Wisnik Career Enterprises

For the DC Office of a Well-Respected Regional Firm

Responsibilities include:

Serve as “chief of staff” for practice group leadership; work with the practice group leader and key partners to understand practice group strategy and forecast client needs, service delivery, and requisite staffing needs;
Meet regularly and act as liaison between firm administrative departments and practice to meet practice group needs and objectives;
Keep current with industry knowledge, hot topics, and changes, and as requested by the practice group leader, provide research and project management in the areas of business development, practice strategy, and industry trends;
Serve as knowledge management leader to organize and harness practice area resources, capabilities, experiences, exemplary documents, and other resources;
Assist with integration of staff and attorneys by identifying skills and knowledge critical to success and provide practice group-specific training (onboarding and continuous development) and maintain current reference and just-in-time training resources
Identify opportunities for efficiency through utilization of technology or improvement/establishment of standard processes; assist with the development of such solutions where appropriate, and once developed, embed best practices within the group.

Qualifications include:

10+ years of experience in a law firm environment with progressing levels of responsibility throughout career;
Strong knowledge of government contracts law and processes;
Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills, including the ability to build relationships at various levels;
Demonstrated ability to apply innovation in identifying problems and in proposing and implementing solutions;
High level of emotional intelligence;
Proficiency with technology, advanced capability with MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) and Adobe Acrobat, and a strong aptitude for learning and evaluating software solutions and other technologies required.