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Work at Chadwick Nott

Legal recruitment jobs with the UK’s leading legal recruiter

Chadwick Nott’s a place where you have a genuine chance to make a meaningful impact. Our flat structure means you won’t be lost in the numbers. And with new international markets in the pipeline and our continued rapid growth, it has never been a better time to join us.

What you’ll need

If you’re academically strong, have a competitive streak and approach challenges with a confident, positive attitude, we want to hear from you – whatever your background.

What you’ll do

As a consultant, you’ll have the freedom to manage your own desk and define your commercial direction. We’ll trust you to do a good job and give you the tools and the space you need to do it. At the same time, you’ll still have all the support you need.

Developing your relationships with clients that include top-tier UK, US and international law firms, you’ll have the scope to become a leading market expert. As you progress, you’ll even have the opportunity to lead teams, pitch for new business and develop new international markets.

What you’ll learn

Our structured training programme will give you the knowledge and skills to develop throughout your time with us. As Chadwick Nott is part of Impellam Group, you’ll also receive guidance from industry leading consultants from across our brands and access to a fantastic support structure.

What you’ll earn

Our salary structure is completely transparent and our commission has no upper cap, so working hard will bring you the rewards you deserve.

What you'll join

Chadwick Nott is a close knit group of around 40 team members, with the majority of our consultants having been with the company for at least 5 if not 10 years. We have low turnover rates, work hard, and we not only celebrate success, but we are also rewarded for it. Each year we have bi-annual and quarterly events to recognise excellent work.

Considering a career in legal recruitment? Read why you should join us

Read interviews with some of our consultants:

Emily Lonsdale - Specialist in the Paralegal, Legal Executive, and HR markets

Helen Veitch - Specialist in the Yorkshire legal market

Georgina Rylance - Specialist in the Merseyside legal market

Jon Needham - Specialist in the Midlands, East Anglia, and Northern Home Counties legal markets

Find out why this consultant joined our South East team - Liam Andrews

Learn what this consultant thinks it the best part of her working day - Jannica Seccombe

Current Vacancies

South East Consultant

Our South East team have been an integral part of the legal recruitment landscape of this region for over 15 years. The team has focused exclusively on legal recruitment within Oxfordshire, Berkshire/Thames Valley, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire and Kent. We have a full service offering with our team of consultants undertaking partner, solicitor, paralegal, interim, legal executive and in-house recruitment. The team was awarded the Team of 2018 at the Chadwick Nott conference and is now looking to expand.

Your working day and your career
As a consultant you will be responsible for your own desk with freedom over business strategy but within a collaborative and collegiate environment. Our strikingly high retention rate at all levels means that you will benefit from an unparalleled wealth of support and expertise. You will strengthen your reputation as a leading market expert and develop relationships with a broad range of clients that include top-tier UK and international law firms. You will have the opportunity to lead teams, pitch for new business and develop new markets.

What we are looking for?
For this specific role we are ideally looking for a Consultant with some experience of the South East Region looking to focus predominantly on the Kent, Sussex, Hampshire and Surrey private practice markets to work alongside two established and very successful team members. We are looking for full-time consultant but Chadwick Nott is very supportive of flexible and part-time work for the right individual. We would consider a homeworker if there is a track record of success in a similar role.

What will you earn?
We operate on a completely transparent salary/commission structure that has no upper cap and no discretionary element so the sky is the limit in terms of your earning potential.

How to Apply
Please see full job description on our website and/or send your CV by email to Sam Faux.

Experienced Consultants

Chadwick Nott has a very successful track record in our key markets, but as an ambitious business we are always keen to explore new opportunities for growth. If you are an established consultant in any UK region or sector, do come and have a chat with us.

You could join an expanding team of consultants, many of whom have worked at the largest global recruitment names at some point in their career, before they settled at Chadwick Nott.

To find out more about a career at Chadwick Nott, please email your CV to Sam Faux, our Business Coordinator.

For additional information about current vacancies and a career with Chadwick Nott please contact our business coordinator Sam Faux.

Chadwick Nott's managing director Andrew Waters with his signature below