Senior Talent Sourcing Specialist – Bristol, Birmingham or Leeds
This is an exciting time to join Bevan Brittan as we embark on our new 5-year strategy to 2031, with the ability to attract, recruit and retain exceptional talent remaining a key part of the firm’s continued growth journey. This has created a new opportunity for someone to join our Recruitment team, with a focus on building upon our successful direct sourcing strategy.
This is a brand-new role for the team, so the ideal candidate will have an innovative, adaptable and collaborative approach. You will bring a track record in implementing direct sourcing methods within the legal industry, either via a recruitment agency or in-house. You will also be someone who enjoys research / market mapping alongside proactive headhunting, and thrives when aiming to exceed hiring goals.
We work in a hybrid way across the firm and, in line with the needs of the role, can offer a high level of flexibility in terms of how you want to split your working week. We are happy to consider both full-time and part-time working arrangements (minimum 25 hours, ideally worked across 4-5 days).
The role
- Manage the direct sourcing recruitment process for a range of legal hires across the firm, with a focus on senior level appointments (predominantly Partners)
- Identify, recommend and deliver innovative and adaptable direct sourcing strategies to attract high quality candidates (both active and passive) within a competitive market
- Conduct research, build and maintain market maps across key areas – ultimately identifying and developing a pipeline of candidates to support future hiring needs across priority and/or growth areas
- Proactively engage with passive candidates across core practice areas, capturing market intelligence and building relationships ahead of future hiring opportunities
- During the initial 3-6 months in particular, work closely with individuals across the team to collectively ensure this exciting new role is well-integrated and embedded into our broader recruitment offering to the firm
- Develop a strong understanding of the firm’s practice areas, growth markets and recruitment needs
- Track and analyse key direct recruitment performance data (e.g. headhunting conversion rates, time to source, time to hire etc.), identifying risks or opportunities to drive continuous improvement
- Deliver to annual direct hiring targets, agreed with the Senior Recruitment Business Partner
- Work collaboratively with others across the Recruitment team to advance various direct sourcing requirements from across the legal teams (e.g. search longlists, market maps, approaches), including co-leading a weekly direct sourcing‑focused team call
- Contribute your expertise to relevant Recruitment team projects, for example exploring new alternative or flexible resourcing models, or developing our EVP
- Build positive working relationships with internal and external key stakeholders
- Offer a professional and inclusive candidate experience, in line with the firm’s values, commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and adherence to GDPR guidelines
- Act as a positive ambassador for the firm’s EVP; contributing to enhanced brand awareness and reputation within the industry
- Maintain accurate records across hiring platforms, contributing to regular or ad hoc team reports on recruitment metrics
- Provide guidance and training (as required) to others in the team around direct sourcing methods
What we are looking for from you
- Legal recruitment experience (in‑house / agency) is essential, including senior (ideally partner) appointments
- Track record of implementing successful direct sourcing strategies and meeting relevant recruitment goals or KPIs
- Experience using online legal market mapping and headhunting platforms (e.g. LinkedIn, Pirical)
- Ability to effectively manage multiple hiring projects simultaneously, prioritising appropriately
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with a professional, confident and discreet approach to building rapport with both internal stakeholders and candidates
- Able to develop and leverage candidate and industry networks within the legal sector
- Self‑starter; able to work effectively independently and as part of a collaborative team
- A good working knowledge of IT packages (MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
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