Recruitment Administrator

Shoosmiths - UK Law Firm of the Year Winner at the Legal Week British Legal Awards 2015.

A leading UK law firm with a network of offices from the South Coast to Scotland, working together as one national team. An innovative practice and the first top 100 law firm to achieve “Gold Standard” Investors in People, our values and culture are not just words on our website but are the heartbeat of the firm. The lack of barriers between departments, a real lack of hierarchy, zero tolerance for arrogance and pomposity makes Shoosmiths a fantastic place to work.

Our Recruitment Team are dedicated to finding the best talent for a variety of business areas including both legal and head office support roles.  

As part of this team, you will be creative and driven, with interpersonal savvy that allows you to develop lasting relationships with internal clients, candidates, and external suppliers helping to guide them through our hiring process and connecting them to the world of working at Shoosmiths.

We are looking for a temporary Recruitment Administrator until the end the end of August/September to support the team through a busy period by providing an efficient administrative service. 

• Updating agencies terms of business and service level agreements onto the recruitment system.
• Electronic filing of all recruitment documentation e.g. interview feedback or any budgetary approvals for each vacancy.
• Dealing with all necessary administration to support the recruitment cycle, using our recruitment portal All Hires and working from a shared inbox.
• Posting, updating and maintaining the live vacancy adverts across a range of job boards.

• Excellent organisational skills;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Good IT skills – including Word, Excel and Outlook;
• The ability to work under pressure and prioritise their own workload;
• Attention to detail and accuracy; and
• The ability to work as part of a team, but also able to use their own initiative, when required.

Shoosmiths is a committed Equal Opportunities employer promoting equality of opportunity. This means that everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, whatever their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.