Mayer Brown

About Mayer Brown

Overview: Mayer Brown is a leading global law firm with offices in 26 key business centres across the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. With approximately 200 lawyers in each of the world’s three largest financial centres — New York, London and Hong Kong — we are uniquely positioned to advise leading companies and financial institutions on their most complex legal needs. We have deep experience in high-stakes litigation and complex transactions across industry sectors, including our signature strength, the global financial services industry. We are a collegial, collaborative and diverse firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity, support and development they need to grow, thrive and realise their greatest potential. We also encourage all our people to use their skills to support the wider community through our pro bono and community volunteering programmes. At Mayer Brown the principles of mutual respect, dignity and understanding are central to the way we work and help to provide an environment where diversity and inclusion are embraced. An explicit element of the Firm's Strategy is to further develop our role in society and in the communities in which we live and work. The London office has made great strides forward in recent years with successful initiatives including our Paris-London bike ride which raised £40,000 for our partner charities, our Dragon Award winning collaboration with refugee charity Breaking Barriers, our Got20 campaign encouraging every lawyer to do at least 20 hours of pro bono work and our diversity and inclusion work which received recognition at the Aspiring Solicitors All Star Awards, the AllAboutLaw Awards and commendation from the FT. Role: Graduate Recruitment and Development Coordinator Department: Human Resources Responsible to: Senior Manager - Graduate Recruitment and Development Responsibilities: Purpose of the role: To act as the Graduate Recruitment & Development main point of contact for all staff, including key internal stakeholders and to provide a full and comprehensive service to support the effective recruitment, management, development and qualification of trainee solicitors in the London office. Responsibilities: Recruitment Assist in screening of online applications for the Legal Apprenticeship programme, Open Days, Work Experience Programmes, vacation scheme programmes and training contracts. Maintain the graduate recruitment inbox daily, responding to all queries in an accurate and timely manner. Respond to all telephone enquiries from candidates. Organisation of Legal Apprenticeship, vacation scheme and training contract assessment centres to include all relevant materials are ready for the day and each assessment centre has been resourced in advance. Administer online psychometric tests to candidates attending interviews for the Legal Apprenticeship programme, vacation scheme and training contract assessment centres. Assist with Assessment day interviews for the Legal Apprenticeship programme, vacation scheme programmes and training contracts. Produce Legal Apprenticeship and training contract offer letters. Administer the offer and acceptance process for all programmes. Assist in supporting the general recruitment team with scheduling of interviews and attendance at interviews when required Campus Activity and Brand Promotion Organise the annual University law fair and campus events schedule. Support the GRM by attending law fairs and on campus events throughout the year. Work with the GRM in building relationships with our key target universities. Organise artwork for publications and websites in conjunction with DTP. Keep graduate recruitment publications and website entries up to date in conjunction with Business Development & the GRM. Work Experience Programmes (WEP/vacation schemes) and Work Experience Schemes (WES) Organise and facilitate the week long informal work experience schemes (WES) and ad hoc work experience requests throughout the Firm, including non-legal. Organise and participate in the Open Days. Assist in the organisation and running of the vacation scheme programmes alongside the GRM including attending all social events. Diversity Support the GRM with diversity initiatives including our commitment to PRIME. Assist in organising and attending networking sessions and events with our diversity partner organisations. Future Trainees Maintain up to date contact information for all Legal apprentices and future trainees. Organise payment of tuition fees, maintenance grants and reimbursement of deposits. Organise and attend future trainee social events. Participate in the wider future trainee contact programme. Trainee Development Log all trainee solicitor absence and keep the GRM informed of any issues. Send out joining instructions to future trainees and manage new joiner, changes and leaver process. Logging and filing of all current trainee solicitor appraisals. Providing administrative support to the GRM during the bi-annual qualification process. Providing administrative support to the GRM during the bi-annual seat move process. Scheduling trainee career development meetings. Scheduling exit interviews with trainees where applicable. Responsible for all administration surrounding the client and international secondment process. Keeping the HR system (Peoplesoft) up to date at all times. Keeping trainee and future trainee personnel files up to date at all times. Other Organise timely payment of all invoices relating to graduate recruitment and development. Process all candidate expenses following relevant events Maintain the graduate recruitment bible, ensuring all processes are up to date. Run reports and produce metrics on Graduate Recruitment activities as required by the business. Involvement in developing the Mayer Brown brand and reach through Graduate Recruitment social media forums. Other ad hoc duties within Graduate Recruitment and the wider HR team as and when required. Salary: Market Rate – commensurate with experience. Hours: 9:30am to 5:30pm with flexibility in accordance with the needs of the business. Qualifications: Qualifications: Degree level or equivalent. Experience: A minimum of two years experience working within a professional services environment is required. A strong administrative background gained within a fast moving and demanding environment is essential. Desirable – previous experience in recruitment and/or Graduate recruitment. Personal attributes: Strong verbal and written communications skills. The successful applicant will liaise with fee-earners and support groups throughout the firm and with students and various external organisations. Precision and excellent attention to detail. Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines. Ability to use initiative and provide pro-active support to the team. Professional, reliable and very well organised. Flexible and adaptable approach to work; the role will involve regular additional hours, evening work and travel during busy times. Excellent level of IT literacy and proficiency in Microsoft Packages including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

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Legal Form: LLP

Company Type: Private

Company Size: 5001 - 10000

Revenue: 5 - 10 billion (HKD)

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