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Recruitment Researcher/ Associate Consultant - Legal

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Robert Walters is the world’s most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, recruitment process outsourcing and advisory services for businesses of all shapes and sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds. We help organisations find the skills and solutions to reach their goals and assist talented professionals to power their unique potential. We offer our people incredible career opportunities as well as an inclusive culture and flexible working.

As a Recruitment Researcher with us, you will work alongside a team of experienced recruiters in the Legal Governance team (a high performing team who focus on placing Risk & Compliance professionals into Law Firms) who are specialists in their particular markets. Your role will involve providing essential data to our consultants in relation to candidates and all aspects of the recruitment market. It is an opportunity to take on a rewarding role that will give you the perfect platform from which to develop a long-term career with us as a Recruitment Consultant – and beyond.

Working alongside experts, you’ll have the chance to develop deep sector expertise and gain insight from the very best in the business.

Put simply, as a world-leading specialist professional recruitment consultancy with a reputation for accelerated career growth, we’ll give you the tools and support you need to take your first steps in the field of recruitment and plot your own international career path.

Researcher Responsibilities

  • Identify new business opportunities by speaking to candidates and developing your understanding of the market
  • Carry out some specific headhunting projects and support our consultants when they’re out of the office
  • Research relevant industry news and developments, pro-actively acting on any information you gather from your research – or from candidates
  • Screen CVs and source new candidates using a variety of methods, including referrals and job boards
  • Carry out telephone-based and face-to-face interviews with candidates
  • Ensure our candidate databases are up to date and hold all relevant statutory information


Team Assistant Responsibilities

  • Maintain and update the client and candidate data base
  • Update and format the CVs of newly registered, existing and working candidates
  • Liaise with clients and candidates, answering calls, taking messages and handling queries
  • Undertake a variety of other tasks from diary management to document production

Benefits:

  • A unique opportunity to drive projects such as Employer Branding, Talent pipelining, Recruitment Innovation, Candidate Experience
  • A track record of high performance and an ability to deliver excellent results consistently is key. In return for your hard work, you’ll be offered a competitive top salary and benefits package with bonuses/commission and fantastic incentives programme
  • Private medical insurance
  • The opportunity to partake / qualify for our Global incentive weekend
  • Employee wellbeing through various programmes
  • Competitive salaries
  • Clear progression plan and international work opportunities (multiple offices globally)
  • Collaborative working environment that is sociable, celebratory and supportive
  • Flexi-working
  • Best in class training & development programmes


As a Disability Confident Employer, Robert Walters is committed to offering a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process to all candidates. If you require any accommodations or adjustments as a result of a disability, impairment or health condition, please do not hesitate to let me know.

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Contract Type: Permanent

Specialism: Legal

Focus: Other - Private Practice

Industry: Legal

Salary: Competitive Package

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Experience Level: Associate

Language: English - Professional working

Location: London

Job Reference: 7772

Date posted: 13 January 2026

Consultant: Georgia Whiting

Phone number:

georgia.whiting@robertwalters.com

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