Recruiting Coordinator

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Consult with Director of Attorney Recruiting to discuss lateral hiring needs and job openings
• Maintain an understanding of the firm’s practice areas, as well as individual lawyers’ practices
• Post job descriptions on the firm’s website and other sites
• Source and screen application materials and provide shortlist of qualified candidates to Director of Attorney Recruiting
• Coordinate and schedule video conferences and in-person interviews between the firm’s attorneys and lateral candidates
• Greet candidates upon arrival and escort them to interviews
• Collect and distribute interview feedback
• Maintain and update recruiting database and files to reflect candidates’ status
• Support all aspects of law student recruitment, including OCI, callbacks, and offers
• Communicate with law school career office personnel and law students
• Assist with coordination of recruiting events, including venue logistics and support
• Assist with planning and implementing the summer associate program, including orientation, manuals, work assignments, social events and trainings
• Manage interview-related travel and logistics
• Process recruiting department invoices

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Knowledge of recruiting procedures
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to work across all levels of management and build relationships
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Ability to work on multiple projects, successfully prioritize workload, and adjust to changing priorities as needed
• Detail-oriented and able to perform tasks with a high degree of accuracy
• Ability to use sound judgment and discretion in dealing with confidential information
• Strong client services skills
• Proactive, goal-oriented, and able to understand when urgency is required
• Ability to work both independently and effectively with coworkers in a collaborative environment

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 2 plus years of recruiting experience in a law firm or professional services organization
• Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
• Experience with an ATS / applicant tracking system (preferably viRecruit)
• Experience with LinkedIn Recruiter

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY & REQUIREMENTS

• Employee must talk and hear. The employee is often required to sit and use their hands and fingers, to handle or feel.
• Employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
• Employee is subject to inside environmental conditions, protected from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.