Graduate Recruitment Coordinator

About Latham & Watkins

Latham & Watkins is a global law firm consistently ranked among the top firms in the world. The success of our firm is largely determined by our commitment to hire and develop the very best and brightest, creating a team that provides our clients with the highest quality of work and service. We are driven by our core values: respect, innovation, and collaboration.

About The Role

The Graduate Recruitment Coordinator is an integral part of Latham’s Attorney Recruiting team. This role will be responsible for working alongside our London Recruitment Committee by attracting, assessing, developing, and retaining graduates for legal roles in the UK , while coordinating all aspects of the firms participation in various law fairs and other recruitment presentations and events throughout the UK, as well as attending the law fairs and other events as a representative of the graduate recruitment team, including co-managing relationships with on campus societies. This role will be located in our London office . Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

Other key responsibilities include:

• Attraction
• Leading on all our open days in the London office; working with our affinity groups to arrange recruitment focused events
• Developing and maintaining recruiting materials, presentations, and other relevant information for the London trainee programme
• Assessment
• Reviewing and assessing applications for vacation schemes, 1st year programmes, and training contracts; coordinating the interview process for all programmes
• Managing our Applicant Tracking System - AllHires
• Development
• Co-Leading on all aspects of the Spring and Summer vacation schemes, liaising with vacation scheme participants before and after the scheme, securing scheme participation from required supervisors, mentors, and presenters
• Other
• Monitoring trainee recruitment costs against budget
• Identifying opportunities to continually improve existing trainee recruitment processes
  
  
  

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Are friendly and approachable
• Demonstrate the ability to influence, challenge, and are always looking for ways to improve
• Possess a flexible can-do attitude and are able to multi-task
  
  
  

And have:

• Previous graduate recruitment experience, ideally in the Law sector
• A proven track record of building credibility quickly and developing trusted advisor relationships with senior stakeholders
• Experience of delivering projects and processes on a cyclical basis
  
  
  

Benefits & Additional Information

Successful candidates will not only be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and welcoming environment, but will also be provided with a generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Latham’s comprehensive benefit program which includes:

• Health insurance as well as group income protection and life assurance
• A pension plan
• Wellness programs
• Employee discounts
• And more!
  
  
  

Additionally, we have a range of diversity programming including Global Affinity Groups. These groups provide a firmwide platform to share experiences and advice as well as an opportunity to participate in a supportive network with common interests to help make life at the firm even better.

Latham & Watkins is committed to diversity, equal opportunity, sustainability, and pro bono legal services. We draw from a remarkable wealth of talent to create one of the world's leading law firms, and advance these commitments through the work of our Global Citizenship department. Our lawyers, paralegals, and professional staff worldwide comprise a rich mixture of different races, ethnic backgrounds, religions, sexual orientations, cultures, and primary languages. Our diversity makes us who we are. #EntryLevel