Recruitment Delivery Consultant
Location: Clifton, Bristol BS8
Salary: Competitive basic salary (depending on experience) + discretionary annual bonus + birthday leave in addition to annual holiday entitlement.
Join a Leading Specialist Legal Recruitment Consultancy
Austen Lloyd is a well-established specialist legal recruitment consultancy based in Clifton, Bristol. We work exclusively with law firms across England and Wales, placing Solicitors from NQ level through to Partners.
Due to continued growth, we are looking to expand our delivery team with an experienced Recruitment Delivery Consultant.
This is a delivery-focused role with no expectation of business development. Your focus will be on identifying exceptional legal talent, managing candidates throughout the recruitment process and ensuring outstanding delivery to our consultants and clients.
The Role
You will become an integral part of our recruitment team, working closely with experienced consultants to deliver high-quality legal candidates across a broad range of vacancies.
You’ll be responsible for building talent pipelines, sourcing candidates, managing recruitment processes and providing an exceptional candidate experience from initial contact through to placement.
Your Responsibilities
- Source high-calibre legal professionals using LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, internal databases, referrals and targeted headhunting techniques.
- Conduct detailed candidate interviews to assess technical experience, career aspirations and cultural fit.
- Build long-term relationships with Solicitors, Senior Associates, Legal Directors and Partners across the UK legal market.
- Manage candidate pipelines across multiple live assignments, ensuring consistent delivery against deadlines.
- Identify passive candidates through market mapping and proactive search techniques.
- Prepare high-quality candidate summaries, CV presentations and supporting documentation.
- Coordinate interviews and maintain regular communication with candidates throughout every stage of the recruitment process.
- Provide interview preparation, feedback and ongoing candidate support.
- Maintain accurate records within the CRM, ensuring candidate information is always up to date.
- Advertise vacancies and support candidate attraction campaigns across multiple platforms.
- Work collaboratively with consultants to ensure successful delivery on retained, contingent and exclusive assignments.
About You
You’ll enjoy the research, sourcing and delivery side of recruitment and take pride in matching exceptional candidates with outstanding opportunities.
You’ll have:
- Previous experience in recruitment delivery, candidate management, talent sourcing, executive search or recruitment resourcing.
- Strong experience using LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards and direct search methodologies.
- Excellent interviewing and candidate assessment skills.
- The ability to build credibility and rapport with senior professionals.
- Outstanding organisation and attention to detail.
- A proactive and resourceful approach to sourcing difficult-to-find candidates.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- A genuine passion for candidate care and delivering an exceptional recruitment experience.
Experience within legal recruitment or professional services would be advantageous, although recruiters from other specialist sectors will also be considered.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary based on experience.
- Discretionary annual bonus.
- Birthday leave in addition to annual holiday entitlement.
- Hybrid working following probation.
- Modern Clifton offices.
- Supportive and collaborative team environment.
- Ongoing training in legal recruitment and executive search methodologies.
- Clear opportunities for career progression within a growing specialist consultancy.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys delivery, research and candidate engagement, and wants to work in a quality-driven recruitment environment where success is measured by outstanding delivery rather than cold business development.
For a confidential discussion, call Charlotte on 0117 957 7188 or send your CV to Charlotte@austenlloyd.co.uk
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