Recruitment Consultant – Legal

Job Description

Reed is the most recognised recruitment brand in the UK, with a rich history and reputation for improving lives through work, for over 60 years. Delivering recruitment solutions with many household brands throughout the UK and globally, we find new jobs and careers for people from many different backgrounds across multiple business sectors. We look for people who enjoy an inclusive and collaborative environment, who strive for performance and celebrate team success, in a rewarding career.

Pay Range Salary: £27,000-£32,500 + Uncapped Commission

Recruitment Consultant Reed Legal Edinburgh

Location: Edinburgh

Are you a recent graduate looking to launch a rewarding and lucrative career? Reed Legal is seeking ambitious, driven and commercially minded graduates to join our specialist legal recruitment team in Edinburgh. No recruitment experience is required. We’ll provide the training, support and development needed to help you build a successful career within one of the UK’s most established recruitment businesses. You’ll work with legal professionals ranging from Paralegals and Solicitors through to Partners and General Counsel, helping law firms and in-house legal teams attract top talent.

What you’ll be doing:

• Building relationships with legal professionals and clients
• Sourcing and interviewing candidates
• Supporting recruitment processes from vacancy qualification through to placement
• Learning business development and client management skills
• Developing your own specialist market knowledge
• Providing consultative advice to candidates and clients
• Working towards personal and team targets

What we’re looking for:

• Degree educated (or equivalent)
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Competitive, ambitious and resilient mindset
• Commercial awareness and desire to succeed
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Confidence speaking with professionals at all levels

What you’ll receive:

• Structured graduate training programme
• Dedicated mentorship and coaching
• Uncapped commission from day one
• Clear progression opportunities
• Hybrid working
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Wellness benefits and employee discounts
• Opportunity to build a long-term career with a market leader

If you’re looking for a graduate opportunity that combines sales, relationship building and genuine earning potential, Reed Legal could be the perfect place to start your career. Feel what it’s like to truly belong

All job offers are subject to satisfactory references and compliance with vetting requirements applicable to the job role.

Reed is an equal opportunities employer. We aim to ensure that no candidate or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity. We are a Mindful Employer and offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria. As a proud signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, we welcome applications from ex services personnel, reservists and cadets and offer a guaranteed interview for applicants who meet the minimum criteria.

We’re never afraid to ask, “What’s next?” Inspiration comes from knowing the work you do really matters and, as trailblazers in our field, the value of what we do every day is obvious. We are a family business with a rich history and a purpose of improving lives through work, for people and organisations worldwide. Our inclusive and collaborative approach, combined with an unwavering belief in our long standing core values, means that we genuinely trust and work hard for each other. We have built a dynamic culture where individual achievement is celebrated and succeeding as a team is revered. A supportive environment, where careers are developed and futures are forged. Feel what it’s like to truly belong.

Our story In the early 1960s, Reed pioneered specialist recruitment in the UK. Seven decades on, we have become the world’s largest family run recruitment business, with offices spanning across the UK, Europe, USA, the Middle East and East Asia. With access to the UK’s largest candidate database and expertise across 20 specialist sectors, we are committed to ensuring that people are at the heart of everything we do to ensure we fulfil our purpose: improving lives through work.