Early Careers & Employer Brand Manager

In this role, you won’t just be executing a pre-packaged graduate cycle; you will lead and own the firm’s national early careers and employer branding strategy across six offices. Partnering directly with senior leadership, you will translate high-level growth goals into a sophisticated talent and employer brand roadmap. This is a pivotal leadership role in a mid-sized firm where you have genuine influence over strategy, allowing you to move beyond the "big firm" administrative grind to drive real, visible impact.

Key Accountabilities:

• Serve as a strategic architect for the national early careers agenda, providing expert, partner-level advice on talent trends and differentiating the brand in a competitive market.
• Lead a targeted, high-calibre intake that prioritises quality over quantity, ensuring the firm's clerkship and graduate programs remain bespoke and market-leading.
• Drive an authentic employer brand by partnering with Marketing to create campaigns that reflect the firm's unique culture—one that values wit, grit, and genuine human connection.
• Lead senior external diplomacy with law faculties and student associations nationally, positioning the firm as the destination for top-tier legal talent.
• Influence a Partner-led model by acting as a trusted consultant to practice leaders, ensuring the firm's early careers initiatives are strategically aligned and locally relevant.

You are an established talent professional with significant experience in early careers and employer branding, ideally within a legal or matrixed professional services environment. You are a proven strategist who thrives in a "hand-on-the-wheel" role, possessing the gravitas to engage Partners and the creativity to evolve traditional recruitment into a sophisticated brand experience. Commercially minded and highly authentic, you possess the resilience to navigate a partnership model while maintaining the wit and personality that makes the culture unique.

This is a rare opportunity to be a key leader designing the future talent pipeline of a leading firm with a national footprint and a boutique feel. If you're interested in hearing more, please get in touch for a confidential conversation with me at 0435 282 160 or cprior@hrpartners.com.au. Alternatively, you can apply via the advert.

At Randstad HR Partners, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.

At Randstad HR Partners, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.