Legal Recruiting and Personnel Coordinator
For the New York Office of an International Law FirmResponsibilities include:
- Support legal recruiting operations, including law school outreach, on-campus and in-office interview scheduling, interviewer coordination, feedback collection, and hiring committee support.
- Design and manage the Summer Associate Program, including orientation, mentoring, work assignment systems, evaluations, social programming, and diversity initiatives.
- Compile, analyze, and report personnel and recruiting data for surveys, firm metrics, committees, and strategic decision-making.
- Plan and execute attorney programs and events, such as trainings, orientations, firmwide meetings, and programming.
- Coordinate onboarding for new attorneys and lateral hires, ensuring smooth orientation, effective communication, and continuous process improvement.
- Coordinate core legal personnel processes, including semi-annual evaluations, attorney arrivals and departures, leave tracking, monthly compliance reporting, and maintaining accurate personnel records.
Qualifications include:
- Bachelor’s degree required, with at least 1–3 years of experience in legal recruiting, attorney personnel, or a professional services environment.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to multitask, with excellent time management and initiative in a fast-paced environment.
- Exceptional written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with attorneys and staff at all levels.
- Demonstrated data analysis skills, including the ability to interpret varied information and generate logical conclusions or recommendations.
- Ability to maintain strict confidentiality and exercise sound judgment, particularly when handling sensitive attorney personnel and recruitment matters.
- Technical proficiency, including Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and familiarity with talent management or applicant tracking systems (such as viDesktop, Oracle, PeopleSoft, or LawCruit).
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