Department/Division: Human Resources        

Duration: Permanent

Location: London (Hybrid)

Reports to: Senior Manager, Partner Recruitment                              

Direct Reports: None

Type of Role: Permanent

The Department

The Regional (UK, Ireland & Middle East) Recruitment function consists of Early Careers, Experienced Hires, and Partner Hiring teams that together support Dentons’ strategic direction and growth through the attraction and hiring of high-quality talent.

The Partner Hiring team focuses on identifying and recruiting our future leaders, aligning its priorities with the firm’s five-year strategy. You’ll be joining a collaborative, forward-thinking team helping to shape the future success and culture of the firm as we hire the next generation of senior lawyers and business leaders across the region.

The team’s approach is grounded in transparency, innovation, equality, and respect — ensuring an efficient, engaging, and inclusive hiring process that reflects Dentons’ values and ambition.

The Role

The Partner Hiring team consists of a Senior Manager, a Manager, an Advisor, and a Coordinator. As the Partner Hiring Coordinator, you’ll play a critical role in keeping the entire recruitment process moving — anticipating what needs to happen next, maintaining accountability across the team, and ensuring that nothing slips through the cracks.

You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders across the firm, including Divisional Leads, Practice Management, Finance, IT, and Compliance, supporting every stage of the partner recruitment and onboarding process. No two partner hires are the same, so being able to adjust to different requirements, effectively communicate, and solve problems are key.

Alongside managing day-to-day recruitment activity, you’ll also contribute to continuous improvement projects — helping to streamline processes, enhance onboarding, and improve the overall candidate and stakeholder experience. This role offers a unique opportunity to develop a deep understanding of the legal market and the partner hiring process, while working in a team that values openness, collaboration, and fun.

Responsibilities

• Drive the Partner Hiring process — effectively coordinate meetings, interviews, documentation, and stakeholder communication, ensuring all actions are tracked, deadlines are met, and processes stay on course.
• Maintain accountability across the team, prompting next steps and ensuring everyone knows what needs to happen when.
• Provide seamless administrative and logistical support, including interview scheduling, room bookings, and offer documentation.
• Manage onboarding logistics, ensuring a smooth and compliant transition for new partners — from offer acceptance to their first day — while managing all regulatory and LLP-related requirements.
• Collaborate across teams such as Finance, Compliance, HR, IT, and Clients & Markets to ensure all relevant checks, approvals, and systems are in place ahead of each partner’s arrival.
• Act as the central point of communication between candidates, agencies, and internal stakeholders — maintaining a professional, transparent, and responsive experience for all parties.
• Adjust approach to evolving priorities, managing multiple processes and adjusting plans as circumstances change.
• Contribute to process improvement projects, identifying opportunities to enhance efficiency, consistency, and inclusivity across the UKIME region.
• Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion, ensuring all recruitment practices are fair, transparent, and aligned with the firm’s values.
• Manage documentation and reporting, maintaining accurate trackers, templates, and records to support reporting, governance, and compliance requirements.
• Communicate effectively with senior stakeholders, tailoring your style to suit different preferences (e.g., Teams updates, emails, or brief check-ins).
• Collaborate as part of a close-knit team, contributing ideas, feedback, and suggestions to improve how we work and support the firm’s strategic goals.

What You'll Bring

• Excellent organisation skills and ability to stay two steps ahead, anticipating needs.
• A proactive mindset and the ability to own tasks and projects.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage senior stakeholders effectively.
• Willingness to change and maintain focus in a swiftly evolving atmosphere.
• A genuine interest in people, process, and partnership – with curiosity to learn about the business and the legal market.
• A collaborative, open, and solutions-focused approach, with a drive to improve and innovate.

Why Dentons

This is an opportunity to work in a high-profile, constantly evolving environment where you’ll be closely involved in decisions that shape the future of the firm. You’ll gain exposure to senior stakeholders, contribute to meaningful projects, and help deliver a quality experience for every new partner joining Dentons.

Firm Profile

Across more than 80 countries, Dentons helps you grow, protect, operate and finance your organisation by providing uniquely global and deeply local legal solutions. Polycentric, purpose-driven and committed to inclusion, diversity, equity and sustainability, we focus on what matters most to you. www.dentons.com

Inclusion & Diversity

We are committed to building an inclusive culture here at Dentons where our people can thrive, regardless of their background or circumstance. As well as being the right thing to do, it makes good business sense too. A richness of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives helps us best serve our clients and the communities in which we operate. You can find out more about inclusion and diversity at Dentons here: Inclusion and Diversity.

Equal Opportunities

Dentons is committed to providing equal opportunities for all. We welcome applications from everyone including of any age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, neurodiversity, disability, or with parental or caring responsibilities. We also offer flexible working hours.

During the application process, all applicants have the opportunity to tell us about any adjustments or support they require so they are able to perform at their best. Any information you share with us during the application process is treated in confidence.

If you have any questions about this or the role criteria, please email recruitment.matters@dentons.com. 

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

If you are interested in applying for this position, we welcome direct applications via our careers page, but if you have any questions beforehand, please email  recruitment.matters@dentons.com. Enquiries only please – applications will not be accepted via email.

Please note that we will not accept unsolicited CVs sent to the business, nor will we accept any associated terms of business.