Early Careers Consultant

MinterEllison is Australia’s largest law firm and provides legal and consulting services.

Purpose is at our core. We create lasting impacts with our clients, our people and our communities. Our teams collaborate and deliver to our Purpose, and consistently work to embed our values into everyday actions. Clients rely on our expertise and insights. They value our responsive, creative and commercial approach. We are curious by nature, diverse in our disciplines and authentic in our relationships. Diversity and inclusion is at the core of our Purpose and informs the way we work with each other, our clients and in the community.

**The Team**

Our Talent team is responsible for attracting, developing and retaining top talent and we play an important role in maintaining the people focussed culture. We understand that the high standards we set ourselves in a top tier law firm means that we are constantly challenged to deliver our best and excel. It involves operating in a high performance culture, managing multiple stakeholders and working collaboratively across offices, countries and time zones.

**The role**

Our Early Career Team has the impactful role of building the firm's early talent pipeline through our clerkship and graduate programs. They help law students and graduates begin and accelerate their careers. Our Clerk and Graduate Programs are one of the most highly invested projects we run out of the Talent team each year. This position is for a 12 month maximum-term contract period based in our Brisbane office and you will:

- be accountable for end-to-end student hiring for our Clerkship & Graduate programs including branding, selection, assessment, and interviewing
- have phenomenal communication and relationship building skills as you will be managing and influencing senior partners and leaders as well as the students you're attracting to the roles
- be managing relationships and commitments to university partners, including attraction events, careers fairs and presentations
- help design and deliver the Clerk and Graduate orientation and development programs in partnership with our Talent Development team
- be the key point of contact for HR queries for the Clerk and Graduate cohorts
- partner with the business to provide advice and guidance and ensure you are continuously looking for ways to improve and enhance the Clerkship and Graduate offering

**More about you**

We expect you to have:

- a go-getter attitude and an enthusiasm to market our firm
- flexibility to respond to changing priorities with a 'can do' attitude and a hands-on approach within an ever changing business environment
- the ability to build rapport quickly
- a drive to be busy and be organised, managing high volume, high paced recruitment campaigns end to end
- the ability to influence people at all levels, including senior stakeholders
- a passion for people, their careers and their success
- a willingness to work collaboratively with your national colleagues
- outstanding communication skills, written and verbal
- a solid grounding in Human Resources, either recruitment or HR business partnering

**Why MinterEllison**:
We are recognised as Australia's Most Attractive Firm, a WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality in Australia and we hold Gold employer status with the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI).

We make diversity in all its forms central to collaboration. This is why we offer hybrid working options to encourage balance, wellbeing and support for sustainable ways of working. We offer up to 20 weeks paid parental leave for the primary carer within the first 24 months following birth or adoption, and a range of social, financial and health benefits, including free gym membership - all with no minimum tenure.

**How to apply**: