On-demand paralegal startup seeks senior legal recruiter

F-LEX is an online platform, designed to connect pre-approved law students to law firms and general counsel for a flexible, on demand service. We are a rapidly growing legal technology start-up, already operating in London and Manchester, with plans to establish a new hub in Bristol very soon, along with the opening up of our service to qualified junior lawyers, which is where we need you!

We are based in a vibrant co-working space, surrounded by a community of diverse start-up and established businesses. Our office is minutes from London Bridge, with the food stalls of Borough Market and restaurants along Bermondsey Street within easy walking distance for lunch.

We have a range of very impressive clients, from Magic Circle firms to FTSE100 in house legal teams and are now looking for a Senior Legal Recruiter to join us to support our new offering of flexible junior lawyers, on a full time, permanent basis.

This is a position for someone who loves to connect with people, exhibits outstanding judgment and professionalism, possesses excellent analytical skills and thrives in a fast-paced environment. Not only will you be afforded a high degree of independence, but the opportunity to work with an amazing group of fun and talented people.

Main Responsibilities

• Sourcing and finding candidates and growing our pool of junior lawyers
• Conducting preliminary interviews, and using your professional judgement in evaluation our lawyer candidates
• Being the main point of contact with candidates and ensuring that we are super responsive
• Evaluating client demand in partnership with our Client Services team and managing our hiring strategy to ensure a pipeline of candidates
• Liaising with clients over requests for lawyers and building a good relationship with them
• Maintaining up to date knowledge of recruitment issues and trends in the legal industry
• Collaborate with our tech team to ensure we are developing our technology to help make our candidates and clients have a great service.
• Assist with F-LEX’s internal recruitment hires

Skills and Qualifications

• At least 2+ years experience within the interim market
• At least 5 years’ experience within a recruiting or human resources function
• Highly proficient with Microsoft, Excel and Powerpoint and not afraid of learning to use our tech enabled platform
• Excellent communicator and enjoys building and maintaining relationships
• Fantastic organisational skills
• High levels of self-motivation, commitment and resilience
• Adept at finding solutions

We are at a very exciting stage of growth and so we are also looking for a candidate who can use their initiative, enjoys taking on responsibility and is excited by the prospect of being a team player.

Benefits

You will:

• Get in at the ground floor with a fast growing, profitable privately-owned company
• Work with a great team, led by founders who are qualified lawyers and have previously grown a 300+ company who are pushing to innovate in the legal tech market and grow a large, exciting company.

Other benefits:

• Monthly team lunches and drinks
• Great team
• Relaxed office
• Flexible working hours

Find out more about F-LEX by visiting our website: https://flex.legal/

Please email your CV to Emma McDowell if you wish to apply: emma@f-lex.co.uk

We can’t wait to meet you!

The F-LEX Team