Are you ready to grow your recruitment career in a dynamic, high-performing legal environment? This is an exciting opportunity to support both early careers and legal recruitment in one of Australia’s most respected law firms. Join our collaborative, fun, and supportive team based in our stunning Barangaroo offices.

What you’ll be doing

As a Talent Acquisition Coordinator, you’ll play a key role in supporting both our Early Careers and our Experienced Hire recruitment. Your days will be varied, fast paced, and rewarding.

Key responsibilities

• Assisting with campus recruitment activities, including internal and external event coordination(in-person and virtual), university submissions, marketing collateral and maintaining our online profiles with various campus recruitment platforms, such as GradConnection and Prosple
• End to end support of early careers recruitment and selection processes (clerks, cadets, paralegals and graduates), including candidate liaison, assessment centre logistics, interview coordination, event management and reporting
• Supporting early careers programs, including induction coordination, onboarding activities, event management, performance and remuneration process administration, correspondence and reporting
• Drafting and posting engaging job advertisements
• Screening applications and assisting with shortlisting
• Managing interview scheduling and liaising with candidates and recruitment partners
• Conducting reference checks
• Coordinating induction programs for new starters
• Tracking graduate qualification requirements and supporting ongoing development
• Maintaining accurate recruitment data and generating reports
• Acting ‘champion’ for our Applicant Tracking System (SmartRecruiters)
• Management of the TA team mailbox (‘gtcareers’)

About you

You’re enthusiastic, adaptable, and enjoy working with people. You thrive in a fast-paced environment and are motivated by doing work that has an impact. You’ll bring:

• Previous admin experience in a corporate or professional environment, or strong customer service skills
• At least 1 year’s exposure to recruitment processes, either in-house or agency
• High attention to detail and a proactive, problem-solving mindset
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Discretion, sound judgment, and a strong sense of confidentiality
• A collaborative approach, with the confidence to work independently
• Strong interpersonal skills—you build relationships easily and bring positivity to the team

Why G+T?

Gilbert + Tobin (G+T) is a leading transactions, regulatory, and disputes law firm. We advise on some of the most high-profile matters in the country. We’re known for our bold thinking, collaborative culture, and commitment to social justice—including marriage equality, pro bono work, and Indigenous reconciliation.

We’re also proud to have one of the highest proportion of female partners of any major Australian law firm.

What we offer

• A culture that’s inclusive, forward-thinking, and genuinely fun
• Supportive leadership and opportunities to develop your skills across both early careers and experienced hire recruitment
• A competitive benefits package (viewable on our website)
• A beautiful open-plan office in the award-winning Barangaroo precinct, close to public transport, restaurants, and wellness facilities

Ready to apply?

If you’d like to find out more, please reach out to our Head of Talent Acquisition at PBarrett@gtlaw.com.au.

We are committed to providing and maintaining a diverse and inclusive environment and a culture where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute.

Ashurst is a leading global law firm with a determination to go beyond the ordinary by outpacing change. We have a community of 4800+ people across over 30 offices globally and are a trusted adviser to top corporates, financial institutions and governments. What sets us apart is our ambition for our people and our clients.

What makes Ashurst a great place to work?

• Flexible work options
• Market leading parental leave of 26 weeks paid leave irrespective of gender
• Health and wellbeing benefits, gym membership and corporate health plans
• Genuine opportunities to grow your career through secondments or global opportunities,
• Extensive Learning & Development opportunities including tailored professional development for all employees, coaching, mentoring and study support for further education.
• We have a strong commitment to social impact, demonstrated by our extensive volunteering and pro-bono opportunities, as well as our award-winning social inclusion and mobility programs.
• We are committed to reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

The Opportunity

We have a rare opportunity for an experienced Early Careers Consultant to join our national graduate recruitment team on a permanent full time basis in our Sydney office. You will work with a tight-knit, award winning national team who are recognised as one of the nation's top graduate employers with a market leading intern/clerkship program.

In addition to managing the annual recruitment process for our Clerkship and Graduate programs in our Sydney and Canberra offices, this unique role will also give you exposure to People & Culture Business Partnering duties, including coordinating the appraisal process, dealing with graduate enquiries and providing advice in line with firm policy. You will also:

• Conduct induction program for new starters and manage appraisal process
• Liaise with key Partners to coordinate rotations and settlement of graduates
• Build trusted, commercial relationships with key stakeholders including Partners, university law societies
• Attend and deliver events on campus and in-house including careers fairs and campus information/training sessions

A full job description including a breakdown of responsibilities can be found attached to the role on our careers page http://careers.ashurst.com/

We are interested in hearing from people who have:

• Previous relevant work experience in Graduate recruitment is essential (we are open to industry)
• Strong influencing skills and the ability to manage difficult conversations.
• Strong communication skills and comfortable presenting to large groups
• A pro-active approach and high level of initiative.

This role will be perfect for someone who is passionate about the Graduate space and wants to deepen their knowledge through working with an SME and thought leader who sits on the AAGE Board. You'll gain exposure to broader P&C generalist tasks and join a high performing team who have won numerous industry awards including 3rd in Top 25 Graduate Employers (AAGE) and 3rd in Most Popular Clerkship Employer (GradConnection).

We value diverse perspectives at Ashurst, so even if you don't feel you meet all of the requirements, we still encourage you to apply.

For more information or if you require any support and adjustments to participate equitably in our recruitment process or in the workplace, we encourage you to contact: globalresourcing@ashurst.com for a confidential conversation.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply directly to Ashurst. We prefer to talk with you personally and are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies.