Emerging Talent Advisor

Fantastic opportunity to join CMS as an Emerging Talent Advisor. We offer this role on a hybrid working basis (50% in office time). This role can be based in any of our UK offices.

CMS is a Future Facing firm with more than 70 offices in over 40 countries and 5,000+ lawyers worldwide. We combine deep local market understanding with a global perspective, we are passionate about building strong relationships with the clients we support, our people and the communities we work in.

We take a bold, dynamic and agile approach to ensure our clients are able to face the future with confidence. We are driven by technology and readily embrace the possibilities it opens up for developing new and better ways of delivering legal services. Our bold approach to a changing future ensures that we nurture our employees and recruit top talent. We don't just want to face the future we want to shape it.

Reporting to the Emerging Talent Manager, you will be responsible for supporting the current and future trainees as well as the acquisition of the firm's future talent, ensuring they are fully supported and engaged with the business prior to joining and throughout their time up to qualification as a newly qualified solicitor.
The role will be responsible for, but not limited to:
* Working closely with the rest of the Emerging Talent team to ensure a seamless progression from campus to the firm.
* Supporting Emerging Talent with developing their career in the firm and progressing to qualification.
* Point of contact for all Emerging Talent HR and development queries for a defined practice group.
* Liaising with key stakeholders (partners and office managers) for all international assignments, including obtaining the relevant approvals, management of the logistics, recommendations and obtaining feedback.
* Supporting on the international Emerging Talent strategy.
* Supporting the Emerging Talent Manager on the bi-annual qualification process.
* Planning, attending and facilitating the Emerging Talent programmes.
* Design and delivery of professional skills programme to early talent and their supervisors.
* Working closely with our preferred legal education provider to ensure that the compulsory and optional training needs/courses are completed.
* Working with colleagues to drive innovation and continuous improvement across the Emerging Talent team.
* To carry out ad-hoc tasks and projects to support the strategic direction of the overall Talent Acquisition function.

About You

Proven track record of working with Emerging Talent within a professional services or legal environment.
* Commercially focussed, with good negotiation skills, well organised and with the ability to manage a large and varied workload.
* Ability to define and implement creative campaigns and innovative approaches.
* An understanding of how to qualify as a solicitor in England, Scotland and some of our international offices.
* Strong HR technical skills, able to manage a wide range of situations.
* Effective networker, good at building and maintaining relationships both internally and externally.
* Excellent written and oral communication skills.
* Proactive customer service focus.

At CMS, a next-generation mindset is woven into all we do. We're diverse, supportive and inclusive, embracing our corporate social responsibility and creating a culture of sustainability in which every one of our people, whatever their background, can maximise their potential and thrive. For further information about CMS' diversity initiatives and programmes, please view the Diversity & Inclusion pages on our website.

Please apply online or contact a member of the Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions. For information regarding our competitive range of benefits please visit our Rewards & Benefits page on our website.

Please note that CMS have a preferred agency panel in place. Only applications submitted via the portal at the point of instruction will be accepted.

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