Early Talent Acquisition Specialist

The role  

This is a maternity cover contract.  Ideal start date will be 11 November 2025.

You will be accountable for creating executing and managing key elements of our early talent strategy notably marketing.

Who you will work with

You will report to the Early Talent Acquisition Manager.

Internally you will work with the Early Talent Acquisition Manager the wider Early Talent Acquisition team the Early Talent Development team our Global Employer Brand and Careers Marketing Manager as well as our Brand Communications and Marketing and PR teams.   

Externally you will work with our creative agency in our efforts to maintain our UK market position as Employer of Choice.

What you will be responsible for

In addition to core recruitment activities you will be responsible for executing a best in class end to end attraction campaign.  You will manage external suppliers; creating reviewing and signing off on content.

What you will do

You will be accountable for:

Management of our Race and Ethnicity strategy including our relationship with RARE Recruitment across all products and programmes.

Full project management of Early Talent marketing campaigns from development through planning and delivery to final execution and post-performance assessment.

Working closely with internal and external stakeholders to brief and build campaigns seeking to increase overall brand awareness as employer of choice for students considering a career in law.

Ensuring that we promote our events and programmes in a targeted and compelling way across appropriate channels whilst delivering an application pool that reflects the quality and diversity expected by the firm.

Coordinating the creation of engaging video audio and editorial content for our channels with support from the global recruitment and social media teams.

Working closely with the Early Talent team to plan implement manage and analyse all key event marketing campaigns - across website social email and digital channels.

Working with the global social media team to coordinate social media marketing campaigns

Ensuring the relevant tracking across various digital platforms to allow ROI tracking and measurement of all digital marketing spend.

Monitoring the overall performance of campaigns to optimise best practice.

Managing and maintaining the firms brand image across all paid media working with external agencies to adhere to Brand guidelines for both copy and visual content.

Relationships:

Providing day-to-day management of our external agency partners across all channels with close management of weekly action points meeting agendas and budget management.

Ensuring all activities fully support the wider firm brand proposition. Understanding of wider brand purpose and how Early Talent feed into this is essential.

Operational:

During peak periods of activity in the early talent cycle playing an active part in the team and assisting with key Early Talent workstreams such as attending and running events screening applicants fielding candidate queries supporting campus activity and assisting at assessment days. 

Escalating issues as appropriate.

Monitoring and reporting on financial expenditure relating to your projects and ensure that the spend remains in budget and is in line with relevant policies.

Producing and managing all marketing related statistical analysis (with the support of third parties) and disseminating to key stakeholders including but not limited to; applicant source ROI on advertising post engagement for example. 

Regularly reporting on progress of projects to the Early Talent Acquisition Manager.

Qualifications :

Your experience 

Skills

You will be exceptionally organised and you will have the ability to manage multiple projects effectively and efficiently ensuring all deadlines are met.

You will have an analytical mindset with strong commercial acumen.

You will be a self-starter and a quick learner who uses their initiative and influencing skills to manage up down and across the organisation.

You will have an impeccable eye for detail in written work creative artwork and campaign collateral.

You will have flexible and effective communication skills with proven experience of building and managing relationships with internal stakeholders.

Experience

Essential:

Proven experience in project management.

Demonstrable experience of working at high volume fast pace and delivering several projects at any one time.

Strong reporting experience; including analysing and deciphering campaign data and wider insights.

Experience in determining and optimising return on investment from spend. 

Proven experience in managing external agencies and suppliers.

Experience in providing solutions to often complex issues.

Beneficial:

Experience of the full lifecycle of early talent recruitment.

How we will support you

From your first day with us you will have varied opportunities to continuously grow and development your skills and knowledge. From formal training informal coaching and mentoring through to skills-based and technical training and on the job learning.

Additional Information :

Hybrid Working

This role follows our balanced hybrid working approach and as long as business needs allow you will be supported to work in a hybrid way with the expectation of working from the office for a minimum of 50% of your time.

What we offer including our broad range of benefits and working environment

When you join Clifford Chance you will have access to a broad range of benefits to support you across many aspects of your personal and professional life including financial wellbeing lifestyle and family friendly benefits. For more information on what we offer specifically in the UK please visit our What We Offer page on our career site. 

Equal Opportunities

At Clifford Chance we understand that our true asset is our people. Inclusion is good for our team and their families our firm and society.

We are committed to treating all employees and applicants fairly and equally regardless of their gender gender identity and expression marital or civil partnership status race colour national or ethnic origin social or economic background disability religious belief sexual orientation or age.  This applies to recruitment and selection terms and conditions of employment including pay promotion training transfer and every other aspect of employment.

Our goal is to deliver an equality of opportunity an equality of aspiration and an equality of experience to everyone who works in our firm. Find out more here.

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