Head of Recruitment

Job Description

Title: Head of Recruitment

Salary: $200,000 - $275,000 p.a.

Start: ASAP

Tiger Recruitment is partnered with a law firm that is looking to hire a Head of Recruitment. This individual will manage recruiting at the firm, including attorneys, legal professionals, and business/corporate hiring. To succeed, you will need to be very strategic and have managed teams of recruiters before. They have offices throughout the country, and you will have a close relationship with senior leadership. This is a hybrid position.

RESPONSIBILITIES

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• Manage and handle the recruiting function; manage a nationwide portfolio of open requisitions
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• Hire for all corporate functions including attorney hiring, covering a wide range of litigation and practice areas.
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• Deep knowledge of agency partnerships, sourcing platforms including LinkedIn Recruiter and Indeed, and an applicant tracking system
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• Understanding of market complexity, practice growth, or expansion into new markets.
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• High-volume recruiters, recruiting coordinators, and operations.
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• Perform with a metric mindset and track performance through accurate data.
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• Drive hiring strategy across practice areas and markets, from long-tenured flagship
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offices to active expansion territories.

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• Own the approach to lateral attorney hiring and high-volume staff hiring.
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• Understand brand positioning, including the ability to compete for candidates coming from big law firms.
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• Standardize all recruitment operations and processes from scheduling, pipelines, acceptance, cost per hire, etc.
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• Partner directly with firm leadership and department heads to communicate pipeline status, surface hiring risks, and align priorities and headcount plans.
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• Build and manage external recruiting partnerships, including search firms and staffing agencies.
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• Lead hiring strategy for new and emerging markets where the firm is actively building its footprint. Identify
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EXPERIENCE:

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• 10+ years of progressive recruiting experience, including significant time in the legal field.
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• Bachelor's degree BUT JD is preferred.
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• Experience overseeing both specialized professional hiring and high-volume hiring.
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• Experience hiring in a large in-house legal department or top-tier legal search firms.
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• Experience managing recruiters and recruiting managers, including setting goals.
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• Credible at the senior leadership level; this role presents regularly to firm leadership.
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