Lateral Recruitment Manager
For the New York or DC Office on an International Law FirmThis is a filled position.
Responsibilities include:
- Provide strategic direction and execution for firmwide lateral associate, counsel, and judicial clerkship recruiting;
- Provide top-notch recruiting experience from start to finish, from initial touchpoint to offer acceptance and onboarding;
- Source lateral candidates through various methods including associate referrals and search firms when necessary;
- Serve as firm liaison for candidates and a firm ambassador to raise its profile in the market;
- Work collaboratively and strategically alongside professional development, diversity, and other departments to identify, recruit, and retain talent;
- Keep abreast of key market issues and trends; track information and analyze competitive data, best practices, and trends to make recommendations to adopt when appropriate.
Qualifications include:
- 4+ years of experience in a recruiting or professional development role in a law firm; JD preferred;
- Creative, curious, and innovative; takes initiative to identify and translate best practices from other firms and industries into viable firm initiatives;
- Desire for increasingly challenging projects and heightened responsibility/visibility within a lean and flat organization;
- Knowledge of law firm business model principles and legal industry trends and challenges;
- Sophisticated analytical and quantitative abilities (e.g., able to collect and use data to make decisions, including ability to use tools such as Excel at a high level);
- Excellent collaboration, facilitation, influencing, and organizational skills, with the ability to work proactively to obtain information and develop the consensus needed to make decisions.