Recruitment Coordinator

**About Herbert Smith Freehills**

As one of the world’s leading law firms, we advise many of the largest and most ambitious organisations across all major regions of the globe. With over 5,000 people, including 3,100 lawyers and over 2,000 business services professionals, operating from our global network of offices across Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and North America, Herbert Smith Freehills is at the heart of the new global business landscape providing premium quality, full-service legal advice.

We recognise that the success of our business and our clients relies on the skills, knowledge and ideas of all our people. Our environment is one in which high performance is expected, in return, we will provide you with rewards and opportunities tailored to your personal and professional goals.

**The Opportunity**

We are seeking a Recruitment Coordinator to join our Australian Lateral Recruitment team on a full-time basis, based in either our Sydney or Melbourne CBD office.

**Responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to**:

- assisting with drafting and posting job advertisements to internal and external websites;
- diary management;
- scheduling interviews with both interviewers and interviewees;
- briefing on psychometric testing when applicable;
- liaising with the global and regional Human Resources teams.

In addition to the above, you will also be involved in and play a key role on various recruitment related projects and initiatives. You will benefit from exceptional learning opportunities working in a respected and dynamic team.

**To be successful in this role, you will have**:

- previous experience in a client-focused co-ordination or assistant role, ideally supporting recruitment processes or HR teams;
- strong attention to detail and organisational skills;
- ability and confidence to interact with people at all levels across the organisation;
- excellent communication skills and ability to demonstrate collegiality within a team;
- effective planning, scheduling, prioritisation and time management skills;
- a proactive approach and desire to be an integral member of our leading and supportive team;
- experience with recruitment systems and tools, such as WorkDay, LinkedIn, external job posting websites, (desirable); and
- understanding of the lateral recruitment process (desirable).

**The Team**:
Our competitive advantage is our people and our culture. Our Human Resources team works closely with leaders and people across the business to recruit exceptional people, nurture their development and guide their careers. As a member of our HR team, you will be working in a supportive and collaborative regional and global team of professionals that deliver HR business partnering, graduate and lateral recruitment, HR operations and compliance, global mobility, reward and remuneration, organisational development and diversity and inclusion.

What you can expect from us:

- We are a world leading international law firm with a global team of over 5,000 professionals. As the market leader in Australia, we are committed to high performance, collaboration, diversity and digital innovation. We are client-centred, commercially driven, and renowned for our solution-focused expertise. We will align your growth with our ambitions.
- We make your personal and professional growth our business. And as part of the team, our ambition is yours too. Wherever you are in your career: grow and help the firm grow with you.
- We will provide opportunities to learn on the job as well as a mix of learning opportunities tailored to you. Daily experiences, supportive challenges, team collaboration, mentors, and structured learning opportunities help you to expand your knowledge and reach your goals.
- This vacancy is being managed directly by Herbert Smith Freehills Recruitment team. We will contact our preferred agency partners should we require additional assistance. Thank you._

**Team**

Human Resources

**Working Pattern**

Full time

**Location**

Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney

**Contract type**

Permanent Contract

**Diversity & Inclusion**

At Herbert Smith Freehills you will be part of a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus and highly engaged people are our differentiator. People at our firm come from a range of backgrounds and bring a wide variety of experiences and perspectives to their work with us. We strive to ensure that our inclusive environment means you feel valued and able to perform at your best by being your authentic self at work. We know that our future success not only depends on being innovative and progressive in the changing legal market but, most importantly, on our people feeling highly engaged in meaningful work.

We understand that you have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to create a working environment based on mutual trust and respect, in which you can perform at your best whilst maintaining sustainable balance acr