Graduate Recruitment and Development Coordinator

About the Role:
Based in Dubai or Abu Dhabi, the successful candidate will join a Graduate Recruitment team of six spread across Dubai and London. This role focuses on supporting the company’s international offices, including Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Riyadh, Hong Kong, Madrid, and Brussels, while also aiding in the development of new programs in emerging offices. As a steward of the company’s culture and values, the candidate will help attract and retain top-tier students and graduates aligning with the company’s current and future needs. This role reports to the Senior Manager, International Graduate Recruiting/Development.

Responsibilities Include:

• Ensure excellent candidate experience from first contact through the end of the trainee program.
• Coordinate with the Marketing and Business Development team on advertising, marketing materials, merchandise, and social media.
• Build relationships with target universities and organize, deliver, and attend campus and profile-raising activities, including law and career fairs such as the Hong Kong law fair, Prince Sultan University law fair, and the NYU Abu Dhabi law fair.
• Coordinate first-stage interviews and support the second-stage assessment process, including arranging interviews with relevant business stakeholders.
• Deliver candidate feedback and support the offer process across the programs.
• Maintain the application tracking systems, record keeping, and broader reporting.
• Organize and schedule the international programs’ day-to-day activities, including open days, vacation schemes, the Riyadh Co-op program, and direct training contract recruitment.
• Take full ownership of planning and delivering the content of the vacation schemes and summer programs in Hong Kong, the UAE, and Madrid.
• Work with Human Resources and local office teams to ensure a strong onboarding experience for interns, trainees, and secondees.
• Liaise with universities and law schools on registration and relevant qualification routes.
• Organize and deliver training and the induction schedule for incoming trainees.
• Conduct six-week catch-ups with trainees.
• Coordinate the seat change and seat review process, including mid and end-of-seat appraisals, and the qualification process.

Qualifications:

• Excellent written and verbal communication and strong interpersonal and team skills.
• First-class prioritization and organizational skills.
• Adaptable to working with colleagues and offices across multiple time zones, prioritizing accordingly.
• Proactive and detail-oriented.

Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• 2-3 years’ experience in early careers, preferably for an international firm or with international programs.

Additional Information:
Consideration for employment will be granted to qualified applicants with criminal histories in compliance with local law.

The company is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants, including individuals with disabilities, aiming for an inclusive and accessible hiring experience. Reasonable accommodations will be provided to qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the application and recruitment process, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.