PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
• To support the success and further growth of AG Integrate, we are now on the lookout for an experienced legal recruitment manager to join the team in either Leeds, Manchester or London on a fixed term contract basis for 6-9 months.
• The AG Integrate Manager is responsible for the full lifecycle of AG Integrate placements with new and existing clients and internally for the designated sectors. This is an income generating role. This role will also be required to support with setting the strategy of the business development focus across each sector.
• There will be regular travel to the other UK AG offices as required.
THE TEAM
• AG Integrate is a fee earning team that sits within our Law, Plus More division here at AG. We are a team of 14 based between the Leeds, Manchester and London offices. The team has both operational and resourcing capabilities to provide interim legal resourcing services to both our clients and internally at AG.
• The team won the Client Management Innovation Award at the 2022 Legal Innovation Awards and have recently been ranked in the Chambers and Partners ALSP category for 2024 & 2025.
• Our clients include over 50 FTSE listed companies with some of the world's best brands across various sectors and industries.
• The AG Integrate tag line is 'Almost right is 100% wrong'. 'Almost' a good fit is almost always a bad fit. Which is why we spend time, in person, getting to understand both our clients' and our consultants' needs, goals, pain points, working styles, personalities, and what makes people tick. And only when there's a match do we make introductions.
• We are passionate about developing our people and there are several examples where individuals have progressed from Administrator level right through to Senior Manager level and above. We listen to your interests and celebrate your strengths to ensure you are in control of your career with AG Integrate.
WHAT TO EXPECT IN THIS ROLE
The following list of duties is not exhaustive but gives a flavour of the duties the AG Integrate Manager undertakes across allocated sectors:
• Create and implement resourcing campaigns and approaches for sourcing interim candidates for both Internal and client placements.
• Oversee the full recruitment and selection process for all interim and consultancy vacancies for designated sectors.
• Management for all consultants including monitoring performance, completion dates, extensions, and re-deployment for further assignments.
• Negotiate competitive rates for placements.
• Grow sectors by targeting new clients and working with Partners to promote AG Integrate internally and externally.
• Account management responsibilities for our clients and attend client reviews throughout the year.
• Manage RFPs and tenders from new clients, with support from appropriate team members and BD.
• Build strong and credible relationships with key stakeholders across the firm including Partners, Clients, Commercial Finance Managers, and other key AG teams.
• Deliver commercial targets against our SLA's and KPIs.
• Role model best practice across the AG Integrate team and to both internal and external stakeholders, driving consistency and high performance.
YOUR AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE
To succeed in this varied role, you will need the following skills:
• At least 5 years of recruitment experience gained in either an agency or in-house background.
• Prior experience gained in a law firm / alternative legal services provider or in a professional services company would be beneficial.
Experience of direct resourcing with utilising different sourcing methodologies.
• Experience of end-to-end sourcing and attraction; bringing together talent-pooling, candidate pipelining and attraction in-line with clients' strategic initiatives (varied diversity agenda's etc).
• An understanding of how to create attraction strategies in highly competitive markets.
• Previous business development experience required to grow new business opportunities.
• Building stakeholder relationships to gain trust, challenge and influence decisions when needed and to drive a proactive approach.
• Ability to deliver in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience of managing experienced consultants and of re-deployment of consultants.
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal.
• Previous experience of recruitment databases along with strong IT skills
• Build and develop knowledge on our Groups, resourcing strategies to sufficiently "sell" our interim and consultancy role internally and externally.
• Capable of delivering accurate and commercial advice and keeping employment law knowledge up to date.
OUR FIRM
Addleshaw Goddard is a place where you are valued, encouraged, and challenged to fulfil your potential in a supportive and collegiate environment. Our culture of improvement, growth and collaboration delivers results, drives innovation, and rewards ambition.
We not only provide technical excellence and experience but, crucially, demonstrate real insight into our clients and what really matters to them and as such we are natural choice for FTSE100 clients and their equivalents in other markets.
Our success has been built by people from the widest range of backgrounds, locations, and perspectives. We have a number of employee networks that provide space to discuss the differences that make us who we are and celebrate this at AG.
OUR APPROACH: IMAGINE THE BEST YOU CAN BE
Everything we've accomplished can be traced back to our people and the way we work. Our reputation is something we are proud of, and constantly invest in.
Here, you'll do high calibre work, with high-character colleagues who care for one another and our clients.
Are you up for the challenge?
