Internal Recruiter - HR - Derby

Smith Partnership is a leading law firm established in 1987, based in the East Midlands and Staffordshire. A forward thinking and progressive firm employing around 200 staff across 5 offices in Derby, Leicester, Swadlincote, Burton and Stoke.

We’re a growing firm, renowned for our comprehensive legal services, jargon-free approach and exceptional client care.

Role overview:

We’re looking for an Internal Recruiter to join us. You will be joining our expanding HR team that plays a huge part in the growth of the business.

The main purpose of this role is to support the development and delivery of a high-quality recruitment service, across the Firm from early careers to senior posts. This enables us to attract and retain high calibre talent to support growth plans.

• Delivering a full end-to-end recruitment and onboarding service across the firm, working closely with the Head of HR, HR team, and hiring managers.
• Leading and managing job campaigns, including attraction strategies, advertising, pre-screening, selection processes, and candidate communications.
• Building and maintaining strong talent pipelines and talent pools, supporting workforce planning and talent mapping with recruiting managers.
• Managing agency relationships within the preferred supplier list and oversee fair, robust, and inclusive recruitment processes.
• Coordinating induction and onboarding activity, including training arrangements and collaboration with HR, Learning & Development, IT, and wider stakeholders.
• Supporting employer branding initiatives, recruitment marketing, social media campaigns, and attendance at recruitment fairs and early careers events.
• Maintaining accurate recruitment records, monitor key recruitment metrics, provide regular updates to the Head of HR, and respond to queries in a timely manner.

Key requirements: 

• Experience of working in a recruitment role either in-house or external
• Demonstrable experience of recruitment and selection procedures
• Experience sourcing candidates from a variety of methods
• Experience managing multiple campaigns for roles at different levels
• Experience creating and maintaining talent pools and talent pipelines
• Knowledge of recruitment solutions and best practice
• Strong stakeholder management
• Strong ICT skills

Benefits and perks:

• A competitive salary and benefits package.
• Hybrid working.
• A supportive and collaborative working environment.
• Opportunities for career progression and professional development.
• Access to ongoing training and development programs.

Next Steps:

If you are a driven and dedicated individual looking to advance your career within a progressive and growing law firm, we would love to hear from you. 

Please send your CV and a covering letter detailing your suitability for the role to: Recruitment@smithpartnership.co.uk by 23rd January 2026.

Please note that the closing date may be brought forward depending upon interest. If you would like more information on the role available or an informal chat please speak to Sarah Reader, Head of HR on: 01332 225462 or sarah.reader@smithpartnership.co.uk.

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Privacy:

Smith Partnership is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information. Please CLICK HERE to read our Candidate Privacy Notice. 

Agencies:

Smith Partnership request that recruitment agencies do not speculatively submit CVs to us unless explicitly asked to do so by our HR team.

Any CVs sent to us on a speculative basis will not be recognised and we will not accept liability for any fee or commission should we subsequently employ a candidate who applied to us directly or was introduced by another agency, that may also have been submitted speculatively by an uninstructed agency.

In the event that an agency's correspondence includes a disclaimer indicating otherwise, our policy above will prevail.