Recruitment Coordinator, Early Careers

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm, where our ambition is to help you achieve your goals.

Exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence are at our core. We invest in and care about our client relationships, which is why so many are longstanding. We enjoy breaking new ground, as we have for over 170 years.

As a fully integrated transatlantic and transpacific firm, we are where you need us to be. Our footprint is extensive and committed across the world’s largest markets, key financial centres and major growth hubs.

At our best tackling complexity and navigating change, we work alongside you on demanding litigation, exacting regulatory work and complex public and private market transactions. We are recognised as leading in these areas.

We are immersed in the sectors and challenges that impact you. We are recognised as standing apart in energy, infrastructure and resources. And we’re focused on areas of growth that affect every business across the world.

All of this is achieved by supporting the growth of our people, who help us deliver on our ambition – which is to help you achieve yours.

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer: Your goals. Our ambition

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Recruitment Coordinator to join our Early Careers team on a permanent, full-time basis in our Melbourne office.

In this varied role, you will provide recruitment coordination support across our national Early Careers program, assisting with vacation clerk recruitment and graduate program management in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane.

Reporting to the Early Careers Manager, you will play a key role in delivering a positive recruitment experience for students and internal stakeholders. You will also work closely with HR colleagues, and partners and lawyers throughout the recruitment process.

What you’ll do

• Manage candidate communications across each state, providing helpful and timely responses to candidates, as well as internal and external stakeholders.

• Screen job applications, organise candidate interviews and collate feedback.

• Update and maintain candidate information in the relevant recruitment system(s).

• Coordinate onboarding for our vacation clerks and graduates (e.g. drafting employment contracts and managing pre-employment checks).

• Assist with program coordination nationally (e.g. booking boardrooms and catering, organising presenters and updating presentation slides).

• Provide on the ground support for our Melbourne vacation clerkship and graduate program.

• Support with operational changes required during our rotational graduate program.

• Prepare marketing collateral and coordinate our social media channels.

• Coordinate events during the clerkship process and attend campus recruitment events (e.g. careers fairs and campus presentations).

• Get involved in national projects - working with our Senior Advisers across each state to deliver an exceptional vacation clerk and graduate program.

• Lead on identifying areas in which we can leverage AI to improve our candidate processes.

What you’ll bring

• Unrestricted working rights in Australia.

• Experience as a Coordinator in a Recruitment, Early Careers or HR team.

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with in person and remote colleagues.

• Strong attention to detail and an organised, process-driven approach.

• A confidence to interact with people at all levels and network with prospective candidates at internal and on-campus events.

• Experience using a HRIS and/or recruitment system (e.g. Workday).

• An innovative mindset, curious about AI and emerging technologies.

What you can expect from us

• We’re a world leading international law firm with a global team of over 6,000 professionals across 26 offices. As the market leader in Australia, we are committed to high performance, collaboration, diversity and digital innovation. We are client-centred, commercially driven, and renowned for our solution-focused expertise. We will align your growth with our ambitions.

• We make your personal and professional growth our business. And as part of the team, our ambition is yours too. Wherever you are in your career: grow and help the firm grow with you.

• We will provide opportunities to learn on the job as well as a mix of learning opportunities tailored to you. Daily experiences, supportive challenges, team collaboration, mentors, and structured learning opportunities help you to expand your knowledge and reach your goals.

• We value your wellbeing, both at home and work and we place a strong emphasis on mental health. If you need support, you’ll have it and we’ll empower you to harness your personal strengths, navigate uncertainty, embrace opportunities, and effectively manage things within your control.

• For more benefits on offer such as our holistic wellbeing fund or home office allowance please click here.

• Join us to be part of a human, bold and outstanding team at Australia’s market leading law firm.

We are committed to attracting people from all backgrounds and creating a respectful and inclusive culture where everyone thrives. We see this as essential to our success, including our ability to innovate and achieve sustained high performance. This is a key part of our Values—Human, Bold, and Outstanding.

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Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to attracting people from all backgrounds and creating a respectful and inclusive culture where everyone thrives. We see this as essential to our success, including our ability to innovate and achieve sustained high performance. This is a key part of our Values—Human, Bold, and Outstanding.