Resourcing Advisor

Department/Division: Human Resources        
Duration: Permanent
Location: London 
Reports to: Resourcing Manager - Partner Recruitment  
Type of Role: Hybrid (Minimum of 2 days in Office)

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 candidates. 

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 Resourcing Manager, a Senior Advisor, an Advisor and a Coordinator. As the Resourcing Advisor - Partner Recruitment, you will play a specialist role supporting the delivery of Dentons' lateral partner hiring strategy across the UKIME region. Working closely with the Resourcing Manager and Senior Advisor, you will provide executive search-style research, market intelligence and direct sourcing capability to identify and engage exceptional partner candidates.

You will develop high-quality market intelligence, map talent across priority practice areas, identify prospective candidates, develop talent pipelines and conduct candidate outreach. Your work will directly inform strategic hiring decisions by providing robust evidence, commercial insight and detailed understanding of the external legal market. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the strategic growth of the Firm.

Responsibilities / What you are responsible for

• Support the Resourcing Manager and Senior Advisor by providing high-quality research, market insight and intelligence to inform strategic partner hiring decisions.
• Monitor competitor hiring activity, partner movements, legal market developments and trends.
• Create market intelligence reports, research briefings and search summaries.
• Produce detailed market maps across required practice areas, sectors, jurisdictions and strategic growth areas, identifying target/ competitor firms and high-potential prospective lateral partners.
• Undertake detailed candidate research using LinkedIn Recruiter, Pirical, legal directories and other market intelligence tools.
• Develop and maintain talent pipelines, build comprehensive longlists, target lists and talent maps for partner searches.
• Identify and assess candidates' practice focus, client following, market reputation and strategic fit.
• Conduct discreet, professional approaches to prospective lateral partner candidates.
• Support multiple concurrent partner searches while ensuring timely delivery and quality outputs.
• Prepare Partner search updates, progress reports, candidate summaries and longlist documentation.
• Represent Dentons professionally and confidentially throughout candidate engagement.
• Manage and coordinate with Partner recruitment agencies.
• Work closely with internal colleagues in other departments to produce high quality marketing materials to promote respective practice areas/ search mandates.
• Support wider partner recruitment projects and initiatives as directed by the Senior Advisor and Resourcing Manager.
• Continuously seek ways to improve the Partner hiring process.
• Contribute to developing a proactive, insight-led and commercially focused partner hiring function.
• Promote diversity, equity and inclusion by ensuring research and sourcing activities support fair and inclusive recruitment practices.
• Act as a brand ambassador for Dentons and promote the firm's values.

Capability, Experience and Qualifications / What you bring 

Essential

• Legal or professional services recruitment experience.
• Advanced research ability, with experience building market maps, talent pipelines, and candidate intelligence.
• Experience using LinkedIn Recruiter together with research platforms such as Pirical, legal directories or similar market intelligence tools.
• Advanced analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex market information and present meaningful insights.
• Solid written communication and report-writing skills.
• Well-developed organizational skills with highly developed attention to detail.
• Ability to manage highly confidential information with professionalism and discretion.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities and deadlines simultaneously.
• Confidence engaging professionally with senior legal professionals.

Desirable

• Executive search experience.
• Experience researching or recruiting partners or other senior legal professionals.
• Knowledge of the UK legal market, law firm partnership structures, lateral hiring and competitor law firm landscape.
• Experience producing executive search reports, market maps or research briefings.
• Experience within an in-house executive search function or specialist legal search firm.

Behavioural Expectations / How you do it 

Leading Self

• Prioritises competing demands effectively, delivering high-quality work while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
• Exercises sound judgement when handling confidential or sensitive information, acting with integrity and escalating issues appropriately.
• Demonstrates professionalism, composure and accountability, building credibility with colleagues, senior stakeholders and prospective candidates.

Expertise

• Applies structured thinking and sound judgement to analyse information, identify key insights and support informed decision-making.
• Delivers consistently high-quality work through thorough planning, attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy.
• Continuously develops knowledge of the legal market, using learning and external insight to enhance personal effectiveness and the quality of outputs.

Collaboration

• Builds effective working relationships with colleagues, sharing insight and contributing to aligned hiring outcomes.
• Communicates clearly and concisely, tailoring messages to different audiences including senior stakeholders and candidates.
• Works collaboratively across teams to support delivery of partner hiring activity and associated projects.

Advancing our business

• Contributes to an insight-led recruitment approach by identifying trends, market movements and opportunities within the legal landscape.
• Supports continuous improvement by identifying practical enhancements to research, sourcing and hiring processes.
• Ensures sourcing and engagement approaches reflect inclusive practices, supporting fair and balanced hiring outcomes.

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 and 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

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, neurotype, disability, or with parental or caring responsibilities. We are also “Happy to Talk Flexible Working” and welcome conversations about flexible working arrangements.

Dentons is a Disability Confident employer. Candidates with a disability may choose to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme. We will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role. Where application volumes are high, we may offer interviews to those who best meet the minimum criteria, consistent with our approach for all candidates.

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.