Recruitment Apprentice - Partner Hiring (18 Month FTC)

Mayer Brown is an international law firm positioned to represent the world’s major corporations, funds, and financial institutions in their most important and complex transactions and disputes. We are recognized by our clients as strategic partners with deep commercial instincts and a commitment to creatively anticipating their needs and delivering excellence in everything we do.

We are a collegial and collaborative firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity, support, and development they need to grow, thrive, and realise their greatest potential all while supporting the Firm’s client service principles of excellence, strategic partnership, commercial instinct, integrated strengths, innovation, and collaboration across our international firm.

The LPH&I Apprentice will provide a high level of support to Lateral Partner Recruitment and Integration teams’ activities, working closely with members of the wider Commercial Strategy and Growth team in London. The following list is illustrative:

• Lateral Partner Recruitment — Assist with the coordination of lateral partner recruitment processes across multiple practice groups and offices, maintain candidate tracking systems and recruitment databases, assist with the coordination of interviews and meetings, conduct research on target firms, practice areas, industry trends, and client relationships.
• Lateral Partner Integration - Assist with the coordination and preparation of integration meetings, including preparing agendas, progress reports, and action trackers, maintain records of integration activities and provide regular updates to LPI team, contribute to the development of partner integration plans, help track integration KPIs and business plan objectives for newly joined partners.
• Business Development & Growth Support - Assist in identifying cross-selling opportunities between new hires and existing partners, support the creation of client targeting plans and relationship-mapping exercises.
• Ad hoc duties and projects as required by the LPH&I and CS&S teams.

Educated to A-Level or equivalent (grades A-C).

This role would be suitable for someone wanting to study for the level 3 apprenticeship in Business Administration / or equivalent.

Experience/Candidate Specification:

• Able to use own initiative and be pro-active
• An understanding of marketing principles and how to apply these to the professional services environment
• IT literate with strength in research
• High level of emotional intelligence
• Delivery/solution focussed with a strong desire to meet the needs and requirements of internal clients under the pressure of tight deadlines
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral) is essential
• Ability to build relationships across all levels of the business
• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to prioritise and multitask.
• Attention to detail, tenacious with a sense of responsibility and ownership
• A positive team player who inspires confidence and is able to deal with difficult situations.

At Mayer Brown, we are committed to creating an inclusive work environment that offers our people the opportunity and support they need to succeed.

Our culture promotes mutual respect, acceptance, cooperation and productivity among people from all backgrounds and values different perspectives and ideas.

One of our core values at Mayer Brown is to promote inclusion at all levels within the business which is actively supported by our Employee Resource Groups - LGBT+, Fusion (Race & Ethnicity), Multi-faith, Women, Enable (Disability) and Work and Me (Family).

We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that individuals may require throughout the recruitment process and once they have joined the Firm