3 Month FTC: Graduate Recruitment & Development Assistant at top International Law Firm: to £32,000

A prestigious International Law Firm is looking to hire a new Graduate Recruitment & Development Assistant on an initial 3 month FTC,  to ensure the firm recruits and develops high quality trainee solicitors.  Responsibilities will include brand awareness by assisting the manager in planning the campus awareness strategy for the recruitment year, including booking law fairs and other on campus events, arranging recruitment collateral (brochures, exhibition stands, flyers, posters etc), making travel arrangements and attending various events across the UK (the majority taking place in October/November) as a firm representative, summer scheme and trainee recruitment assessment events – working with the Manager to shortlist and test applicants to attend each event, being responsible for managing diaries, booking interviews, setting up psychometric tests, collating reference information, collating packs of assessment materials for both candidates and assessors, will also perform a role within the assessment team as Centre Co-ordinator on each event, summer scheme & open day programme – working with the Manager to plan the programme of events for each summer scheme and open days, organisation of all events, both internal and external, collation of student packs, assist in firm communications and sending out of pre-joining information, work experience programme – managing all legal work experience requests (outside of the firm’s formal work experience programme).  pre-joining programme – working with the Graduate and Learning & Development teams in organisation of pre-joining events for future trainee intakes, new starter programme – assisting in preparation of people elements of trainee induction each September, seat spotlights – assisting the Manager to organise the annual round of Seat Spotlights for first seat trainees, working closely with the Manager to assist with the development and delivery of the advisory service, to include; seat deployment, trainee forum attendance, group benchmarking meetings, NQ planning, trainee seat reviews etc, working with key stakeholders across the relevant clients teams to deliver a high quality People service, developing a proactive and user friendly service.  Other duties include key super user of online recruitment systems (CVMail, RARE Recruitment and SHL testing to process candidates through the various stages of their application (submission, form updates, tracking firm contacts, testing, interview scheduling, assisting with offers, reporting etc), managing the starter/leaver/seat move/secondment process for the client group including paperwork and system updates, dealing with ad-hoc enquiries submitted via website or by telephone and escalating where appropriate, organising bursary and maintenance payments for future trainee intakes, maintaining accurate e-files of candidate details and scanning relevant information onto the system, invoicing & expenses, administrating all expenses and invoices for relating to trainees, supporting Graduate Recruitment Manager and the Engagement & Inclusion Manager to help deliver on the firm's I&D strategy.  Candidates must be degree educated, with a minimum of 12 months experience working within professional services environment, within a similar position as well as strong, written, oral and communication skills.