diplomatic manner with good powers of persuasion;
• Excellent communication skills both written and oral and a willingness to listen;
• A 'can-do' attitude and resilient character, with the ability to manage expectations and influence change;
• Attention to detail but ability to see the bigger picture; and
• Ability to build effective relationships with all levels within the firm and with our external contacts

Agile Working Statement

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.

Equal Opportunities Employment Statement

It is the policy of Hogan Lovells to provide equal opportunities for all employees in relation to recruitment, training and promotion. Decisions in these areas will be made only by reference to the requirements of the job and shall not be influenced by any consideration of age, disability, ethnic origin, gender identity, religion, sex or sexual orientation.