Role Summary
Join Allens' award-winning Early Careers team as a Graduate Recruitment Consultant on a 12-month parental leave contract based in Sydney. You will take responsibility for hiring our future talent, particularly our clerks and graduates, by engaging stakeholders, designing market-leading engagement programs, and working with others across the Firm to organize events and functions.
Key Responsibilities:
* Engage your stakeholders (internal and external) to attract, engage, select and onboard new talent to Allens.
* Act as a brand ambassador of Allens externally, including organizing and presenting at external events, such as Universities, Careers Fairs, and hosting onsite events at Allens.
* Work with others across the Firm, including direct contact with Partners, senior lawyers, and our events teams to organize engaging functions and programs for students.
* Design our market-leading engagement programs like Dive In, which provides an insight into the world of commercial law to high-performing students.
* Design, project manage, organize and lead our Clerk and Graduate programs and recruitment campaigns.
* Identify and proactively manage emerging talent.
Requirements:
* Experience leading and designing Early Careers initiatives and running an end-to-end clerkship recruitment program (events, screening, interviewing, calibration, offers), preferably in a professional services environment.
* Strong collaboration skills, with demonstrated experience in working across multiple teams.
* A passion for creating positive career experiences, candidate management, brand ambassadorship, and engaging with a range of people.
* Strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to work proactively with very senior stakeholders internally and at universities.
* An interest in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion.
* Problem-solving skills and a willingness to take ownership.
* A desire and ability to grow as a recruitment and HR professional.
What We Offer:
* Financial: Market-competitive fixed remuneration, employee recruitment referral program, discounts at hundreds of suppliers, health and travel insurance, charity matched funding program.
* Health and wellbeing: Fully subsidized gym memberships, annual flu vaccinations, skin checks, in-house snacks and catered meals, subsidized sporting and social activities, Employee Assistance Program including confidential counseling, wellbeing coaching and financial coaching for employees and their families, regular wellbeing sessions with our in-house consulting Psychologist.
* Flexibility: Hybrid and flexible working arrangements to support you in your work and life commitments and passions, equipment to support working from home.
* Recognition: Team-based recognition including social activities and contribution-based recognition activities, and annual Allens Values Awards to nominate and recognize the incredible contributions of our people.
About Us:
Allens is proud to be an inclusive workplace that values unique backgrounds and varying life experiences. We celebrate our people's differences across gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, cultural backgrounds, First Nations communities, and family and caring arrangements. If you require adjustments to fully participate in our application process, please contact us. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align, please express your interest by emailing us.