About us:
Linklaters is a global law firm, providing legal services in 20 countries and through 30 offices.
Linklaters is a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional.
We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial, and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction.
Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives, but by fostering a positive, supportive, fair, and open atmosphere.
We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias. This is vital to our ability to work as one team, with a common goal.
About the role:
As a Senior Talent Advisor, you will drive and implement Re:link’s flexible lawyer pipeline and acquisition strategy. Your aim will be to ensure a reliable and high-quality supply of flexible legal talent that meets client demand, particularly in banking, capital markets, financial regulation and investment funds. You will be central to matching flexible lawyers to exciting client opportunities, supporting Linklaters’ practice groups, and helping to drive our business’s success.
Your main responsibilities will include:
- Implements the Re:link talent attraction strategy to ensure a continuous flow of high-quality flexible lawyers for targeted practice areas, specifically banking, capital markets, financial regulation and investment funds.
- Supports the client team in active sales opportunities by matching suitable flexible lawyers to client needs, contributing to achieving sales objectives.
- Identifies new talent sources, engages in targeted marketing, and leverages networks, including the Linklaters alumni community and partner/associate networks.
- Manages the end-to-end recruitment process for prospective Re:link lawyers, ensuring a professional and personalised candidate experience.
- Screens applications, conducts interviews, makes offers, obtains references, and oversees onboarding to ensure the successful integration of new talent.
- Inputs data directly and promptly into the Re:link applicant tracking system (ATS) and uses this data and technology to inform and drive efficiencies in their day-to-day activities.
- Builds ongoing relationships with flexible lawyers, ensuring their profiles are updated and they are ready for rapid deployment.
- Acquires and develops technical knowledge in the above specific practice areas to enhance engagement with flexible lawyers and practice groups.
- Collaborates with Linklaters partners and practice groups to ensure quality standards for Re:link flexible lawyers are met.
- Supports the talent team to grow the Re:link flexible lawyer community and enhance the lawyer experience.
- Works collaboratively as a member of the global talent team including providing cover or additional capacity to other parts of the business during periods of high busyness.
We are ideally looking for:
- Experience in a comparable role in a flexible legal resourcing and/or alternative legal services platform.
- Natural rapport with people, builds relationships easily, team-player, confident, articulate and an excellent interviewer.
- Brings structure, discipline and focus, with attention to detail and the ability to work at high pace and to manage competing priorities.
This position is being offered on a remote basis or based at the Linklaters London office with a hybrid working model available.
Our benefits:
Joining Team Linklaters will see you qualify for a range of benefits designed to reward the vital contribution you'll be making to our success. These include:
Health & Wellbeing
- Private Medical Insurance
- Free in-house fitness centre and subsidised health club memberships
- Free onsite GP service and periodic health assessments
Finance
- Pension and flexible savings options
- Income protection and life assurance
- Mortgage advice and will-writing services
Family & Lifestyle
- Electric car and cycle to work schemes
- Emergency family care
- Additional holiday/birthday leave
- Maternity/paternity/shared parental leave
- Travel insurance and season ticket loan
- Option to join sports and social clubs, as well as our employee networks groups (such as our Gender Equality Network, With Pride, or Social Mobility Networks)
If you think this role would suit you, please click apply below. We look forward to hearing from you!
Technical Skills
This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.
Application Policy
Applications and CVs (direct or via agency) are only accepted online via the portal. Queries related to our roles must be directed to the relevant recruitment team and not the partners, practices or stakeholders ([email protected] for legal roles or [email protected] for business team roles).
Linklaters London, England Office
Silk Street, London, United Kingdom, EC2Y 8
