PURPOSE OF THE ROLE 

We are looking to further strengthen our Partner Resourcing team with the addition of a Partner Resourcing Coordinator – a role that sits at the heart of how we shape the future of our firm.

At Addleshaw Goddard, the Partner Resourcing team manages 40–50 lateral partner hires each year and advises the firm's leadership on partner recruitment strategy. The Partner Resourcing Coordinator will help us deliver high‑quality, insight‑led support to our practice groups, reinforcing our competitive edge in the London market.

You will help ensure partner candidates experience a structured, well‑informed and positive recruitment journey, while supporting partners and teams to understand their target markets and identify growth opportunities. Working closely with the Partner Resourcing team, you will support lateral partner recruitment across our global network and contribute to both the strategic and day‑to‑day delivery of our approach.

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious, commercially minded aspiring lawyer to gain exposure to the firm's senior leadership, see how strategic decisions are made, and develop a sophisticated understanding of the legal market and what it takes to build a successful, growth‑focused law firm.

THE TEAM 

The Partner Recruitment team at Addleshaw Goddard currently consist of three dedicated partner resourcing managers, supported by an Executive PA who cover the global recruitment efforts at this level across the firm. We are responsible for managing and enhancing the journey of partner candidates from introduction through to onboarding. The team plays a central role in ensuring a seamless and positive candidate experience, while supporting the firm's strategic growth objectives. Our other responsibilities include:

• Working collaboratively with agents to ensure they have the information needed to approach, engage, and introduce the correct talent, and we provide them with the market intelligence required to do so effectively.
• Managing and negotiating terms of business with external recruitment agents, ensuring compliance with AG's procurement, risk management, and data protection policies. The team maintains central records, oversees compliance, handles queries or disputes, and regularly reviews and updates agreements to reflect market or firm policy changes.
• Working closely with HR Business Partners and Commercial Finance Managers in relevant business groups to develop robust business cases for partner hires, gathering and analysing data on team structures, financial performance, market trends, and strategic priorities. The team supports partners in articulating the commercial rationale, projecting revenue generation, and identifying risks. We coordinate information for internal approvals, ensure alignment with the firm's growth strategy, and facilitate discussions to address queries from decision-makers.
• Providing hands-on guidance to sponsor partners and candidates in completing the LPQ, ensuring all relevant information (including client relationships, business plans, conflicts, and compliance matters) is captured accurately. The team educates lateral candidates and agents on AG's partner compensation structure, covering remuneration, bonus schemes, and equity arrangements to ensure transparency and manage expectations. We also supply up-to-date information on the firm's financial performance, including revenue growth, profitability, and market positioning, so candidates and agents clearly understand AG's stability and prospects.
• Driving direct sourcing efforts through market mapping to identify and assess potential talent, giving partner groups valuable insights into their target markets, competitor activity, and emerging trends. This enables informed decision-making around growth opportunities and recruitment strategy. By making direct approaches to candidates, we engage them confidentially and manage their recruitment journey in a way that is tailored to the firm's needs, ensuring a consistent candidate experience and supporting strategic business objectives.

YOUR AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE

• Strong understanding of the legal market and law firm structures, including sectors, partner recruitment dynamics and key trends in the UK and international legal sector – or a clear interest in developing this knowledge as an aspiring solicitor.
• Experience of recruiting for partner or senior roles, ideally within professional services or a legal environment; or strong, demonstrable interest in talent, strategy and law firm growth.
• Creativity and a proactive mindset, with the ability to bring fresh ideas and practical solutions to improve recruitment processes and candidate experience, and to support continuous team development.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities, ensuring time is used effectively and recruitment activity remains aligned with business needs.
• Commitment to best practice, including an understanding of (or appetite to develop understanding of) diversity, equity and inclusion in recruitment, and a willingness to support the firm's wider objectives in this area.
• Ability to analyse market data, recruitment trends and business needs to support informed decision making and contribute to the firm's growth strategy.
• Confidence using tools and platforms to monitor the legal market and track lateral partner moves, supporting effective market mapping and data driven recruitment decisions.
• The ideal candidate will not only have the technical expertise required, but also the creativity and drive to help shape and enhance the way the team delivers for partners at AG.

OUR FIRM

Addleshaw Goddard is a place where you are valued, encouraged, and challenged to fulfil your potential in a supportive and collegiate environment.  Our culture of improvement, growth and collaboration delivers results, drives innovation, and rewards ambition. 

We not only provide technical excellence and experience but, crucially, demonstrate real insight into our clients and what really matters to them and as such we are natural choice for FTSE100 clients and their equivalents in other markets.

Our success has been built by people from the widest range of backgrounds, locations, and perspectives. We have a number of employee networks that provide space to discuss the differences that make us who we are and celebrate this at AG.

OUR APPROACH: IMAGINE THE BEST YOU CAN BE

Everything we've accomplished can be traced back to our people and the way we work. Our reputation is something we are proud of, and constantly invest in. 

Here, you'll do high calibre work, with high-character colleagues who care for one another and our clients. 

Are you up for the challenge?