Early Talent Assistant

Job Introduction

DAC Beachcroft are looking to appoint an Early Talent Assistant to join our Early Talent Team. 

This role is a fantastic opportunity to join a team that are passionate about attracting and developing the very best apprentice and graduate talent. The team work closely with all of our wider HR functions making this the ideal role for someone looking to develop their broad generalist HR experience in a talent attraction and development role.  

The purpose of the role is to provide proactive support in relation to all elements of our Early Talent apprentice and graduate development programmes. This will involve supporting the planning and co-ordination of associated Early Talent activity including, school and university events, outreach activity, assessment days, onboarding, programme management and development support. This is a varied role in a collaborative team with a high emphasis on professional development - so plenty of scope to grow for the right candidate! 

You will be an integral part of the wider Learning and Development team working alongside the Early Talent Lead and Early Talent Advisor providing an experience that will continually evolve to ensure our Early Talent pipelines focus on the skills we need to continue to provide a bespoke market leading client service.

We are a Disability Confident employer and guarantee to interview anyone with a disability, long term health condition or neurodiversity whose application meets the essential criteria for the role.  If this applies to you and you feel you meet the minimum criteria for this vacancy as set out in this advert then please contact recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com in confidence, quoting the reference number for this vacancy in the subject box of your email, and a member of the Recruitment team will be in touch.

What’s in it for you?

As well as offering high levels of flexibility and a great work life balance, we offer a well-rounded remuneration package (which includes private medical insurance, income protection insurance and discounted gym membership, amongst many other benefits) alongside real opportunities for growth and progression. We actively encourage colleagues to make use of our professional funding scheme to complete legal or business qualifications relevant to your role.

At DAC Beachcroft our Flex Forward policy means that we have relaxed core hours and colleagues are able to flex their hours across the day and week. For more information please review the following link - https://jobs.dacbeachcroft.com/whats-in-it-for-you/ 

There are regular in person and remote social events organised for colleagues at DAC Beachcroft , not to mention the opportunity to get involved in a range of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) activities, including volunteering or becoming an ally for one of our inclusion and diversity or business network groups.

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, which aligns closely to our cultural principles (Determined, Clear, Creative and Supportive). If you are excited about this role and being part of our culture, but your past experience does not align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!

Role Responsibility

• Acting as the first point of contact for prospective and current apprentices/trainees responding to queries via phone, email and  MS Teams.
• Managing requests for work experience placements
• Supporting internal and external communication activity including drafting content for multiple channels including socials (Instagram, X and LinkedIn)
• Event management support including planning and coordinating development sessions, assessment days and outreach activity.​
• Supporting the delivery of virtual and in-person Early Talent events - travel required on occasion
• Placement rotation coordination
• Identifying opportunities to improve processes that will improve the Early Talent experience

Firm wide:

• Understands DAC Beachcroft is an international firm.  Works with awareness of this structure to operate as one team/brand.
• Actively operates in the best interests of the firm at all times internally and externally.
• Operates in a regulated environment, effectively managing risk and compliance issues including data security.
• Works in partnership with others to manage and mitigate commercial risk.

The Ideal Candidate

• Excellent organisational skills and high levels of attention to detail.
• Great communication skills, the ability to influence and engage colleagues and key stakeholders
• Self-motivated and confident managing own workload
• Able to work autonomously and also as part of a team
• Experience of working in a professional services or financial services environment is desirable but not necessary 
• Enjoys working in collaborative environment and is comfortable sharing new ideas or new ways of working.
• Passionate about the importance of nurturing an continuous improvement culture and a role model of the behaviours that foster high levels of engagement
• The ability to work with and understand bespoke systems quickly
• A good level of computer literacy including use of Excel, PowerPoint and Word is essential.

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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