Job Description

Your role

At Allens, our business teams are also specialists in their field, using their unique knowledge and expertise to solve critical client and business challenges.

As a National Manager, you'll be a part of our Early Careers Team and be based in any of our Australian offices (Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney). You'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our Firm by identifying and attracting future talent, particularly our Clerks and Graduates.

You will lead our recruitment efforts across the country and will be responsible for designing and executing recruitment strategies, with a specific focus on early careers and national-level recruitment initiatives.

As an Early Careers / Graduate National Manager, your role will include:

• Recruitment Strategies: Developing and aligning recruitment strategies with firm goals, including targeted early careers programs to attract entry-level talent and oversee national recruitment initiatives for a consistent candidate experience.

• Stakeholder management Collaborating with internal stakeholders, including partners and People & Development Team, to understand hiring needs and ensure recruitment efforts align with business objectives across all offices.

• Talent Pipelines: Building and maintaining relationships with universities and industry organisations to establish a robust talent pipeline, implementing innovative approaches to attract and engage early career professionals.

• Technology and Data: Advocating for and leveraging recruitment technologies to streamline processes, enhance the candidate experience, and analyse metrics for informed decision-making and continuous improvement.

• Employer Branding: Enhancing the Firm's employer brand through targeted marketing and communication strategies with the support of the Employer Brand Team and the broader Marketing & Client Services team.

• Project management: Coordinating team resources for effective project management, ensuring timely and budget-conscious delivery of projects to the desired quality.

• People management: Managing the National Early Careers Team by aligning strategies, setting objectives, providing coaching, addressing development needs, implementing proactive performance management, and developing retention strategies.

This is a full-time or 0.8FTE maximum term contract for an initial period of 12 months to cover parental leave. At Allens we have a hybrid working structure, typically 60% in the office and 40% from home. We would be happy to discuss any other flexible working arrangements that best support you.

About you

You will have:

• Experience recruiting, ideally at a law firm, within professional services, or similar complex environment, ideally within an Early Careers recruitment environment.

• People leadership experience.

• Knowledge and implementation of best practice recruitment methodologies and practices.

• Analytical and reporting capabilities would be highly regarded.

• Outstanding client relationship and stakeholder management skills.

• Strong communication and influencing skills.

• An ability to establish a professional profile and internal networks.

• An ability to bring fresh ideas and new ways to go to market to the team. A desire to learn, grow, network, mentor others.

Your development

In joining Allens, you will receive unparalleled learning and development opportunities. You will be challenged, supported and guided as you learn and develop, and will be encouraged to grow. We foster greatness, and will coach and support you to meet your goals and aspirations.

Our unique Career Deal allows you to take control of your career and provides a transparent approach to career development. Our international alliance with Linklaters means we are able to support secondments all over the world.

Our perks

Our benefits include:

• Financial market competitive fixed remuneration, employee recruitment referral program, discounts at hundreds of suppliers including retail outlets, health and travel insurance, charity matched funding program.

• Health and wellbeing fully subsidised gym memberships, annual flu vaccinations, skin checks, in-house snacks and catered meals, subsidised sporting and social activities, Employee Assistance Program including confidential counselling, wellbeing coaching and financial coaching for employees and their families.

• Flexibility hybrid and flexible working arrangements to support you in your work and life commitments and passions, equipment to support working from home.

• Leave ability to purchase additional annual leave, access to an enhanced, inclusive and flexible parental leave policy – 26 weeks paid parental leave with no minimum service for permanent employees and high quality executive coaching to support the transition.

• Recognition team based recognition including social activities and contribution based recognition activities, and annual Allens Values Awards to nominate and recognise the incredible contributions of our people.

Allens is also proud to invest in our communities, giving you the opportunity to make a difference through our work on reconciliation, the environment and other social justice issues as well as our workplace giving and volunteering programs.

How to apply?

We'd love to hear from you so please click 'apply now'! If you would like to find out more, please visit "This is Allens" or listen to our Allens Confidential podcast to hear real stories from real people about life at Allens. Alternatively, for a confidential discussion, please phone Priyanka Krishnan-D'Souza, Talent Acquisition Consultant, on +61 3 9613 8835.

At Allens, our culture is made up of unique backgrounds and varying life experiences. We celebrate our people's differences across gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, cultural backgrounds, First Nations communities, and family and caring arrangements. If you require adjustments to fully participate in our application process, please contact us at careers@allens.com.au We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align, please express your interest by emailing us at careers@allens.com.auThe right role for you might be just around the corner!