Duggan + Della
Workforce Planning Specialist
Requirements
Candidates should have experience in resource management or workforce allocation, preferably within professional services or legal environments. Strong stakeholder management, leadership skills, and the ability to drive outcomes in a high-volume setting are required.
Job Description
Melbourne, Australia | Sponsorship & Relocation offered
We’re recruiting for a Resourcing Manager within a global law firm. This is a critical role within the Human Resources Team, responsible for helping allocate staff effectively across the firm in a way that balances business priorities, client demand, utilisation, career development and employee wellbeing.
This opportunity will suit someone who thrives in a fast-paced, high-volume environment and enjoys working closely with senior stakeholders to solve complex resourcing challenges.
The role
In this role, you will work alongside partners to design and implement best-practice resource allocation strategies, ensuring work is distributed efficiently across practice groups.
You will:
- Assess lawyer workload, capacity and capability to support new matters and projects.
- Analyse timelines, skill sets and matter requirements to identify the most suitable resources.
- Optimise utilisation by resolving conflicts, bottlenecks and competing priorities.
- Support, coach and escalate issues for resource consultants within the team.
- Build trusted relationships across the firm with lawyers, partners and stakeholders.
- Forecast future resourcing needs based on pipelines, growth and strategic initiatives.
- Help drive change, strengthen the resource management function and support integration across practice groups.
We’re looking for someone with:
- Experience in resource management, workforce allocation or a related field, ideally in professional services, legal or another fast-paced environment.
- Strong planning, allocation and optimisation skills in a high-volume setting.
- Confidence building credibility with stakeholders and introducing resource management into new business groups.
- Experience leading, coaching or developing others.
- Excellent communication, influencing and relationship-building skills.
- The ability to constructively challenge senior stakeholders and drive outcomes.
- Strong judgement, resilience and analytical capability.
Why consider this move?
This is an excellent opportunity for an international candidate seeking an international move to Melbourne. You’ll join a supportive, high-performing team in a role with real influence, strong development pathways and the chance to build your career in a market-leading environment.
What’s on offer
- Full sponsorship & relocation
- Permanent, full-time role.
- Hybrid working, typically 60% in the office and 40% from home.
- Flexible working arrangements can be discussed.
- Market-competitive remuneration.
- Strong learning, development and career growth opportunities.
Skills
About Duggan + Della
You could be a lawyer looking for that next right role, a law firm or in-house team seeking a legal specialist or general counsel, even a marketing & BD, HR or secretarial expert after a new firm to join. Duggan + Della is a legal recruitment advisory firm, working alongside candidates and clients to connect talent + business for the legal sector. We operate across all city centres and corners of Australia, in all sectors, and have an international network to cast the net far and wide for your next right role or perfect candidate. Led by Rachael Duggan and Jenny Della Picca, what sets us apart is we have been in the shoes of those we work with – on both sides. With 40 plus years’ experience collectively in the sector, we have been lawyers and in-house People & Development Managers, in hiring roles, worked in fast-paced corporate teams and managed the juggle of life and career. We know first-hand the commercial drivers for finding legal, marketing & BD and HR expertise, and the dynamics and challenges within law firms and in-house teams. We shape realistic pictures for our candidates and clients alike, therefore developing perfect fits and maintaining long-term relationships. We regularly publish the latest industry insights and trends – including our Salary Pulse Check – and share the newest roles on the market. We draw on our experience and have access to top-of-their field leaders so you gain tips that go beyond the interview process to create rewarding careers and working relationships. Subscribe here: https://duggandella.com/insights Get in touch: Jenny@duggandella.com / 0424 815 121 Rachael@duggandella.com / 0416 033 778