Lateral TA Senior Advisor, Asia

In this role, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality, timely and cost-effective recruitment outcomes for assigned Practice Groups and Business Teams across all our offices in Asia. As a Senior Advisor, you will quickly establish a strong reputation and gain the confidence of stakeholders by consistently providing an outstanding recruitment service. You will be viewed as a trusted advisor on all operational recruitment matters. By developing a deep understanding of your client groups, you will provide valuable commercial insights to your team and actively contribute to the broader talent agenda.

Resourcing

• →Manage end-to-end recruitment process including sourcing, screening, interviewing and offer negotiation.
• →Work with Partners and Hiring Managers to identify hiring needs and skill sets and determine a resourcing plan to meet the hiring needs
• →Develop and manage candidate ‘talent pools’
• →Test validity and comprehensiveness of job descriptions at the start of the recruitment process
• →Explore available resourcing options, to include the employee referral scheme, internal publications, alumni network, internet channels, advertising, and recruitment agencies

Sourcing and attraction strategy

• →Establish innovative sourcing and attraction strategies to attract the right people from the widest pool for each vacancy / recruitment campaign
• →Determine the key selling messages for each area of the firm, aligned with the global recruitment messages
• →Liaise with the Lateral TA Manager to ensure a co-ordinated and consistent approach globally and to share best practices between offices

Selection and assessment

• →Establish strong collaboration with the Recruitment Assistant and Advisors to provide a seamless, high-quality end-to-end candidate experience.
• →Determine and manage the relationships with partner organisations to ensure access to a diverse candidate pool of the highest quality
• →Implement robust, consistent selection and assessment frameworks to enable fair and high-quality hiring decisions across lateral recruitment.
• →Advise on selection tools (including online testing and case studies)
• →Work with hiring managers to establish screening criteria for each role. Interview candidates and provide an independent, competency-based assessment
• →Advise hiring partners on recruitment best practices and diversity awareness
• →Support and constructively challenge hiring managers on selection decisions at interview and offer stage to ensure hiring outcomes are consistent and aligned to firm standards.

Relationship building

• →Develop internal relationships with key stakeholders across the Practice Groups and Business Teams
• →Develop and maintain strong relationships with our preferred recruitment agencies
• →Develop and maintain a network of external recruitment contacts to keep abreast of good practices and market updates
• →Act as the lead person for all recruitment knowhow issues
• →Share successes and regular updates with the broader HR team

Character

• Able to influence senior stakeholders
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Collaborative and a strong team player
• Confidence to constructively challenge, where required
• Proactive and enthusiastic
• Innovative and strategic in thinking
• Works well under pressure

Education / Qualification

• University Degree or equivalent

Languages

• English (essential)
• Cantonese (preferred)
• Mandarin (preferred)

Practical experience

• Strong in-house recruitment experience within a professional services environment
• Excellent interviewing skills
• Knowledgeable in selection techniques and direct sourcing options

Office skills

• Able to multi-task effectively
• Computer literate – good working knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Excellent planning and organisation skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong experience using an online recruitment tool. Prior experience working with Workday and/or Beamery would be a plus.
• Adopting new tools and technologies (including AI-enabled solutions) to enhance efficiency and effectiveness

Commercial Skills

• Commercially aware
• Comfortable working with data