Staff Recruiter

Summary:

Gibson Dunn is a leading global law firm, advising clients on significant transactions and disputes. Our exceptional teams craft and deploy creative legal strategies that are meticulously tailored to every matter, however complex or high-stakes. The firm's work is distinguished by a unique combination of precision and vision.

Based in Los Angeles, Century City, Orange County, San Francisco, Palo Alto, New York or Washington, D.C., the Staff Recruiter will oversee the entire recruitment process for high level requisitions. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of full-cycle recruitment and effectively manage all areas of the recruitment process, from sourcing to onboarding.

This position is responsible for creating a positive and personalized experience for candidates, agency contacts and hiring managers while driving efficiencies and ensuring compliance.

This role reports to Manager, Staff Recruiting.

Responsibilities include:

• Manage the entire recruitment process of high-level staff positions, from requisition through onboarding and integration, for various national and international Global Services departments.
• Develop and implement strategic recruitment plans to attract top talent, aligning with the firm's long-term goals and objectives.
• Partner with hiring managers to fully understand role requirements and provide guidance on recruiting best practices to ensure compliance, consistency and efficiency.
• Develop and maintain information regarding market data and talent availability and leverage this information to provide guidance to hiring managers.
• Actively source candidates through job boards and other recruitment platforms to ensure a strong candidate pipeline. Leverage alternative resources and tools to ensure a strategic sourcing model.
• Partner and build strong relationships with agency search firms to effectively communicate Gibson Dunn's culture and strengthen and grow candidate pipeline when additional support is required. Review and negotiate contractual terms to the best interest of the Firm.
• Review and refer qualified candidates to hiring managers.
• Conduct initial phone screenings to evaluate candidates' expertise.
• Track and maintain all recruiting activities and files.
• Extend verbal and written offers of employment and manage offer negotiations.
• Maintain the firm's applicant tracking system, and ensure configuration is up to date.
• Complete pre-employment checks and ensure timely entry into the firm's onboarding platform for all new hires.
• Partner with key stakeholders to create meaningful onboarding and integration plans for new hires.
• Establish and track key recruitment metrics such as time-to-fill and cost-per-hire. Report key findings to leadership on a consistent basis.
• Partner with Staff Recruiting Manager to drive and lead various department initiatives.
• Continuously assess recruitment processes, tools and resources to further enhance the candidate experience.
• Proactively identify ways to improve the overall candidate and hiring manager experience, while ensuring efficiency and accountability throughout the entire process.
• Perform other duties as assigned or requested.

Qualifications:

• Ability to manage multiple roles simultaneously and reprioritize responsibilities.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Human Resources practices and principles with a full understanding of recruiting practices.
• Capable of maintaining confidence of personal and highly sensitive information.
• Critical thinking and sound judgment with ability to analyze and resolve problems.
• Effective communication skills (written and verbal) with the ability to interact with individuals at all levels of the firm, along with managing productive working relationships.

Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in recruiting or talent acquisition within a legal environment is strongly preferred.
• Proven experience as a full-cycle recruiter.
• Experience with applicant tracking systems (ATS) and HR software
• Demonstrated experience seeking and placing talent globally (preferred)

Gibson Dunn will consider for employment qualified Applicants with Criminal Histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of local law.

Compensation & Benefits:

The annual compensation range for this position is $100,000 - $120,000. The salary offered within this range will depend upon qualifications and other operational considerations.

Benefits offered for this position include health care; retirement benefits; paid days off, including sick time, and vacation time; parental leave; basic life insurance; Flexible Spending Accounts; as well as discretionary, performance-based bonuses.

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Gibson Dunn is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants, including individuals with disabilities. We strive to ensure an inclusive and accessible hiring experience. The Firm will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to enable participation in the application and recruitment process, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.


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