Location: Manchester
Great rewards + benefits + early careers pathways
There are many alternative career pathways within a major international law firm like Addleshaw Goddard. You don't need to be a lawyer to be a leader in this supportive and inclusive professional environment. Just be yourself. And start by being a totally unique HR Graduate.
As a premium law firm working for many thousands of leading organisations in over 100 countries, we don't deal in typical problems, typical solutions or typical careers. Our business is about finding the smartest route to the biggest impact, for our clients, our colleagues and the communities we serve. That means bringing great minds together and helping individuals to be the best they can be.
The many awards, nominations and top rankings we are proud to have received in recent years include accolades for training, peer support, innovation, gender equality, culture and diversity.
Our award-winning Human Resources team is located across our London, Manchester, Leeds and Edinburgh offices but they support the entire global business. The HR team is made up of smaller teams including Early Careers, Learning & Development, Reward, Resourcing, HR Operations, HR Business Partnering and CSR & Diversity, all of which are instrumental to the culture, growth and success of the whole firm.
If you're looking to develop your understanding of HR, our two-year HR Graduate programme is designed to give you broad exposure to the full life cycle of HR activities at Addleshaw Goddard. You will move between the various teams, gaining the knowledge, skills and experience you need to develop a successful HR career, working with a range of stakeholders and contributing your own views and ideas. You will also have the opportunity to work towards a Level 5 CIPD qualification.
Upon completion of the scheme, you'll have the opportunity to pick from one of our HR specialisms and continue building your career with us (subject to vacancies).
There is no such thing as a ‘typical' Addleshaw Goddard candidate. As a firm, we have always been shaped by different ways of looking at the world. We know our success depends on giving opportunities to people from the widest range of backgrounds, locations and perspectives.
Of course, there are some attributes we would like you to bring to this role (listed below). However, your personality and individuality matter just as much – we want you to be yourself and we will do our best to build your skillset.
- A desire to develop and progress within HR.
- Ability to get on well with a broad range of people and stakeholders.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to use different approaches depending on the audience and the context.
- High level of attention to detail with significant emphasis on quality of work.
- Ability to be resilient and successfully manage multiple competing workstreams.
- Strong organisational skills.
- Sound commercial awareness.
- Minimum 5 GCSEs, including English and Maths at Grade 4 or above.
- 2:2 degree in any discipline.
With Addleshaw Goddard, you can expect a supportive team culture, a flexible, friendly and state-of-the-art working environment, and an attractive salary and benefits package.
For the role of HR Graduate, we will reward you with a starting salary of £24,000 a year, which will increase to £26,000 in your second year on the scheme.
Core benefits include Life Assurance, Income Protection, Pension and Bonus schemes, with additional Health & Wellbeing benefits and services, plus many voluntary Lifestyle benefits, ranging from a cycle to work scheme, gym allowance and Give As You Earn scheme to season ticket travel loans and railcards.
Our early careers pathways are based on delivering the right training and development opportunities for you as an individual. Our dedicated early careers team is on hand with advice and assistance.
We are an equal opportunity employer and we do not discriminate on the basis of a person's sex, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, background or any other protected characteristic. We are committed to having a diverse team and actively encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds and communities.
To do this effectively, we'd like to hear from you as soon as possible if there are things we can do to support you through the application or interview process – for example, providing you with additional time, organising appointments on particular days, or providing any accessibility support you may require to access our resources or buildings. If you would like to discuss ways in which we can support you, please email earlycareers@addleshawgoddard.com
The recruitment process is as follows:
- CV and Application Form
- Audio Interview
- In-person Assessment Centre w/c 19th June or w/c 26th June 2023
Closing date: 1st June 2023
Start date: September 2023
International Applicants and Sponsorship.
We welcome applications from candidates from all locations and do not make recruitment decisions based on applicants current location or right to work status.
However, please note that the terms of the Graduate role do not meet the Home Office requirements for a Skilled Worker visa. Therefore, we are unfortunately unable to sponsor visas for these roles at the point of hire. Please do look into other right to work options such as the Graduate visa. More information can be found on gov.uk regarding this. If you have any specific queries regarding your current circumstances please get in touch by emailing earlycareers@addleshawgoddard.com