Associate Recruitment Consultant - Legal Desk
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Role Overview
Tandem Search is a specialist recruitment firm focused on delivering talent globally.
The company is seeking an ambitious Associate Recruitment Consultant to join its Legal Desk.
This is an associate-level opportunity supporting candidate sourcing, business development, relationship management, and recruitment delivery.
The role offers exposure to the full recruitment lifecycle and development toward a 360 consultant position.
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Role Overview
Tandem Search is a specialist recruitment firm focused on delivering talent globally.
The company is seeking an ambitious Associate Recruitment Consultant to join its Legal Desk.
This is an associate-level opportunity supporting candidate sourcing, business development, relationship management, and recruitment delivery.
The role offers exposure to the full recruitment lifecycle and development toward a 360 consultant position.
Key Responsibilities
- Source, engage, and screen legal professionals for opportunities across the GCC.
- Manage a high volume of outbound calls and candidate interactions.
- Build and maintain long-term candidate relationships.
- Support consultants on live mandates and urgent hiring requirements.
- Proactively headhunt and identify high-quality legal talent.
- Write and post job adverts across relevant platforms.
- Develop and maintain organised candidate pipelines.
- Build knowledge of the GCC legal market, clients, and hiring requirements.
- Contribute to business development and the growth of the Legal Desk.
- Work toward individual and team targets in a high-performance environment.
What We Are Looking For
- Have a minimum of six months of agency recruitment experience.
- Have strong communication skills and confidence on the phone.
- Have a genuine interest in recruitment, sales, and working with people.
- Be commercially minded with a strong desire to achieve and progress.
- Be energetic, resilient, and comfortable in a fast-paced, target-driven environment.
- Be highly organised with strong attention to detail.
- Be motivated to develop a career within specialist recruitment.
- Be fluent in English.
- Legal recruitment experience is advantageous but not essential.
What We Offer
- Structured training and hands-on coaching from experienced recruiters.
- A clear progression path within a specialist legal recruitment desk.
- Exposure to the GCC legal market and senior legal professionals.
- An opportunity to develop into a full 360 recruitment consultant.
- Competitive base salary with performance-based incentives.
- A supportive, collaborative, and ambitious team environment.
- A high-performance culture with genuine opportunities for progression.
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