Early Careers Assistant

We’re a national law firm with a local reach. Our philosophy is ‘Expert Hand, Human Touch’ – something you’ll find in the way we work with our clients and how we support our teams. But, we’re more than just a law firm – we’re a team, working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life’s ups and downs.

Whichever team you join, working here you’ll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment. We’ll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things, and make a real difference to our clients and communities.

The work we do has been recognised in the awards we’ve won. We’re committed to being even better, and our awards help to show we’re on the right track.

We recognise that the office 9-5 isn’t for everyone. That’s why we’ve introduced ‘Flexible by Choice’. Whether it’s working from home, in our offices, or a combination of the both, we trust each other to support our clients, colleagues and communities at the right time, in the right way.

As an Early Careers Assistant, you’ll be part of a busy Early Careers support team who are required to deliver a seamless end-to-end support function for all apprentices, trainee CILEX Lawyers and trainee solicitors in the business, from recruitment to qualification. It is a diverse and interesting role in a friendly and experienced team.

• Booking and co-ordinating events such as law fairs, presentations, assessment centres, inductions, legal work placements and development in line with the cyclical nature of the early careers programmes.
• Building relationships with external stakeholders including training providers and education establishments to raise the profile of early careers opportunities at Irwin Mitchell.
• Screening of applications and video interviews for the various early careers programmes.
• First point of contact for external and internal queries via phone and the teams shared inbox. Providing an excellent candidate experience by ensuring queries are actioned efficiently.
• Scheduling meetings and training sessions.
• Managing the payment of invoices.
• Attending events supporting our social media strategy to engage with potential candidates and promote Irwin Mitchell’s early careers opportunities.
• Maintaining a relationship with our future trainees by organising events to ensure they are engaged with before they start.
• Providing administrative support to the wider Early Careers team
• Producing regular management information and other statistical information.

• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Demonstrative experience of handling and managing multiple projects and tasks to deadlines.
• Flexibility and responsiveness to changing demands and priorities.
• Ability to work independently and on own initiative.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Robust administrative skills; able to work quickly and independently and to a high standard.
• Willingness to undertake travel throughout the UK.
• Ideally, you’ll have a working knowledge and understanding of the early careers pathways and experience of supporting with volume recruitment.

If this sounds like you, we’d love to receive your application.

• 25 days annual leave, with the opportunity to buy additional leave
• Two fundraising days in a year to give back to the community (fully paid!)
• Westfield Health membership, offering discounted leisure and travel and refunds on medical services

We also offer a huge number of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace as well as flexible working options to ensure that you are fully supported to work the way that best suits you. Our social responsibility programme is fundamental to who we are. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish. We have a range of groups to celebrate our people across sexuality, disability, age, gender and culture.

We welcome applications from all diversity groups and backgrounds. We’re committed to enabling everyone to thrive and understanding and celebrating our differences is a key part of that. We’re proud of our work on the Disability Confident scheme, on the Race At Work Charter and as Stonewall Diversity Champions. We also have a range of networks for LGBT+, disability, generations, gender, social mobility, ethnicity, faith and culture to celebrate our people and to enable everyone to thrive.

As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group’s on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group’s employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, existing employees, clients, partners and other stakeholders.

Depending on the role you apply for we may carry out checks that will establish your eligibility to work in the UK, and criminal record check and financial checks with a credit reference agency will also be undertaken.

The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws.

Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.