Recruitment Consultant - Legal

Rutherford is a UK-based executive recruitment firm with offices in London and Durban. We specialise in identifying top lawyers for leading international law firms and high-end financial services industries like hedge funds, private equity and fintech.

We are looking for a Recruitment Consultant to join our dedicated and friendly team to work in our Durban office (we can provide support for relocation if needed). We are building our welcoming South African team and looking for bright, hard-working and passionate individuals to join us and support us in delivering for our high-profile clients in London and New York.

You will be a key part of our strategic plan to invest in developing our established South African platform. You will receive market-leading training, career development, opportunities for commission, potential relocation opportunities with our London office (we have a UK Home Office sponsorship license), and be eligible for incentive trips like skiing in Europe!

Talent Acquisition

• Use the training you will receive to identify, craft appropriate engagement messaging, and approach/attract key legal talent online.
• Screen and qualify quality candidates for legal vacancies in London and New York.
• Manage online marketing/advertising campaigns to target top talent.
• Candidate management.
• Build specialist relationships and networks.
• Research and record key data for our Relationship Management software.
• Research, collect and distribute information about key changes in the industry to the team.
• Provide support to the team leaders.
• Run projects using various systems to target key candidate pools.

Requirements & Skills

• Hard working self-starter - passionate about your work.
• Previous recruitment experience in agency or in-house context or a qualified lawyer.
• Experience of using LinkedIn Recruiter.
• Educated to University Level.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent administrative and organisational skills.