Job Description | North America Recruitment Manager Department: Human Resources Location: Kansas City, MO The Team We have specialist teams in Recruitment, Learning and Development, and HR Operations. The HR department are based in offices across the North America region, working as one team to deliver a holistic service to our fee earning and business services groups. The Role The Recruitment Manager role is a key part of the North America HR team with the aim of facilitating the recruitment of suitably qualified and experienced fee-earners (qualified and non-qualified), business services, and early careers candidates across our NA offices. You will be responsible for driving and championing the global and regional recruitment strategy. Key Responsibilities * Be a trusted source of current information and intelligence related to recruitment market trends, salary data and challenges, developing a tailored recruitment solution adhering to fair selection policies and accessible to all. * Ensure that each recruitment experience is a positive one for candidates, agencies and internal stakeholders, regardless of outcome. * Adhere to all internal recruitment procedures and requirements, including (but not limited to) recruitment requisition sign-off, production of quality job descriptions, salary benchmarking and guidance regarding interview questions and assessments. * Work collaboratively with the broader North America HR team and global Recruitment function and ensure that it is meeting the strategic objectives of the firm. * Proactively encourage direct applicants through internal and external referrals and by maximising social media and other relevant platforms, especially LinkedIn. * Develop and maintain lists of potentially suitable fee earner and business services candidates (through networking, previous applications, LinkedIn, the media and other search mechanisms) for roles that may arise in the future. * Ensure all recruitment documentation is completed in a timely and efficient manner by the HR Shared Services team. * Liaise with recruitment agencies and conduct ongoing analysis of the preferred suppliers (PSL) and ensure communication, relationships, and quality of service are consistently maintained. * Maintain up to date information for regular management reporting on any hires via the ATS (applicant tracking system) and Excel. * Attend in-house and other relevant training to ensure best practice approaches are being undertaken and that legal commitments are being delivered eg right to work verifications. * Proactively build relationships with the HR team and the business to facilitate and drive various change-management projects within the firm. * Identify opportunities for process improvements and become a project lead to deliver change within the team. * Inspire and mentor junior members of the team demonstrating a collaborative, supportive team environment. Management of a team of 3 advisors, 2 sourcing specialists and 2 recruitment coordinators. Essential Skills & Experience * Experienced recruitment professional with in-house experience and/or agency recruitment experience, ideally gained within the legal sector. * First rate sourcing ability and expert interviewing skills/experience ensuring fair selection and best practice methods. Ability to coach and advise others with the confidence to provide hiring managers with feedback and develop their skills. * Ability to partner, advise and influence at all levels of the business. * Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills. * Enthusiastic and proactive approach with a supportive, commercial outlook, client delivery focussed work ethic. * Excellent IT administration with previous experience using an ATS (applicant tracking system) and Excel. * Highly organised and a good planner with an ability to manage and deliver on multiple projects and strong attention to detail. * Ability to manage deadlines and communicate effectively should those deadlines vary. * Ability to take ownership and responsibility over all work undertaken with a commitment to supporting the wider needs of a project and not just the immediate task. * Team player with a willingness to work collaboratively across the wider HR team with supportive team mentoring / management experience. The Firm Clyde & Co is a leading global law firm, specialising in the sectors that underpin global trade and commercial activity, namely: insurance, transport, construction, energy, trade and commodities. It is globally integrated, offering a comprehensive range of contentious and non-contentious legal services and commercially-minded legal advice to businesses operating across the world. Clyde & Co is committed to operating in a responsible way. This means progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the diversity of its communities and clients, using its legal skills to support its communities through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment. The firm has 490 partners, 2400 lawyers, 3200 legal professionals and 5500 people overall in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our Values Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for our clients and our firm. We: * Work as one We are a globally connected team of talented people who act with a firm-first mentality to achieve success * Excel with clients We aim high and challenge ourselves to deliver unique excellence for our clients, keeping them at the centre of everything we do * Celebrate difference We help each other to be at our best and believe our differences result in greater achievement * Act boldly We seek new opportunities, take action and learn as we go, recognising that curiosity drives our development and contributes to growth Business Services Competencies Clyde & Co is committed to providing extensive, personal and professional development opportunities for our people enabling them to be highly effective in their current role as well as assisting them to fulfil their career aspirations. The competencies are used to inform all aspects of Business Services career development. They vary across levels and different business areas and fall under the following areas: * Technical Excellence * People and Team * Client/Stakeholder Relationships * Service Delivery and Commercial Awareness * Personal Effectiveness This is the job description as constituted at present; however the Firm reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business. Please click on the link to see the full job description. #LI-HW1 #LI-HYBRID Additional Documents North America Recruitment Manager Download Refer a friend Printer Friendly Apply