Resourcing and Operations Consultant

About Eversheds
Sutherland:
ES Agile is a market leading division of Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP, created to meet client demand for high quality, interim legal professionals. We provide peace of mind with legal expertise and the support of an international law firm.

ES Agile continues to grow both in the UK and internationally. We provide lawyers, paralegals, project managers and legal compliance consultants to some of the world's largest brands. Our consultants operate onsite at our client's offices, remotely and also support Eversheds Sutherland teams both onsite and virtually.

To meet this demand, we are looking for a Resourcing and Operations Consultant to assist in the development and growth of the ES Agile offering who will relish the challenge of working in a fast paced, high performing environment.

Key responsibilities:

• To utilise LinkedIn, direct sourcing, networking, social media and other resourcing tools to attract legal professionals to join the ES Agile pool of consultants.
• Manage our panel of agency relationships and work closely with Eversheds Sutherland resourcing team for candidate sourcing.
• To conduct the initial review and analysis of CVs for potential consultants to join ES Agile.
• Conduct technical and competency interviews of candidates, alongside senior partners and associates of the firm.
• Register and onboard approved candidates into the ES Agile pool ensuring accurate information is stored in the applicant tracking system.
• Ensure all compliance and security screening processes are completed for consultants.
• Internal profile raising of ES Agile in the London office through networking, attending events and liaising with Partners
• Manage and organise a series of events, from networking to thought leadership, throughout the UK for the benefit of our ES Agile consultants.
• Work with Eversheds Sutherland marketing team to raise the profile of ES Agile in the legal market, through articles, campaigns and events.
• Other tasks as required by the Head of ES Agile UK.

Skills and experience:
• The suitable candidate for this role should ideally come from a resourcing background (including internal), HR administration or administration/scheduling function.
• The suitable candidate should ideally have experience of using applicant tracking software packages, LinkedIn recruiter (including Boolean searches) and other resourcing solutions.
• The successful candidate will need experience of working in a law or similar professional services firm and should be comfortable dealing and negotiating with senior Partners/consultants.
• Experience of resourcing in APAC region would be helpful.
• A range of influencing skills, personal impact and communication skills that will ensure success and command instant credibility at all levels of the firm.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision, in an autonomous and independent way.

Key competencies:

• Ability to challenge constructively combined with high levels of resilience.
• A lively, energetic and strong personality with ambition and a practical can-do mentality.
• Exposure to organisational development and change management.
• Experience of using applicant tracking systems, or other online recruitment tools.
• A good understanding and practical experience of HR and/or recruitment.
• Excellent IT skills especially in using Microsoft Office suite, and ideally legal matter / billing software packages.
• Highly organised, with strong ability to prioritise time effectively, while managing multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Geographically mobile.

We're a modern, progressive law firm. We think differently and we've built a culture where individual skills and personalities can shine through. At Eversheds Sutherland, we believe that innovation comes from a culture of genuine equality and diversity and we are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments individuals may require in the recruitment process, or once in post.

Eversheds Sutherland endeavours to recruit and fill vacancies directly. However, when we do need to engage with agencies, Eversheds Sutherland operates within a preferred supplier list.