Early Talent Advisor - Bristol / Flexible Location

Job Introduction

DAC Beachcroft is looking to appoint an Early Years Advisor to join the Learning and Development team within Human Resources.

Reporting directly in to the Head of Learning & Development you will provide a proactive, efficient and industry leading Early Talent service that enables our business to develop the talent we need for our continued success.

You will also work closely with the Early Talent Lead and the DACB Training Principal to continue to evolve our award winning Early Talent programmes.

This role will enable you to focus on the attraction, selection and development of our Early Talent colleagues and you will work closely with your colleagues within the L&D team and also across the wider HR team.

The successful applicant will have plenty of opportunity to shape their role and will be working on key priorities that will make a real difference to our business.

Role Responsibility

• You will work with the Early Talent Lead, HRBPS and the business to analyse Early Talent needs and develop, co-ordinate and maintain Early Talent programmes to ensure internal talent pipelines are developed and provide a high calibre of Early Talent colleagues
• You will support the project management of DACB’s vacation schemes, assessment centres, open days, career presentations
• You will work with internal SMEs and third party providers to evaluate the effectiveness of the Early Talent programmes delivered and provide input to continuously improve practices
• You will develop relationships with external training suppliers and forums and work closely with our Training Principal, Early Talent Lead, and D&I Lead to maintain professional working relationships with Aspiring Solicitors, BPP and other education providers
• You will work with the Early Talent Lead and our Talent Partner to continue to shape and develop our Early Talent pipeline and our DAC Beachcroft Talent Programmes
• You will maintain networks and continuous professional development, keeping up to date with the latest approaches within Early Talent and updates within the legal industry
• You will build on the foundations of the Early Talent brand at DACB and work closely with the corporate brand team and EVP programme.
• You will contribute to the setting of the Early Talent marketing strategy including media, external activities, Early Talent attraction fairs and supporting communication plan
• You will have ownership of the data recording and tracking in order for evaluation and measurement of success rates, and shaping of strategic decisions
• You will support the management of Early Talent budget

The Ideal Candidate

• Self-motivated and able to work from strategic objectives
• Great communication skills, the ability to influence and engage colleagues and key stakeholders
• Enjoys working with a consultative and collaborative style and when sharing new ideas or new ways of working, they will make suggestions and take their colleagues with them on the journey
• Effective knowledge of recruitment practices with particular reference to attraction and selection
• Demonstrable evidence of passion for and successful delivery of Early Talent identification and development, such as graduate and apprenticeship schemes
• Passionate about the importance of nurturing an continuous improvement culture and a role model of the behaviours that foster high levels of engagement
• Good planning skills/attention to detail/project management experience
• The ability to work with and understand bespoke systems quickly
• A good level of computer literacy

About the Company

We are a leading international legal business with over 2,500 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We have 11 offices in the UK as well as offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Singapore, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Miami. We also have associations/alliances with firms in Malaysia, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Central America, the USA, Australia and Germany.

We are a broad-based commercial firm with a strong heritage in insurance, health and real estate. This is complemented by a fast-growing Business Advisory capability. We represent a wide range of clients, ranging from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for all of the UK’s top-ten insurers, we are market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-12 housebuilders.

We have an impressive legal pedigree, with 142 Chambers UK 2021 practice area and individual lawyer rankings. In Legal 500 UK 2021, the firm received a top tier ranking for 37 of its practice areas, and 58 DACB lawyers were singled out in the ‘Leading Individual' rankings.

Our successes have been recognised by the legal industry and the markets in which we operate. These accolades include two top prizes in the ‘Excellence in Business Development’ and ‘Excellence in Technology & Innovation’ categories of the 2020 Law Society Excellence Awards – the highest accolade for law firms in England & Wales. Our health sector team won the ‘Crisis Management Team of the Year’ award at the 2020 British Legal Awards for its support to the NHS at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and our Cyber & Data Risk team received the ‘Business Development Innovation Award’ at the 2020 Legal Innovation Awards, as well as ‘Cyber Law Firm of the Year’ at the prestigious Insurance Insider Cyber Rankings Awards, for its market-leading suite of digital tools to help our clients prepare for and respond to cyber and data risk crises.

Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. For further details on our work and our culture, please visit www.dacbeachcroft.com.

Application Details

At DAC Beachcroft, we don’t just accept your differences we celebrate them.  From bespoke solutions for our clients, to treating you like an individual.  Our strength comes from your diverse ideas and bringing the whole you to work. So if you’re good at what you do, come as you are.  We welcome direct applications and are happy to talk flexible working.

We also want you to be at your very best.  Please feel free to let us know of any changes we can make at any point in the recruitment process that will help support your application.  If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV.  Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.

Note for Recruitment Agencies – the DAC Beachcroft recruitment team is responsible for managing all current vacancies through direct hiring and referrals wherever possible.  We do work with recruitment agencies and where we require external support we will formally release those vacancies to the agencies on our Preferred Supplier List deemed best placed to assist us.  Speculative CVs sent by any agency to any DAC Beachcroft employee without a specific request by the recruitment team will not be accepted and with no introduction fee applicable.  Our recruitment team can be contacted at recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com

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