Join our Team
Leathwaite is a leading Executive Search and Human Capital Consultancy firm, with established offices in Hong Kong, London, New York and Singapore. Our company is constantly seeking individuals who wish to develop a career in Executive Search and who embody our internal values of Being Distinctive, Maintaining Humility and Competing Together.
Our company is expanding more rapidly than ever before and is always keen to have conversations with Graduates, Associates, Consultants, Directors and Partners to explore how we might work together. If you would like to discuss the current executive search and related career opportunities we have available, please speak to Vanessa Wintle-Thorpe, Head of Talent Acquisition.
Leathwaite's Sabbatical Diaries:
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Sabbatical Diaries: Kate Huggins week one, travels to the North of England
A little overdue because of Covid, I am finally taking my four-week paid sabbatical – care of Leathwaite.
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Sabbatical Diaries: Kate Huggins week two in the UK
Having leapt straight onto the road for my first week. Week 2 was mostly spent back home enjoying our local countryside.
What kinds of roles can you have at Leathwaite in executive search?
Graduate Associates/Associates – support our teams in placing executive search roles by attending client calls, conducting desk-based research to locate profiles, speaking to potential candidates and sources and compiling reports for our clients.
Senior Associates – continue with the delivery-focused remit of the Associates as mentioned above, but take a lead in interviewing, as well as presenting candidates and short-/long-lists to clients. They have greater overall responsibility for delivering searches and are typically specialised in one or more areas. In addition, they shadow our more senior staff to learn the ropes and mentor our Associates and Graduate Associates.
Consultants – carry out a blend of delivery and business development, specialised in a particular area. On the delivery side, Consultants will lead interviews, manage candidates and present profiles to clients, straddling the hands-on and the strategic aspects of ensuring assignments are completed. On the business development side, Consultants will work to a target, liaising with existing clients to bring new business into the firm, but in addition, networking with new potential clients.
Directors – have a focus on business development and a financial target to reach, albeit retaining involvement and oversight of assignment delivery, including leading interviews, client calls and managing candidates. They are specialised in one or more particular areas and have leadership responsibilities within their teams.
Partners – hold the responsibilities of a Director but have ownership of a particular speciality within the firm, leading the work in this space. A number of Partners at Leathwaite are home-grown, having grown up with the firm and honed their skills here.
The benefits we offer
Receiving a sabbatical and getting fit at work are just some of the benefits you receive at Leathwaite!
As well as providing an inspiring, safe and dynamic workplace, we seek to provide benefits, rewards and developmental opportunities that will assist our people in maintaining a healthy work/life balance and ensure that their Leathwaite life is happy, long and successful.
Upon starting at Leathwaite, you’re welcome to access:
- Our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Our one-on-one mentoring programme
- Company-provided health insurance
- Reduced-cost dental insurance
- Our internal training platform, Leathwaite Academy
- Headspace/Calm subscriptions
- Optician subsidies
- Flexible working options, in addition to honeymoon leave
After passing probation, you’re able to access:
- Additional leave for every two years worked at Leathwaite, in addition to sabbaticals on your third, tenth and fifteenth year anniversaries
- Gym subsidies
- Enrolment in the Ride2Work scheme and/or a Season Ticket Loan
- Personalised life coaching services on request
- International opportunities – transferring to our offices in Zurich, Hong Kong, New York or London (dependent on business needs)
Your wellbeing is our interest
We believe that talented people are at the heart of any successful business, and the importance we place on people engagement and wellbeing at Leathwaite is second to none.
We aim to protect and nurture our unique culture, as well as keep our core values at the heart of everything we do.
This is one reason why we enter the annual Best Companies B-Heard survey to ensure that we are providing our staff with an avenue to feedback on what it’s actually like to work at Leathwaite. We have entered the awards each year since 2016 and have seen our scores consistently increase throughout this period.
The Leathwaite Community – inside and out
The Leathwaite Community (LWC) committee was created to sustain and develop a positive culture in the workplace, focusing on the three pillars of wellbeing, fundraising and volunteering. The LWC provides a great insight into what the team of Leathwaite get involved in outside of their day jobs.
The LWC is open to all employees to join who want to help shape our activities within and outside of the firm. Members have the opportunity to pursue projects that they are passionate about and lead fantastic team events, all whilst giving back and being involved in the continuous success of Leathwaite’s CSR initiative.
Learn more about the LWC