Graduate Recruitment

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Apply remote type Hybrid locations Brisbane time type Full time posted on Posted 2 Days Ago job requisition id JR00000712

Your role

Allens' award winning Early Careers team is looking for a Graduate Recruitment Consultant to join our Brisbane team to replace our current consultant who is moving overseas

You'll take responsibility for hiring our future talent - particularly our clerks and graduates. You will work in a collaborative environment to attract talent and help high-performing students through our recruitment process to start their careers with us.

As an Early Careers Consultant you will:

• Engage your stakeholders (both internal and external) to attract, engage, select and onboard new talent to Allens.
• Act as a brand ambassador of Allens externally - including organising and presenting with confidence at external events e.g. 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 organise 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, organise and lead our Clerk and Graduate programs and recruitment campaigns.
• Identify and proactively manage emerging talent.

This is a permanent, full time role and must be based in Brisbane.

Hybrid working (60% in the office) is how we work however flexibility matters at Allens, so if you are looking for flexibility in your work, we would be happy to discuss what arrangements would work best for you.

About you

You will have:

• 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.

Your development

In joining Allens, you will receive unparalleled learning and development opportunities. You will be challenged, supported and guided as you learn and develop, and will be encouraged to grow. We foster greatness, and will coach and support you to meet your goals and aspirations.

Our unique Career Deal allows you to take control of your career and provides a transparent approach to career development. Our international alliance with Linklaters means we are able to support secondments all over the world.

Our perks

Our benefits include:

• Financial: market competitive fixed remuneration, employee recruitment referral program, discounts at hundreds of suppliers including retail outlets, health and travel insurance, charity matched funding program.
• Health and wellbeing: fully subsidised gym memberships, annual flu vaccinations, skin checks, in-house snacks and catered meals, subsidised sporting and social activities, Employee Assistance Program including confidential counselling, wellbeing coaching and financial coaching for employees and their families and 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.
• Leave: ability to purchase additional annual leave, access to an enhanced, inclusive and flexible parental leave policy – 26 weeks paid parental leave with no minimum service for permanent employees and high quality executive coaching to support the transition.
• Recognition: team based recognition including social activities and contribution based recognition activities, and annual Allens Values Awards to nominate and recognise the incredible contributions of our people.

Allens is also proud to invest in our communities, giving you the opportunity to make a difference through our work on reconciliation, the environment and other social justice issues as well as our workplace giving and volunteering programs.

How to apply?

We'd love to hear from you so please click "apply now" If you would like to find out more, please visit "This is Allens" or listen to our Allens Confidential podcast to hear real stories from real people about life at Allens. Alternatively, for a confidential discussion, please phone Thomas Wigglesworth, National Manager Talent Acquisition and Early Careers on +61 449 539 834.

At Allens, our culture is made up of 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 at careers@allens.com.au . 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 at careers@allens.com.au . The right role for you might be just around the corner

At Allens, we've been building legal careers for 200 years; longer than any other firm in Australia. The impact of our people extends to almost every sphere of business, government, the judiciary and the wider legal profession. We continue to provide opportunities for people from diverse backgrounds to build outstanding careers and shape the world around them.

Through our alliance with Linklaters, we work in a global network of 41 offices in 26 countries. Our size and global reach provide exceptional opportunities for career development, including both on-the-job learning and formal training and development opportunities.

Our commitment to high performance is balanced with a focus on wellbeing, with a culture that's inclusive, supportive and collaborative. We prioritise connection and value the unique contribution of everyone at the firm.

We're proud to hold some of the world's longest ongoing client relationships, some of which stretch back almost 170 years, and our client base includes 55 of the world's top 100 companies and more than 75 of Australia's top 100 companies.