The Role:
This role will deliver a high-quality, end-to-end recruitment service across Birketts LLP. This is a hands-on role focused on recruiting business services professionals, partnering closely with hiring managers to understand their needs and ensure a positive candidate experience.
The role is ideal for an experienced recruiter who enjoys managing multiple roles, building relationships, and contributing to the ongoing improvement of recruitment processes.
Accountabilities:
- Manage end-to-end recruitment for a range of legal and business services roles.
- Partner with hiring managers to understand requirements, advise on recruitment approaches, and agree timelines.
- Draft and post job adverts, shortlist candidates, and coordinate interviews.
- Manage offers and support pre-employment checks and onboarding.
- Deliver a professional and engaging experience for all candidates.
- Act as the main point of contact throughout the recruitment process.
- Ensure timely communication and feedback.
- Proactively source candidates using LinkedIn, job boards, and other channels.
- Build talent pipelines for key roles and future hiring needs.
- Support employer branding activity through job adverts, careers pages, and events.
- Work with recruitment agencies when required, ensuring value for money and quality of candidates.
- Brief agencies clearly and manage performance against agreed expectations.
- Maintain accurate recruitment data within the applicant tracking system.
- Contribute ideas to improve recruitment processes and ways of working
Candidate:
- Proven experience in a recruitment or talent acquisition role
- Experience managing multiple vacancies at the same time
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills
- Ability to work collaboratively with hiring managers
- Good knowledge of recruitment best practice and employment legislation
- Experience using an applicant tracking system
- Direct sourcing experience using Linked In, Indeed and similar platforms
Benefits:
At Birketts, our culture is driven by ambition and a commitment to positively impact all the communities we serve. We are dedicated to the success, development, and wellbeing of our colleagues, helping them achieve their goals and seize the opportunities that come with our growth. Alongside a flexible and inclusive work environment, we offer the following core benefits:
- 25 days holiday (FTE) plus Bank Holidays
- Long Service holiday award – 1 extra week every 10 years continuous service
- Private Healthcare with BUPA (offered after probation is passed)
- Scottish Widows Pension Scheme (5% employer / 5% Employee)
- Staff Profit Share and Individual Performance Bonus Scheme
- Salary sacrifice (Pensions, Staff Profit Share)
- Life Assurance - 4 x salary / Permanent Health Insurance
- Paid CSR Day
- Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Leave
- Subsidised gym membership
- Electric car scheme
- Agile/Hybrid Working Policy
- Dress for your Day Policy