Description
Linklaters, a global law firm with 20 countries and 30 offices, is seeking an experienced coordinator to join its Early Careers team on a 6-month fixed-term contract.
The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering a first-class candidate and trainee experience, supporting various aspects of trainee recruitment and development programmes.
Key responsibilities include:
- Coordinating assessment centres, interviews, candidate travel, and recruitment events
- Managing high-volume inboxes and responding to candidate and trainee queries
- Supporting major trainee development processes, including inductions, seat moves, qualifications, and secondments
- Helping to deliver vacation schemes, insight programmes, and open days
- Maintaining accurate records, processing invoices, and managing reporting and spreadsheets
- Producing offer documentation and onboarding support for future trainees
- Supporting Early Careers marketing initiatives and social media activity
The ideal candidate will be highly organised, comfortable juggling multiple priorities, and able to build relationships across the business. They will bring:
- Previous experience in a busy coordination or administrative role, ideally within HR, recruitment, or professional services
- Confidence to work with senior stakeholders and manage competing demands
- Outstanding organisational skills and exceptional attention to detail
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Proactive, solutions-focused approach and ability to work independently
- Excellent time management and ability to stay calm under pressure
- Collaborative mindset and willingness to get involved wherever needed
In return, the successful candidate will benefit from a range of benefits, including:
- Private Medical Insurance
- Free in-house fitness centre and subsidised health club memberships
- Free onsite GP service and periodic health assessments
- Pension and flexible savings options
- Income protection and life assurance
- Mortgage advice and will-writing services
- Electric car and cycle to work schemes
- Emergency family care
- Additional holiday/birthday leave
- Maternity/paternity/shared parental leave
- Travel insurance and season ticket loan
- Option to join sports and social clubs, as well as employee networks groups