Halifax Recruitment Specialist

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The Opportunity

Are you an experienced recruiter who knows how to take a hiring need and turn it into a thoughtful, well-run recruitment process, from sourcing the right candidates through to offer?

McInnes Cooper is seeking a Recruitment Specialist to join our People & Culture team in a full-time, 12-month contractposition based in Halifax.

This is a hands-on role for someone who knows recruitment. You understand how to find talent, assess fit, manage multiple searches, build effective recruitment processes and use data to continuously improve how hiring gets done. You will recruit across the firm while also taking the lead role in our law student and articled clerk recruitment program.

What you'll do

Responsibilities

What you'll do

• Manage end-to-end recruitment, from understanding workforce and hiring needs through sourcing, screening, interviewing, selection, offers and employment contracts.
• Build strong sourcing strategies and compelling job postings that reach and attract the right candidates.
• Lead our law student and articled clerk recruitment processes, including planning, timelines, candidate engagement, interviews, events and coordination with law schools.
• Build and manage effective recruitment workflows, keeping multiple searches moving while creating a consistent and positive candidate and hiring-manager experience.
• Track and analyze recruitment data and trends, using insights to inform sourcing strategies, workforce planning and continuous improvement.

What you'll need

Qualifications

You will be a great fit if you...

• Bring at least three years of dedicated recruitment experience and are confident managing searches from beginning to end.
• Know how to source talent, not simply process applicants, and can adapt your approach when the right candidates aren't coming to you.
• Understand recruitment best practices, candidate assessment, inclusive hiring and the importance of a strong candidate experience.
• Are highly organized and can confidently manage multiple recruitment processes, stakeholders and deadlines at the same time.

A recruitment certification or related professional credential; experience in legal, professional services, student or early-talent recruitmentwould be an asset.

The salary range for this position is $63,200 to $94,800 annually. Individual compensation is determined based on the successful candidate's experience, qualifications, skills, and other relevant factors.

We're looking for

Core Skills

Adaptable and Flexible
Client-focused
Committed to Professionalism
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Team-oriented
Thrive in A Fast-paced Environment
Highly detail-oriented
Technology Champion
Thrive in deadline-drive Environments

A little bit about us

McInnes Cooper

About MC

McInnes Cooper is a solutions-driven Canadian law firm and member of Lex Mundi, the world's leading network of independent law firms. Providing strategic counsel to industry-leading clients from Canada and abroad, the firm has continued to thrive for over 160 years through its relentless focus on client success, talent engagement and innovation.

A certified Great Place to Work, McInnes Cooper has an integrated team of over 220 lawyers and 250 professional resources and offers clients a full range of legal services across eight offices in Charlottetown, Fredericton, Halifax, Moncton, Saint John, St. John's, Sydney and Toronto.

Our People

At McInnes Cooper you will find a team that values you. We recognize that our members are key in delivering outstanding client service and we provide a collaborative, professional environment with a member focused culture. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment that values, respects and supports different perspectives, cultures and experiences.

Diversity & Inclusion

We recognize that our individual differences make us a stronger, more adaptable law firm. We embrace these differences and give all of our members the opportunity to develop their unique skills and talents.

Collective Social Responsibility

We are recognized as a leader and innovator amongst Canadian law firms in the field of Collective Social Responsibility. Our people are concerned citizens who enjoy giving back. Together, we focus on developing ongoing partnerships with community organizations that do amazing work, often despite limited resources and public awareness. As a firm, we have the ability to respond with contributions of time and monetary support, and our people give generously of their skills and effort.

Pro Bono Legal Services

Through our Pro Bono Program, we provide legal counsel to disadvantaged people and organizations that have difficulty gaining access to justice on matters of public interest.

Environmental Stewardship

Like any large organization, our operations leave a footprint on the environment. From paper use and waste production to transportation and energy consumption, we continually look for opportunities to minimize that impact.

Are you interested?

Work With Us

Our team members have access to:

• Defined-benefit pension plan;
• Firm-paid health and dental benefits;
• Commuting allowance;
• Time for you:
• Including vacation, personal and sick days.
• Balancing life:
• Work from home / Flex work options available for many team members.
• Our Team - we can't say enough about our people! You will be part of a collaborative, collegial, respectful and caring team; and,

The opportunity to participate in a variety of teams and initiatives, including AccessMC, Collective Social Responsibility, BIPOC, Pride@MC, Occupational Health & Safety, Special Events, Wellness, and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) initiatives.

McInnes Cooper is committed to building an environment that is diverse and inclusive, representative of the communities in which we serve. We welcome and encourage applications from persons who identify as racially visible, Indigenous, persons with disabilities, women in underrepresented roles and members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Applicants from these equity groups may self-identify through our on-line application process.

As part of the recruitment process, MC will provide accommodation(s) to candidates with disabilities. If you require an accommodation(s) to participate in the recruitment process with us, please contact us at [email protected].