Recruitment Apprentice (HR) - London
Akin Gump LLP
London (E1 6EG)
Closes in 29 days (Thursday 16 October 2025)
Posted on 17 September 2025
Contents
Summary
Alongside the Graduate Recruitment Manager and with the Graduate Recruitment Coordinator, the Graduate Recruitment Apprentice will play a key role in supporting the team’s graduate recruitment efforts. This is a varied, hands-on role ideal for someone looking to begin a career in HR or recruitment within a professional services environment.
- Wage
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£26,000 a year
- Training course
- HR support (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday-Friday (09:30-17:30).
36 hours a week
- Start date
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Thursday 23 October 2025
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
The London-based International Legal Recruiting & Development (LRD) team is responsible for lawyer recruitment and professional development across Akin’s international (non-US) offices. This includes managing the trainee solicitor and graduate recruitment programmes in London. Reporting to the Graduate Recruitment Manager and working closely with the Senior Graduate Recruitment Coordinator, the Graduate Recruitment Apprentice will play a key role in supporting the team’s graduate recruitment efforts. This is a varied, hands-on role ideal for someone looking to begin a career in HR or recruitment within a professional services environment. A strong client service approach and a flexible, proactive mindset are essential to contribute effectively to our high-performing and well-regarded business services team.
The Graduate Recruitment Apprentice will have a 20% off the job training element and will dedicate one day per week to focus on the HR Level 3 Support apprenticeship studies through Babington.
- Provide general administrative support to the Senior Graduate Recruitment Coordinator and Graduate Recruitment Manager throughout the full graduate recruitment cycle
- Coordinate lawyer involvement in both in-person and virtual law fairs, open days, and student outreach initiatives
- Manage the collection of candidate availability and coordinate the scheduling of telephone interviews
- Assist in the planning and delivery of the Spring Vacation Scheme and First-Year Social Mobility Talent Programme, including onboarding participants, scheduling sessions, securing internal speakers, updating materials, booking accommodation, managing travel expense reimbursements, and organising social events
- Arrange meeting rooms, conference calls, and catering for all student programmes and events, including managing dietary requirements
- Support with the delivery of ad hoc legal internship programmes in London and the Middle East, including creating internship timetables, administering tasks and scheduling check-in calls with the Graduate Recruitment team and interns
- Collaborate with the Human Resources department to process intern onboarding paperwork and proactively track and follow up with interns for any outstanding information
- Liaise with the Operations and IT teams to confirm seating arrangements and IT equipment setups for all interns
- Prepare correspondence, spreadsheets, forms and other documents and proofreads to ensure accuracy
- Monitor the Graduate Recruitment inbox, respond to queries promptly, and escalate where necessary
- Process and track all graduate recruitment and vendor invoices using Chrome River
- Work on special projects
- Provide support and backup to other department personnel as needed
- Maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information appropriately
- Take on additional responsibilities and ad hoc tasks as required
Benefits Include:
- Private Medical and Travel Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Life Assurance, Income Protection and Critical Illness Insurance
- Fitness and Wellbeing Reimbursement
- Discounted Gym Benefits
- Annual Eye Care
- Employee Assistance Programme and On-site Mental Health Services
- Cycle Scheme
- Season Ticket Loan
- Pension Scheme (7.5% Employer Contribution)
- Paid Overtime
- Discretionary Performance Based Bonus
- Mortgage Corporate Scheme
- MBL Seminar Access
- LinkedIn Learning Access
Where you'll work
Akin Gump LLP, 10 Bishops Square
London
E1 6EG
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
PARAGON EDUCATION & SKILLS LIMITED
Training course
HR support (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Service Delivery: Delivers excellent customer service on a range of HR queries and requirements, providing solutions, advice and support primarily to managers. Builds managers’ expertise in HR matters, improving their ability to handle repeated situations themselves where appropriate. Uses agreed systems and processes to deliver service to customers. Takes the initiative to meet agreed individual and team KPIs in line with company policy, values, standards. Plans and organises their work, often without direct supervision, to meet commitments and KPIs.
- Problem Solving: Uses sound questioning and active listening skills to understand requirements and establish root causes before developing HR solutions. Takes ownership through to resolution, escalating complex situations as appropriate.
- Communication & Interpersonal: Deals effectively with customers/colleagues, using sound interpersonal skills and communicating well through a range of media eg phone, face to face, email, internet. Adapts their style to their audience. Builds trust and sound relationships with customers. Handles conflict and sensitive HR situations professionally and confidentially.
- Teamwork: Consistently supports colleagues /collaborates within the team and HR to achieve results. Builds/maintains strong working relationships with others in the team and across HR where necessary.
- Process Improvement: Identifies opportunities to improve HR performance and service; acts on them within the authority of their role. Supports implementation of HR changes/projects with the business.
- Managing HR Information: Maintains required HR records as part of services delivered. Prepares reports and management information from HR data, with interpretation as required.
- Personal Development: Keeps up to date with business changes and HR legal/policy/process changes relevant to their role. Seeks feedback and acts on it to improve their performance and overall capability.
Training schedule
- HR Support Level 3 standard apprenticeship
- Functional Skills if required
Requirements
Essential qualifications
Other in:
AS Level or equivalent in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Team working
- Analytical skills
- Organisation skills
- Attention to detail
- IT skills
Other requirements
The closing date is guidance, if a successful candidate is found before the advertised dates, the advert will close early.
About this employer
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is a global law firm that provides a wide range of legal services to clients across various industries. Key practice areas include financial restructuring, corporate transactions, private equity, energy, and international trade, among other areas. There are 17 offices globally, and Washington D.C. is the headquarters. London is the largest international offices with 280 employees. This role will also have an international scope. The London HR team supports 6 other international offices across the Middle East, Asia and Europe.
After this apprenticeship
Possibility of a full time role after the completion of the apprenticeship.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
PARAGON EDUCATION & SKILLS LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000342568.
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Closes in 29 days (Thursday 16 October 2025)
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