Recruitment Business Partner

Slater and Gordon Lawyers are a leading personal injury and class actions law firm where every member of our team has a shared passion for our clients: we are people caring for people.

Our commitment to our people includes offering genuine work-life balance, with a hybrid work environment allowing them to split their time between home and the office. We recognise and reward high performance and have outstanding employee benefits including a week of shutdown leave, paid parental leave, extra-long service leave, together with various ongoing learning and professional development opportunities.

A fantastic opportunity is now available to join our internal Recruitment Team as a Recruitment Business Partner.  This permanent full-time opportunity will have you work as part of the wider Human Resources team.  You will also have flexibility to work from home and office, and this role will be based out of our Melbourne CBD office.  Our business is in a period of transformation, and ready to work smarter. We are looking for an engaged and enthusiastic individual who is excited about an opportunity to bring their expertise to the table.

Your main responsibility will be playing an integral role in assisting our hiring managers with end-to-end recruitment of vacancies across the business nationally.  As well as working with the wider Recruitment Team on delivering various recruitment projects, some of which include, Graduate intake, brand attraction, maintaining our sourcing strategy, revamping of various recruitment online material, focusing on candidate attraction and managing of talent pools and much more.

Day to day responsibilities will include:

End to End Recruitment:

• Taking job briefs from internal hiring managers
• Running the end-to-end recruitment process from recruitment approval to offer stage
• Working on vacancies across our Legal and Shared Service teams nationally

Candidate Attraction:

• Sourcing suitable candidates on LinkedIn via LinkedIn Recruiter
• Maintaining and updating talent pipelines
• Shortlisting applications
• Telephone screening candidates (when required)

Brand Attraction:

• Updating and maintaining external branding (careers page, job ads)
• Working with third party providers to create key brand content
• Collaboration with the wider team with various project work

It would be great if you had previous experience in a recruitment role (either agency or internal), or as a resourcing consultant or candidate manager, and looking for more exposure in the recruitment space.  Ideally, you will also have a solid understanding of the overall end to end recruitment and talent acquisition function and how it supports the business.

Other key skills and attributes we are looking for will include:

• Proven experience in delivering exceptional client service
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written)
• A real passion for recruitment and talent acquisition
• Great technical skills and exposure to various recruitment technology platforms
• An ability to build rapport with all levels of staff in a friendly and engaging way
• Ability to show initiative and improve processes
• A team player

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply directly to Slater and Gordon. We prefer to talk with you personally and are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies.

To be eligible for this position, you must be an Australian citizen, a permanent resident, or hold a valid visa with full and unrestricted working rights in Australia. Proof of work rights will be required as part of the Slater and Gordon application process.

Acknowledgement of CountrySlater and Gordon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all First Nations peoples today.

Diversity + Inclusion Slater and Gordon is committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values diversity and ensures equal opportunities for all. Slater and Gordon is an equal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or other legally protected attributes. We understand that everyone has different needs. If you require reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please let us know in your application.