Recruitment and Talent Advisor

Compass Lexecon is a world leading economic consultancy.

About the Role

We are seeking a driven and proactive Recruitment Adviser to support our offices in Europe and Asia. The role sits within a seven person team covering HR, Recruitment, and Learning & Development and reports to the Recruitment and L&D Manager. The Adviser will support lateral recruitment across consulting and business services, headcount reporting, recruitment forecasting, workforce analysis and continuous improvement of recruitment processes and candidate experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with local hiring managers to attract, source and progress candidates for billable and non billable positions.
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with local offices and advise on recruitment best practices.
• Maintain the applicant tracking system (Workday) and other recruitment filing systems.
• Develop and refine talent planning and recruitment forecasting models.
• Analyse headcount data to identify trends, capacity constraints and hiring requirements.
• Align hiring plans with business needs and forecasted demand across billable and non billable functions.
• Extract and validate headcount and recruitment data from Workday and deliver cyclical reporting with consistency and precision.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of reporting methodologies and data integrity.
• Draft and refine job descriptions to ensure clarity, consistency and alignment with Compass Lexecon's positioning.
• Support employer branding efforts to attract high calibre talent.
• Manage the recruitment inbox and respond to candidate and stakeholder queries in a timely, professional manner.
• Coordinate and schedule interviews and recruitment events for an efficient process.
• Provide broader support across the HR and Learning & Development teams and contribute to team initiatives and wider people activities across the region.

Experience and Qualifications

• Proven experience supporting lateral recruitment activity across multiple locations and stakeholder groups in a professional services environment.
• Experience with headcount reporting, workforce planning, recruitment analytics or talent data.
• Experience building and maintaining reporting models and analysing data trends.
• Proficiency with applicant tracking systems and HR platforms, preferably Workday.
• Experience using AI tools (CoPilot, Claude, Llama, ChatGPT) and working with data in Power BI and Excel is advantageous.
• Strong analytical, problem solving and organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent attention to detail, written and verbal communication skills.
• Advanced IT skills to handle large and complex datasets.
• Demonstrated ability to build effective working relationships with hiring managers and stakeholders across multiple offices.
• Proactive, adaptable and willing to challenge the status quo.