6 Month FTC: Recruitment Assistant/Officer at Global Law Firm to £29,000

Global law firm is looking for a new Recruitment Assistant/Officer to work with the Global Head of Partner Recruitment and Recruitment team help coordinate the end-to-end recruitment process for international lateral partner and counsel hires.  This role will initially be a 6 month fixed term contract.  Responsibilities will include be asked to liaise with Partners, executive search agencies and candidates on recruitment matters and respond to speculative job applications, manage agency relationships, agency terms and conditions and database of contacts, the maintenance of internal recruitment and integration site pages, the day to day responsibility for the online recruitment system including processing of candidates co-ordinate candidate correspondence, schedule interviews, often across conflicting time zones, including video conferences and several stages of interview process, record and monitor all stages of candidates' progress from CV review to offer stage, maintain recruitment spreadsheet and reports the consistent maintenance of candidate files, search files, records and reports, document production including drafting, proof-reading and amending documents for Senior Management, maintain records of agency terms and conditions and database of contacts and research and project assistance as required.  Additionally you will be asked to assist with recruitment marketing, assist with the department’s administration and be able to assist with the ongoing process improvement promise.  Applicants should come from either a HR/recruitment background from within a law firm/professional services organisation or from an agency where you have handled recruitment and been responsible for administration.  Standard hours 9:30 – 17:30.