Legal Staff Human Resources in Los Angeles, CA

Law Firm

Los Angeles, CA

Legal Staff Human Resources in Los Angeles, CA

Legal Staff

Min 7 yrs required

No

Job Title: Associate Recruitment Manager - Western Region

Job Responsibilities:

Law Student Recruitment:
- Oversee law school outreach, including sponsorships, mock interviews, and student programming, in collaboration with the National Recruiting Manager and team.
- Manage on-campus interview registrations and resume collection processes for participating local schools, as needed.
- Assist with attorney staffing for national-level school programming and team staffing.
- Oversee candidate travel and review/approve travel expenses.
- Manage the callback invitation process, scheduling interviews with candidates, and overseeing in-office and virtual interview meetings.
- Supervise the preparation of Recruitment Committee meeting statistics and reports; attend meetings and manage post-meeting action items.
- Oversee post-offer follow-up activities, including scheduling second office visits and tracking candidates through the final hiring result.
- Manage preparation of post-offer candidate communications, including electronic surveys.
- Assist with post-interview season feedback in collaboration with the recruiting team.
- Supervise 1L resume collection and OCI process as appropriate.
- Plan, implement, and drive efforts to increase and improve firm visibility and brand at targeted schools.
- Support law student hiring and inclusion initiatives.
- Work with Recruitment Committee co-chairs to establish and meet recruiting targets and initiatives.

Summer Associate Recruitment:
- Serve as a key contact and point of information for Summer Associates and others involved with the Summer program.
- Work with the recruiting team to plan and manage Summer Associate onboarding and orientation, including pre-arrival marketing information and outreach.
- Oversee office Summer program initiatives, including mentor assignments, training, work assignments, and social activities.
- Manage evaluation processes, including oversight of evaluation files and scheduling for mid-Summer and exit interviews.
- Oversee planning and execution of Summer Associate social events.
- Manage the creation and dissemination of post-Summer surveys and analyze results.
- Serve as a resource and management support for recruiting team members for the execution of the Summer program.

Lateral Recruitment:
- Work with practice area leaders to identify and analyze lateral hiring needs in collaboration with the Manager of Lateral Associate Recruitment.
- Screen candidate resumes and work with firm attorneys to identify candidates to be interviewed; oversee the timely preparation and distribution of candidate and search firm correspondence.
- Support lateral attorney hiring initiatives.
- Develop and maintain relationships with legal search firms.
- Ensure the timely and accurate entry of candidate data into applicant tracking systems.
- Serve as a resource and management support for recruiting team members in experienced lawyer recruitment.

Onboarding:
- Ensure all attorney onboarding is properly covered and local office onboarding needs are met, in collaboration with the recruitment team.
- Oversee arrival information in firm applicant tracking and firm intake/HR systems.
- Manage orientation for incoming Associates in relevant offices.
- Serve as a resource and management support for recruiting team members in California offices for onboarding of legal hires.

Other:
- Manage the preparation and maintenance of recruitment files for Summer Associate, associate, attorney, patent agent, and specialist hires in accordance with firm policies and procedures.
- Administer and maintain associate recruiting policies, operational procedures, and practices consistent with firm goals and objectives.
- Act as a liaison and contact for US office recruitment.
- Supervise, manage, and mentor recruiting staff, including training, coaching, and performance feedback.
- Assist with the preparation of the annual budget related to Summer Associate, law student, and lateral attorney recruitment and attorney onboarding initiatives.
- Maintain strong working relationships with internal and external constituencies, including lawyers and administrative departments, law school career services professionals, search firms, vendors, and others.
- Keep abreast of current recruiting practices in the relevant regions and maintain membership with the local recruiting professional organization and National Association for Law Placement (NALP).
- Participate in the Global Citizenship program.
- Other responsibilities and special projects, such as internal communications from the Recruiting team, national presentations, and reporting, as assigned by the Director of Associate Recruitment.

Education and Experience Information:

- Seven (7)+ years of experience in legal recruitment or a similarly situated professional services company, with at least three (3) years of experience in staff/team management preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work-related experience.

Salary Information:

- In Denver, the annualized salary range for this position is $138,385 to $175,125. In Los Angeles, it is $151,570 to $191,810, and in San Francisco, it is $170,215 to $215,400, depending on the candidate's overall experience and other job-related factors permitted by law. Full-time employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus. Additionally, full-time employees and some part-time employees will be eligible for the firm’s fringe benefits as they currently exist.

Note: This job description sets forth the responsibilities of this position and may be changed from time to time as determined.

Law firm is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, protected Veteran status, or other factors protected by law. Law firm complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and candidates with disabilities.