Early Careers Program Senior Coordinator

Latham & Watkins LLP; Greater Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

About Latham & Watkins

Latham & Watkins is a global law firm consistently ranked among the top firms in the world. The success of our firm is largely determined by our commitment to hire and develop the very best and brightest, creating a team that provides our clients with the highest quality of work and service. We are driven by our core values: respect, innovation, and collaboration.

About the Role

The Early Careers Program Senior Coordinator is an integral part of Latham’s Human Capital & Talent team. This role will be responsible for coordinating all stages of the UK Business Services Training Programs (BSTP), while coordinating graduate rotations and gathering feedback through regular check-ins to suggest improvements and, ultimately, guiding and supporting trainees with their long-term career aspirations. This role will be located in our Manchester office. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

Other key responsibilities include:

1. Overseeing all aspects of the UK Early Career program lifecycles, including orientation, integration, departmental rotations, performance reviews, and ongoing training, to ensure continuous growth and development.
2. Collaborating with global Early Career stakeholders throughout the firm to ensure alignment of programmes, share best practices, and contribute to workforce planning.
3. Cultivating strong relationships with internal departments to ensure effective support for trainees, aligning their development goals with departmental and program needs.
4. Collaborating with internal teams to attract and recruit talent for the UK Early Career programmes, supporting talent acquisition efforts and consistently seeking improvements in the process.
5. Supporting the execution of UK Early Career recruitment events and representing the firm at external functions.

We’d love to hear from you if you:

1. Possess well-developed and professional interpersonal skills, including the ability to interact effectively with people at all organisational levels of the firm.
2. Display the ability to work in a team environment with a customer-service focus.
3. Demonstrate strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

And have:

1. Experience in managing or coordinating Early Career programs, ideally within a professional services environment, demonstrating a solid understanding of early talent strategies, recruitment processes, and programme management.

Benefits & Additional Information

Successful candidates will not only be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and welcoming environment, but will also be provided with a generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Latham’s comprehensive benefit program which includes:

1. Health insurance as well as group income protection and life assurance.
2. A pension plan.
3. Wellness programs.
4. Employee discounts.
5. And more.

Additionally, we have a range of diversity programming including Global Affinity Groups. These groups provide a firmwide platform to share experiences and advice as well as an opportunity to participate in a supportive network with common interests to help make life at the firm even better.

Latham & Watkins is committed to diversity, equal opportunity, sustainability, and pro bono legal services. We draw from a remarkable wealth of talent to create one of the world's leading law firms, and advance these commitments through the work of our Global Citizenship department. Our lawyers, paralegals, and professional staff worldwide comprise a rich mixture of different races, ethnic backgrounds, religions, sexual orientations, cultures, and primary languages. Our diversity makes us who we are.