The role

The Senior Manager for DLA Piper’s Law& International Flexible Talent will play a crucial role in the design, strategic growth and development of our international offering. 

You will assist in the creation of our global end-to-end recruitment framework, from sourcing and screening candidates to conducting interviews and facilitating the onboarding process. 

As the Senior Manager is a client facing role, you will work closely with hiring managers and department heads and Head of Operations (HoOs) to understand their staffing needs and build robust fulfilment solutions, delivering high quality individuals who not only meet our qualifications but also align with our firm culture and values. 

You will also be responsible for winning work from prospective clients and driving the adoption and utilization of flexible legal resource within the global DLAP business.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Strategic design and implementation of recruitment frameworks across multiple jurisdictions.
• Partner with senior hiring managers to understand their flexible staffing needs and design bespoke resourcing solutions.
• Develop and execute effective sourcing strategies to identify and attract quality candidates through various channels, including job boards, social media, and professional networks. 
• Monitoring the end-to-end recruitment process to ensure it is efficient and fit for purpose for the changing needs of the business as well as working with the team to adapt and improve.
• Managing relationships with agencies, including negotiating terms and conditions
• Coordinate and schedule interviews with hiring managers, ensuring a positive candidate experience throughout the process.
• Advise on best practice interview processes to ensure hiring Managers are assessing candidates’ qualifications and skills.
• Review and monitor onboarding and induction activities to ensure they are compliant, efficient and fit for purpose. 
• Manage candidate communication and keep them informed about the status of their application. 
• Negotiate compensation packages in line with company policies and budgets to maximize efficiency and profitability within the agreed guidelines. 
• Review the working guidelines to ensure DLAP can attract the relevant candidates in each market and work with department leads to understand this data.
• Manage and support individuals whilst on engagement.
• Stay updated on industry trends and best practices in recruitment and share this knowledge with the team.
• Work with the wider DLAP business to provide holistic, cost-effective solutions and services to clients thereby driving revenue and building reputation in the marketplace.

ABOUT YOU 

• A strategic thinker, capable of shaping business strategy, developing plans, analyzing data, and forming clear plans of action to help DLAP achieve its goals.
• Exceptional knowledge of engagement models, recruitment techniques and best practices.
• Experience working within the legal industry, recruiting various legal roles (breadth and seniority) as well as non-legal roles in a quality, high touch environment within an agency or inhouse role. 
• Experience recruiting across UK and international locations (working with local teams where required). 
• A strong understanding of relevant statutory and regulatory requirements. 
• Familiarity and compliant use of with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and HR software.
• Experience working in a complex, matrix environment. 
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• A natural networker, skilled at building relationships. 
• Ability to prioritize, multitask, and work in a fast-paced and demanding environment with changing priorities.
• Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Strong commitment to maintaining the highest standards of professionalism and confidentiality.
• Ability to drive consistency and quality throughout all processes. 
• A focus on recruiting to positively impact diversity and inclusion. 
• Ability to ensure ethical hiring decisions, without bias.
• Committed to deliver exceptional client service. 
• Commercial and pragmatic approach to deliver outcomes with integrity and to the highest standards.
• Entrepreneurial outlook, driven by continuous improvement and enthusiasm to utilize technology platforms to excel in our delivery.
• Energized to contribute to building a team and a revised offering to the market.

THE DEPARTMENT

DLA Piper is expanding its flexible resource offering to clients, both in the UK and internationally. There is an immediate and ongoing requirement to develop a talent pool to extend DLA Piper’s reach and expertise, providing our clients with highly skilled, flexible resources when and where they need them. 

Flexible Talent is part of DLA Piper’s Law& offering providing disruptive legal, tech and business advisory solutions – including DLA Design, our own design thinking methodology. We challenge assumptions, embrace change, and discover ways to make business faster, easier and better. For our clients and for ourselves.

In Law&, you’ll turn ideas into action, using our incubators to build solutions for success. Your vision and voice will inspire imagination throughout our firm.

You won’t just be at the heart of creating DLA Piper’s future as a world-class innovator in legal and professional services. You’ll redefine the future of the legal world.

ABOUT US

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers and business service professionals located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Our global reach ensures that we can help businesses with their legal needs anywhere in the world. We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality, service excellence and value to our clients and offering practical and innovative legal solutions to help them succeed. Our clients range from multinational, Global 1000, and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies, as well as government and public sector bodies.

OUR VALUES

In everything we do connected with our People, our Clients and our Communities, we live by these values:

• Be Supportive – we are compassionate and inclusive, valuing diversity and acting thoughtfully
• Be Collaborative – we are proactive, passionate team players investing in our relationships
• Be Bold – we are fearless and inquisitive, challenging ourselves to think big and find creative new solutions
• Be Exceptional – we are strategic and driven, exceeding standards and expectations

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

At DLA Piper, diversity and inclusion underpins how we live our values and everything we do. We believe that everyone has a voice, and that everyone’s voice counts. We know that the rich diversity across our firm makes us stronger, more innovative and creative, which helps us to better serve our clients and communities. We are committed to providing an inclusive working environment and culture across our global firm, where everyone can bring their authentic self to work.

Diversity of perspective, thought, background and culture combine to make us the leading global law firm; that’s why we actively seek to build balanced teams. We welcome the unique contribution that you will bring to our firm and actively encourage applications from all talented people – however your talent is packaged, whatever your background or circumstance and regardless of how you identify.

HYBRID WORKING

We recognise that people have responsibilities and interests outside of their career and that as a business, we all benefit from working flexibly. That’s why we are open to discussing with candidates the different ways in which we are able to support requests for agile working arrangements.

PRE-ENGAGEMENT SCREENING

In the event that we make an offer to you, and where local legislation permits and where relevant, we will conduct pre-engagement screening checks that may include but are not limited to your professional and academic qualifications, your eligibility to work in the relevant jurisdiction, any criminal records, your financial stability and work-related references.